Lyme disease
Let an agent explain Lyme disease and its stages, relay transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention from infectious disease guidelines in general terms, route people with symptoms to clinicians, present contested topics such as chronic Lyme claims with attribution, and distinguish Lyme disease from other tick-borne infections.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Lyme disease and its stages, relay transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention from infectious disease guidelines in general terms, route people with symptoms to clinicians, present contested topics such as chronic Lyme claims with attribution, and distinguish Lyme disease from other tick-borne infections.
A tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia bacteria, the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere, beginning often with the erythema migrans rash and flu-like symptoms and, if untreated, progressing to neuroborreliosis affecting nerves and brain, Lyme arthritis of large joints, carditis and the late skin condition acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; it is treated with antibiotics, and anyone with a tick bite followed by rash or symptoms should see a clinician.
What it is for: Not applicable; a disease.
It can be explain stages; relay diagnosis, treatment and prevention; route to clinicians; distinguish related infections.
Distinguishing features
Tick-borne
Staged course
Antibiotic treatable
Contested chronic claims
What it looks like
Not a visible object; an expanding ring rash in many early cases.
Physical character
cause: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato organism
vector: Ixodes ticks note
US cases: about 476000 per year - CDC estimates
named after: Lyme, Connecticut, 1975 note
How it is recognised
Borrelia infection from tick bites
Erythema migrans, neuroborreliosis, Lyme arthritis, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
Anaplasmosis, babesiosis and tick-borne encephalitis are other tick-borne diseases
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - and related species
is transmitted by - bites
is contrasted with - a viral tick-borne disease
In practice
Families and kinds
early localised Lyme disease with erythema migrans
early disseminated disease including neuroborreliosis and carditis
late Lyme disease including Lyme arthritis and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms
European and North American variants
Identifiers
ICD-10 A69.2 Lyme disease
MeSH D008193 Lyme Disease
Standards and regulation
IDSA, NICE and ESGBOR guidelines
Notifiable disease rules in many countries
Tick surveillance programmes
Failure modes and hazards
Missed or delayed diagnosis
Agents giving personal medical advice
Misinformation about chronic Lyme and unproven treatments
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Lyme disease is.
Clinical.
Definition
Definition and stages.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Lyme disease, and how do early, disseminated and late stages including neuroborreliosis, arthritis and acrodermatitis differ? definition
- Is the user describing a tick bite or symptoms of their own, which need a clinician? boundary
Transmission
Transmission.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How do Ixodes ticks transmit Borrelia, and where is the disease found? provenance
- Which entry fits Ixodes? action
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Clinical.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How is Lyme disease diagnosed clinically and by two-tier serology, as guidelines describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What antibiotic treatments do guidelines recommend by stage, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Prevent Prevention.
Application.
Prevention
Tick avoidance.
Prevention
Prevention.
- How are tick bites prevented and ticks removed safely, as health authorities advise? action
- Which entry fits tick bite? action
Vaccines
Vaccines.
Vaccines
Vaccines.
- What is the status of Lyme vaccines, past and in development? provenance
- Which entry fits Lyme disease vaccine? action
Context Controversy and history.
Context.
Controversy
Chronic Lyme debate.
Controversy
Controversy.
- What is the debate about chronic Lyme disease and post-treatment symptoms, with positions of medical bodies and patient groups attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation evidence-based and attributed? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How was Lyme disease identified in Connecticut and its cause discovered by Burgdorfer? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of infectious disease? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should neuroborreliosis and Lyme arthritis be separate primary entries?
- How should guideline sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming stages and manifestations; should they be split off?