Caused by spirochete, a bacterium that is shaped like a corkscrew, Lyme disease can lead to arthritic problems along with leading to cardiac and neurological complications. In both humans as well as animals, the disease spreads by painless bite of ticks. |
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This disease can be really annoying for the pet and it has to be given treatment so that sufficient relief is achieved and the pet's health is brought to normalcy.
The symptoms of this disease range from joint or muscle pain especially in the knee, foot, neck or back, numbness, fatigue, or even hearing abnormalities. What is more, the severity of the symptoms is not common throughout and can vary from one patient to another.
If not treated properly, there are chances that the disease can recur. Not only this, if the diseases remains untreated for a long time, it can lead to severe disabilities and can lead to a number fatal diseases such as facial paralysis, heart problems, stomach problems, and so on. What is more, recurrence of Lyme disease can even lead to severe stage of arthritis that can cripple a patient, deafness and dumbness, psychological or psychiatric disease or death.
In addition, there is no guarantee that if you have suffered from Lyme disease once, it will never recur. Every time you have a tick bite, you can get infected from new tick-borne diseases or some other kind of tick infection. Not only this, each recurrence of Lyme disease makes the symptoms more severe thus making its treatment more difficult.
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