Diagnosis
Lyme Resources
Project Lyme has developed a library of educational information for you to better understand Your Lyme Journey. Using the Type, Topic, and Journey icons below, you will be able to filter information to fit your specific needs.
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Topic
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis
Congenital Lyme
Most of us have learned that Lyme disease is spread by a tick bite. What is less known is that Lyme disease is also congenital, meaning it can cross the placenta during pregnancy, both infecting and causing harm to your unborn child. Though scientists have known Lyme is congenital since 1985, it took the CDC until 2020 to finally acknowledge this fact.
Other Tick Borne Diseases
Introducing Co-Infections
Other Tick Borne Diseases
Babesia
Babesia, is a malaria-like parasite, and it infects the red blood cells of its host. The disease resulting from a Babesia infection is called babesiosis. It can be acquired from the bite of an infected tick, but it can also be transmitted through mother-to-child (congenital) in utero or during a blood transfusion.
Other Tick Borne Diseases
Bartonella
Other Tick Borne Diseases
Rickettsial Infections: Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Other Tick Borne Diseases