{"title":"Lyme","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLyme disease is caused by the spirochete shaped \u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003ebacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003eand is transmitted by the bite of a deer tick. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003e Lyme disease is frequently \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003emisdiagnosed or missed entirely. About 50-75% of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003epatients recall having had the characteristic bull’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003eeye rash. Fifty percent of patients don’t even recall \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003ehaving had a tick bite. In addition, the ELISA test \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003ethat is commonly used for screening is only 65% \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003esensitive, thus missing 35% of cases. An additional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003e20-30% of culture-positive proven Lyme patients \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003eshow negative results on the Western Blot test, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003epart due to oddities in the criteria mandated by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: initial;\"\u003eCDC in reporting the results. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cincinnatihealthinstitute.com\/education\/lyme-disease\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eREAD MORE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED LYME PROTOCOL.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.cincinnatihealthinstitute.com\/collections\/lyme-s-223-htm.oembed","provider":"Cincinnati Health Institute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}