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Lyme Disease Specialists To Speak in Springfield on September 19
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two Lyme disease specialists will speak in Springfield on September 19, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The free Lyme awareness event will be held at the Springfield Marriott.
Richard Horowitz, M.D., of Hyde Park, NY, is the president-elect of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). He has over 20 years of experience in treating more than 10,000 cases of persistent (late) Lyme disease. Dr. Horowitz will give a presentation about Lyme disease and co-infections, environmental toxins, and heavy metals.
Steven Phillips, M.D., of Wilton, CT, is the immediate-past president of ILADS. His work has been published in Lancet, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Infection, and other medical publications. Dr. Phillips will speak about chronic Lyme disease and the connection to multiple sclerosis (MS).
Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the U.S., with over 20,000 cases reported nationwide each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), reported cases may be about 10% of actual cases that meet the CDC's surveillance criteria. Lyme disease has received considerable attention in recent weeks following the White House's disclosure that President Bush was treated for the disease last year.
In 2005, Massachusetts had the fourth-highest incidence rate (36.5 new cases per 100,000 people) of Lyme disease in the U.S. Neighboring Connecticut had the second-highest rate, with 51.6 new cases per 100,000.
Lyme disease is caused by bacteria that are spread to humans through the bite of tiny, infected deer ticks. While Lyme disease can usually be treated successfully with antibiotics if diagnosed early, many people do not notice deer ticks or the characteristic bull's-eye rash caused by the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi. If treatment is delayed, the disease can affect the heart, joints, and central nervous system, with sometimes devastating consequences. Tick-borne co-infections such as anaplasmosis (formerly human granulocytic ehrlichiosis or HGE), babesiosis, and bartonella can also increase the complexity and severity of symptoms.
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
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Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
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