Question

The prophylaxis of Lyme disease is

• A. To avoid tick bites
• B. To avoid mosquito bites
• C. To avoid used blade
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A To avoid tick bites

• Prophylaxis means to prevent a disease.
• Lyme disease is cause by Borrelia burgdorferi which lives in the body of its carrier insect that is a tick.
• When the tick bites on the skin to take blood it causes a incision or a wound and after finishing with the meal it defecates on the skin of the host along with which bacterial are also released and they enter the body of the host through the wound caused while taking the blood.
• After entering the body they start dividing again and cause infection. When another tick bites a person already suffering from the disease the bacteria along with the blood is transmitted into the tick which it will spread to another healthy individual when it bites into its skin for another blood meal.
• Therefore the best way to prevent the disease is to prevent ticks and their bites.
• So, the correct answer is 'To avoid tick bites'