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.
1 The symptoms of gonorrhea are similar to the symptoms of chlamydia. 2  Both men and women might have rectal or anal infection. 3  Symptoms are usually not present in about 90% of cases. 4  When present, symptoms include anal or rectal itching, discharge, and pain during defecation. Gonorrhea is passed during oral, anal or vaginal sex. 2  It can be passed when the mucous membrane, the soft skin covering all the openings of the body, comes into contact with the mucous membrane secretions or semen of an infected person.