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urpaige: That's INSANE! Virginia is endemic for Lyme and the number of cases has grown by over 400% in the last three years! Tick studies have shown greater than 40% of ticks in Northern and Eastern VA to be infected with b. burgdorferi.
I saw an adult deer tick in my house back in February or March (when they aren't supposed to be active, according to some idiot who just pulled that "fact" out of their rear end).
Central VA is smack dab along the route of some migratory birds who also travel right through eastern NY state and west to the great lakes (Where over 75% of reported cases of Lyme disease come from). I CANNOT believe that anyone would be so ignorant to say that Lyme Disease doesn't exist in Central VA. Heck, even the CDC map of reported cases shows MANY dots in the central VA area.
I live in Richmond, and I got bit here in my very own yard! In the city!(the concrete isn't even safe)
I could probably go drag the grass in my yard right now and come back with at least ten deer ticks. And that's lowballing it, big time.
Posts: 156 | From Virginia | Registered: May 2011
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Southeast Georgia 1996/1997 my backyard... clearing brush to put up fences...pulled of many embedded ticks....but not to worry no Lyme in SE Georgia
Not diagnosed til 2009.
Strangely, I found out that the vets check for and are finding lyme.
-------------------- I am not a Doctor and I never played one on TV, I'm just a lab rat with Lyme trying to rid myself of this horrible disease. Posts: 88 | From Florida | Registered: Apr 2010
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quote:Originally posted by scorpiogirl: CA... but they said there is NO Lyme in CA either so I don't know where I was bitten then.
What? And why did they put up signs at the coast in Santa Cruz, warning against ticks? This was in 1989!
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Kadee, Its a joke we have going on this post, most of us live in areas we were told lyme didnt exist. I like you link I will look at it in more detail later. From the brief glance i saw of it it didnt show all that many cases, But it does confirm one of my theories of the pacific flyway for migratory birds. thanks for your link
-------------------- Help I am being forced against my will to learn medicine!!! Posts: 164 | From WASHINGTON | Registered: Jun 2011
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quote:Originally posted by AlanaSuzanne: Yes, sand and beaches. My favorite place in the world is a beach. Those damn ticks fry at the beach or on concrete.
- You can definitely get bit by ticks at the beach.. esp in the dunes where the grasses are.
Concrete is NOW my friend.. didn't use to be!!
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Virginia is where I was bit. In the Staunton, VA and Shenandoah area.
We were on vacation there in October 2001. I suddenly became very ill on our last night there and have been sick ever since. We had been golfing, walking on paths in the woods and even climbed a big beautiful tree to have my picture taken in it.
7 years (and a million doctors) later I tested positive for Lyme.
-------------------- Sick since 10/2001. Tested CDC positive for Lyme 10/2008 through Quest and Igenex. Started treatment 1/2009 with LLMD. Lyme, Erichilosis, Chlamydophila Pneumoniae, Q Fever, Strep Syndrome and probably a few others I am forgetting. Posts: 451 | From Virginia | Registered: Feb 2009
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First bite definitely NJ 40 years ago. Possible second exposure a couple of years ago in Pebble Beach, CA.
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