Lyme Disease
Lyme disease, a tick-borne desease
The most commonly reported tick-borne disease in the United States, Lyme disease is passed to humans through the bite of black-legged ticks (deer ticks) in the East and western black-legged ticks in the West. Currently, the largest clusters of cases have appeared in the Northeast and the Great Lakes regions.
Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease may present a range of symptoms, including an expanding, red circular rash at site of the bite, fever, joint and muscle pains, headache, chills, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes. When left untreated, it can lead to abnormalities in the skin, joints, heart, and nervous system.
Workers at risk of Lyme Disease
Employees at outdoor sites where there are woods, bushes, high grass, or leaf litter are at greater risk. Occupations that often involve these types of surroundings include construction, landscaping, forestry, brush clearing, land surveying, agriculture, railroad work, oil field work, utility line work, and park and wildlife management.
Preventing and Managing Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a preventable occupational illness and Concentra can help make it easy and cost-effective to implement jobsite prevention practices and training, incidence monitoring, and care. Our versatile solutions include:
- More than 300 medical centers nationwide
- On-site, mobile, or Web-based services
- On-site training and consulting
- National medical consultants and expert panels
- Routine screenings and examinations
