Nearly Half A Million People In The U.S. Are Impacted By Lyme Disease Each Year, But Researchers Recently Discovered That A Protein In Human Sweat Can Protect Against This Illness

Then, some mice were injected with the mutated variant exposed to bacteria, and others were injected with the normal variant. The first group became infected with Lyme disease; the latter remained healthy.

Researchers in Estonia were able to replicate the findings of the study using data that was gathered from 18,000 people with Lyme disease.

Further investigations are needed to determine how SCGB1D2 inhibits bacterial growth and why the mutated variant is less effective.

The researchers also note there is still a possibility that people with the protective SCGB1D2 protein can develop Lyme disease.

Symptoms of Lyme disease include headaches, chills, fever, fatigue, muscle/joint aches, swollen lymph nodes, and rashes.

If left untreated, facial palsy, heart palpitations, nerve pain, irregular heartbeat, and inflammation of the brain and spinal cord may occur.