Clinical Social Work/Therapist. Dr. Lipscomb is a licensed psychotherapist with experience providing therapy, counseling and coaching services to individuals, couples, children, youth and families.
Symptoms. Symptoms of babesiosis are similar to those of Lyme disease but babesiosis more often starts with a high fever and chills. As the infection progresses, patients may develop fatigue, headache, drenching sweats, muscle aches, chest pain, hip pain and shortness of breath (âair hungerâ). Babesiosis is often so mild it is not noticed but can be life-threatening to people with no spleen, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems.
Lyme disease can cause facial paralysis and the same symptoms as Bells palsy. Bacteria enter the body through the skin at the site of the tick bite. Typical early symptoms of Lyme disease are a red ring around the site of the bite and flu-like symptoms. Unfortunately these symptoms do not always appear.