Lyme Disease is an infectious disease caused when a pathogenic spirochete, a spiral bacteria named Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi ), is transmitted via a tick vector, frequently the deer tick, also known as the black legged tick.  These ticks are commonly found...

There are few things more frightening than helping a beloved family member through an emergency medical situation.  Emergent medical conditions can present appear in an instant as a definite threat, show up slowly and level off at a point of apparent no return, and...