The doctor ordered a blood test for Lyme disease, a tick-borne bacterial infection typically associated with a skin rash, which can lead to a variety of severe symptoms including arthritis and ...

A common symptom of Lyme disease is a bullseye-shaped rash. However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect bites.

One of the first tell-tale symptoms of Lyme disease is a skin rash at the site of the bite, which typically looks like a bull's eye on a dart board. Known as erythema migrans, it usually develops ...

Early symptoms of Lyme disease usually happen within three to 30 days after a tick bite. This stage of disease has a limited ...

Lyme disease spreads through a bite from an infected blacklegged tick, and symptoms include headache, fever, and a "target" skin rash. Learn more about Lyme disease and how to prevent it.

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks. An “early symptom” can be a circular or oval shape rash around a tick bite, said the NHS. The rash usually ...

The fine weather of spring and summer brings with it ticks – and with them, fears about Lyme disease. Those fears have been exacerbated by recent research suggesting that it could be three-times more ...

By definition, patients with probable late Lyme disease had no history of physician documented or treated EM rash and no objective clinical signs associated with late Lyme disease. However ...

It is difficult to estimate the total number of UK cases of Lyme disease, but they are understood to have increased more than four fold in the past 10 years. The more time you spend outdoors, the ...

Does Lyme disease pose a threat here in the UK? And if so, what precautions should we be taking to avoid the tick-borne illness? We asked the experts. Miranda Hart is the latest celebrity to speak ...