Lyme Disease In Children Take Action Now

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Lyme Disease In Children Take Action Now
Dr. Peter Dobie
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Lyme disease affects not only the adults, but
its becoming widespread among children also.
Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose and
children usually fail to explain the problem
theyre feeling inside their body. This is why
kids are more affected by Lyme disease and dont
get proper treatment on time. Children who
suffer with Lyme disease have to deal with
various specific types of issues and concerns.
One of the biggest problems parents have to face
is that children often fail to explain whats
troubling them. They start behaving violently and
become irritated with the surroundings.
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Children have to suffer due to various illnesses
in which they have to deal with body pain,
sleepless nights and lack of concentration in
their studies, and sometimes they even lose the
intention of playing with their friends. Parents
often fail to recognise the fact that their kids
are suffering from a disease, this makes children
even more confused, angry and loss of faith in
their family. Most of the parents lack the
knowledge about the growth pattern of the child.
When a child starts showing irritating behaviour,
the parents think that its normal among growing
children. However, their kids might be suffering
for some sort of illness which the parents fail
to identify.
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Since the signs or symptoms of Lyme disease are
usually non-specific, unclear and changeable,
parents may not even know that their kids are
unwell. Parents might suspect them of creating
issues on their own just to seek attention or to
avoid school. Kids who suffer from Lyme disease
normally have to face difficulty in the school,
since the Lyme disease hampers the ability to
learn and causes behavioural issues. Our young
ones are more vulnerable to tick-borne illnesses
mainly because theyre physically closer to the
ground, and ticks can attack them easily. Kids
are generally more exposed to ticks because they
often play in the field near trees, leaves, grass
and play with the pets at their homes.
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Here are some of the signs and symptoms of Lyme
disease which are listed by a renowned Lyme
disease specialist in Sydney. These signs and
symptoms are common in young patients, have a
look.

• Nausea
• Insomnia
• Dizziness
• Joint pain
• Confusion
• Headaches
• Abdominal pain
• Fevers and chills
• Bad concentration
• Short-term memory loss
• Uncharacteristic behaviour
• Sensitivity to light and noise
• Difficulty in making decisions

• Inability to keep attention or focus
• Mood swings and emotional outbursts
• Having problem in reading and writing
• Facing problem in doing schoolwork or homework
• Extreme fatigue which fails to go away even after
  proper rest
• Having problem in thinking and expressing views
  or thoughts

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The biggest problems with Lyme disease is that
only 40 patients reported remembering a bite by
the tick and less than 30 developed a bulls-eye
rash (erythema migrans). This makes the diagnosis
of Lyme disease quite tough even for Lyme disease
specialist in Sydney. This is the reason that you
should immediately contact a Lyme disease
specialist in Sydney, if you think your child has
developed signs and symptoms of Lyme disease.
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