Comments on: Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:17:29 +0000

I know these posts are you are old but in case you’re looking at this do you need to be aware: do check yourself thoroughly after being outside… they love the woods around my house in se PA WE HAVE MILLIONS OF THEM. DO ALSO CHECK YOUR PETS.
If you find a tick remove it and look at it closely you can compare it with pictures on The internet.* more than you ever wanted to know all you have to do is research.
Watch the spot closely the first 24 hours if it is red and irritated and seems to be getting worse instead of better… go to the doctor do not wait! I speak from experience. You need at least 3 weeks of antibiotics… the sooner you get antibiotics the better off you’ll be.

By: Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:54:25 +0000

You can catch it again (and again, and again…). Some think it never truly leaves your system once you have it. It is definitely a little understood disease.

By: R Johnson

R Johnson — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:12:18 +0000

While this article was interesting, I have one question that I have not been able to find an answer to. If you have already had Lime disease and been treated for it, is it possible to catch it again, or is it one that can not be caught again once you’ve been infected and your body has the antibodies?

By: Sharon Hall

Sharon Hall — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:55:37 +0000

STOP blaming the deer!!! It’s a misconception that deer transmit the bacteria that causes lyme disease. Ticks do NOT get the bacteria from deer. That is a FACT. So your statement “Deer ticks pick up the bacteria from deer and mice, then introduce it to humans through their saliva” is not completely correct. Ticks get the bacteria from mice, and other small rodents, but primarily the white-footed mouse which has been infected with the bacteria. Birds, deer and other animals only act as the hosts to the tick, they do NOT become infected with the bacteria.You might want to read these articles to get the real facts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/nyregion/l-lyme-disease-don-t-blame-deer-244678.html
http://www.animal-advocates.org/info/file?file=s81m5464.pdf

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:25:23 +0000

Last year and this year seem to be really bad here in NH. We just finished up building a pig pen along the woods’ edge this last week and a number of us have had multiple ticks on us. Last year I must have pulled atleast 20 ticks off myself alone. Once the ticks are all full and puffed up….how can you tell if it is a deer tick or the other, larger tick? We always get the large ticks on us. I have hair to my rear and always try to wear a skull cap or bandana to cover my head, but it does not seem to metter much to these ticks.

By: Lyme advocate

Lyme advocate — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:06:13 +0000

If caught early enough AND you have all the right complimentary lifestyle support mechanisms, you MAY kill the lyme bug in sufficient numbers. This is only the case in about 50% of people that do catch it in the first week. Many people have chronic Lyme symptoms for years if not decades after the standard anti-biotic treatment. Source – http://www.lyme-disease-research-database.com/lyme-disease-antibiotics.html