A kind of disease was discovered to be resistant to antibiotics. The bacterium that was linked to this unnamed disease was linked to the one that causes the Lyme disease.
All the symptoms and characteristics were seemingly familiar to the infamous Lyme disease that the researchers figured the treatment should be the same; however, this certain bacteria carried by ticks was observed to be more or less responsive to antibiotic treatment, almost to having no effect at all.
The bacteria Borrelia miyamotoican can be found in the United Kingdom and in a number of ticks. The disease gives off similar symptoms like fatigue, headaches and muscle pain with a recurring fever that seems to be cured, this is what makes it difficult to diagnose and treat.
Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is an infectious disease caused by a tick bite, it starts with the redness of the area around the bite, then expands to various symptoms like fever, headache, heart palpitations, stiff necks, joint pains and inability to move one or both sides of the face. It is spread to humans by infected ticks remaining attached for 38-48 hours of infection. This disease can progress if untreated and can cause serious organ and brain dysfunctions. The treatment would be antibiotics such as doxycycline, which is recommended for most tick-bite illnesses, amoxicillin and azithromycin among many others.
The difference with this new infection is that it lacks the red rash that usually accompanies the Lyme disease. However, the development of the infection and symptoms is pretty similar. So far, no patients have been found infected with the new disease in the UK, despite having about 3000 new cases of Lyme each year. But in the United States, several cases are now being observed, and people are being advised to be vigilant and safe.
