{"id":3051,"date":"2021-08-06T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultrasoundtech.localhost\/ticks-and-health-risks-lyme-disease\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:19:17","slug":"ticks-and-health-risks-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasoundtech.it\/en\/ticks-and-health-risks-lyme-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticks and health risks: Lyme disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ticks can be very dangerous<\/strong> not only for our four-legged friends, but also for humans<\/strong>: in fact, their bite can transmit infectious diseases with serious consequences<\/strong>, especially if not identified and treated in a timely manner. In our article, we talk about Lyme disease, one of the possible consequences of a tick bite.<\/p>\n\n

What is Lyme disease?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Lyme disease<\/strong>, which takes its name from the American town of the same name where, in 1976, a very high number of cases were recorded, is an infection resulting from being bitten by ticks infected with bacteria belonging to the Borrelia<\/em><\/strong> genus (for which reason, Lyme disease is also called borreliosis).<\/p>\n\n

This worldwide disease is particularly widespread in the United States, in the wooded areas of the north-eastern coast and in California.\u00a0 The disease is transmitted to humans when the tick remains on the skin for at least 36 consecutive hours<\/strong>: otherwise, it is more difficult for infection to occur.<\/p>\n\n