Often Pain Result Small Fleas Bites

For several years the disease suffered by Adele Huckins (31 years) is unknown, he had a migraine, vomiting until exhaustion. Having done a variety of examination is known illnesses due to animal bites as a primary school.

Huckins had various complaints and medical conditions such as migraine, severe fatigue, easily hurt, impaired hearing until the eyelid down. This condition makes it feel like a woman 90 years old sickly.

After many years he did not know what the cause of various medical conditions, medical officer he was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease is a bacterial infection carried by ticks.

At that time he was suddenly recalled by a tick bite on his leg when he traveled to Germany in 1991 when he was a primary school and aged 11 years.

Although when it bites cause rashes, but Huckins thought it was common. But now he realized that tends to bad health condition is caused by a small bite of a flea.

"When I came home from that trip, I did not feel good, but doctors and health workers can not find what was wrong with me," said Huckins .

The mother of 3 children are aware that it has many health symptoms but not the basic cause is unknown. When finally the doctor diagnose Lyme disease, he felt like solving a mystery picture dipuzzle.

Initially these tests for Lyme disease were negative, but when he checked back at the Nuffield Hospital, Newcastle obtained results proved positive. Now he was worried about her husband because of Lyme potentially infectious through sexual contact.

He also worried about her three children, Joshua (9 years), Kaitlyn (6 years) and Dexter who were aged 18 months, although there is no conclusive evidence that Lyme can be transmitted to the baby through the pregnancy.

"I want to warn people to be careful when traveling and do not underestimate the slightest bite that happened, because a simple bite can change your world," said Huckins.

Lyme disease is a malignant infection that attacks the immune system and can cause paralysis, encephalitis and meningitis. This condition is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi which is found in the digestive systems of animals such as rats, birds and deer.

These bites are accompanied by a mark on the skin, but this marks only a few millimeters in size and painless so many people are unaware of.

The first symptom that emerged from this infection is a skin rash that is red and circular, these rashes can be reduced or disappear within 1-2 weeks, sometimes accompanied by high fever, muscle pain and swollen joints.