Everyone should place a comment and flood the site with information about this illness and resources and links to help inform the public and bring about Lyme awareness.
"easily cure" oy vey
Posted by Abxnomore (Member # 18936) on :
Oy vey is right. I hope everyone will place a comment on Huff post. It's a great opportunity for public out reach. We need to make our voices heard where ever we can.
The truth about Lyme Disease is being withheld from the public and has been for many years. It is not easily curable, the tests are highly unreliable making it a clinical diagnoses and a tick does not have to be attached for 24 hours to infect you. You can pick up a host of other infections from a tick bite, as well.
Everyone should see this great documentar�y "Under Our Skin" and educate themselves about this illness, as your average doctor will not. In fact, as hard as it is to believe it's the truth that you will not get help from your average doctor but you but you will be misdiagnos�ed with anything ranging to autoimmune issues, RA, ALS, Dementia, Parkinsons�, MS, mental illness, Lupus, CFS, FMS and the list goes on.
The spirochete that causes Lyme Disease is the cousin to the one that causes syphilis. Before antibiotic�s were discovered syphilis was known as "the great imitator", as it mimicked so many other illnesses. Lyme Disease and it's associated co-infecti�ons are the modern day "Great Imitator".
You can find plenty of resources on this site, as well as informatio�n on the Lyme Disease documentar�y, "Under Our Skin".
"Blacklegged tick species, commonly called deer ticks, that are as small as poppy seeds can transmit Lyme disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted more than 35,000 confirmed or probable cases of Lyme in 2009, the latest data available. These ticks are most active from May through July, and are most common in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, upper Midwest and Pacific coast.
If a tick's been biting for less than 24 hours, chances of infection are small. So do a daily tick check. And the CDC recommends using insect repellent with DEET.
Antibiotics easily cure most people of Lyme. But other than Lyme's hallmark round, red rash, early symptoms are vague and flu-like. People who aren't treated can develop arthritis, meningitis and some other serious illnesses.
Different tick species around the country can transmit additional diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tickborne relapsing fever, and STARI or Southern tick-associated rash illness."
What do you think? It's the IDSA lies.
It would be great if more people would leave comments to correct this misinformation:
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