Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that causes signs and symptoms ranging from rash, fever, chills and body aches to joint swelling, weakness and temporary paralysis. Lyme disease is caused by the b

May 15, 2002 By Sam Donta,M.D. INTRODUCTION Following the introduction of Borrelia burgdorferi into the skin by an infected tick, the organisms begin to spread both locally and syst