Is this true or false against lyme disease?!


Question: Is this true or false against lyme disease.?
It is diagnosed by detecting antibody against deer ticks.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
False
A "bulls-eye" rash following possible tick exposure is the way doctors diagnosis Lyme disease. The Western blot test (which looks at certain proteins specific to lyme borrelia in your blood) is used for most lab confirmed diagnosis.Health Question & Answer

usually the diagnosis is made by the symptomology: a small, sunburn-like rash, headaches, dizziness, and general neurological dysfunction.
the anti bodies are your body's reaction to the infection the mite gave you, but the testing for it has to be done within two weeks of the rash to be reliable Health Question & Answer

Good sources of info about Lyme disease:
http://www.lymedisease.org
http://www.canlyme.com
http://www.lymenet.org
http://www.lymeinfo.net
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
http://www.ilads.org
http://www.betterhealthguy.com
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