{"id":40457,"date":"2025-11-26T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=40457"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:09:55","slug":"potential-best-practices-for-managing-lyme-disease-symptoms-with-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/potential-best-practices-for-managing-lyme-disease-symptoms-with-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Best Practices for Managing Lyme Disease Symptoms with Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lyme Disease and its lingering effects can take a serious physical and mental toll on those who suffer from it. Lyme disease is the <\/span>most commonly transmitted tick-borne disease<\/span><\/a> in the U.S., and its infection rates continue to rise each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cannabis helps manage a wide range of related symptoms <\/span>(e.g., joint pain, fatigue, insomnia<\/span>), many of which Lyme disease patients commonly experience. Let\u2019s explore some cannabis applications that could potentially help Lyme disease patients manage their symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Exactly Is Lyme Disease & How Does It Get Contracted?<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to the <\/span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/span><\/a>, Lyme disease is \u201can illness caused by the bacteria <\/span>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/span><\/i> and spread by blacklegged ticks\u201d. People who live in the northeast, mid-Atlantic, and north-central regions of the U.S. are most at risk of contracting Lyme disease from ticks in forested areas. Some forested regions along the Pacific Coast are also at risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Preventing Lyme disease<\/span><\/a> isn\u2019t always as easy as it sounds, but the main ways to do so are to simply avoid tick bites as much as possible and remove them immediately if bitten. Ticks are most active from April to September, or sometimes early fall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lyme Disease Symptoms Are From Infected Blacklegged Ticks<\/b><\/h3>\n

A blacklegged tick transmits infection to its host approximately 24 hours after it attaches. Not every single blacklegged tick has Lyme disease to spread to hosts\u2013according to the CDC, infection rates of blacklegged ticks can range from <\/span>0%-50% of the entire population<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Symptoms of Lyme disease can manifest themselves a few days after contraction in several ways:<\/span><\/p>\n

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