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TravelVAX Vaccinations Clinic

Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

LYME DISEASE (LYME BORRELIOSIS)

FACT

The red, bullseye shaped rash (also known as erythema migrans) can develop in up to 90% of cases within 2-30 days (average is about 7 days) of the tick bite.

Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

VECTOR

Bite from an infected tick.

Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

917 CASES IN 2015

Lyme disease is endemic in Canada with 917 reported cases in 2015. The greatest risk occurs where ticks carrying the Lyme disease-causing agent are found. Surveillance in recent years indicates that established populations of black-legged ticks are spreading.

Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

SYMPTOMS

Red circular, expanding rash (with or without central clearing), fatigue, fever, headache, mild stiff neck, joint pain, muscle pain.

Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis) - TravelVAX Vaccination Clinic receives all your travel vaccinations, medicines, and supplies in one stop. We are a one-stop travel clinic.

SEVERE CASE:

Neurologic conditions (meningitis, radiating nerve pain, facial paralysis), cardiac abnormalities (inflammation of the heart muscle with atrioventricular heart block), arthritis.

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As there are no vaccines available, basic precautions should be taken:

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  • Avoid tick habitats, such as long grass

  • Use a recommend insect repellent containing either Icardin (20%) or DEET

  • Minimize areas of exposed skin by wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and closed shoes

  • Carry a tick remover or fine tooth tweezers

  • Carefully check every day for attached ticks

  • If found remove the tick by gently gripping it as close to skin as possible and pulling away steadily without twisting or crushing the tick. Ensure the entire tick – including head and mouthparts – is removed

  • Wash your skin with water and soap afterwards and apply an antiseptic cream around the bite.

  • If possible, send any ticks that you have removed to a public health laboratory in your area or the National Microbiology laboratory (NML)

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