Summer has begun, and people must be more cautious of their surroundings when going outdoors. Lyme disease is a common infection in individuals who hike or walk in wooded areas or tall grasses where tick exposure is prevalent. The recommended treatment for Lyme disease is a 2- to 4-week co...
My husband was tested positive about 6 years ago. From the time I remember him being bit by a tick and the strange rash on his arm, it took two years to convince a doctor to test him for the Lyme bacteria. Even had to pay out of our own pocket because the doctor wasn’t ordering...
Advocates for Lyme disease patients have filed an “information quality request for correction” complaint that challenges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) position on how frequently the bull’s-eye erythema migrans (EM) rash occurs in patients with Lyme disease. The cont...
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Place clothes in a dryer on high heat for an hour, to kill any ticks clinging to the fabric. Check gear and pets for ticks. "There are simple things people can do to prevent Lyme disease," Nelson said.
Updated on: July 21, 2015 / 6:26 PM EDT/ CBS/AP The CDC says the high-risk area for lyme disease is spreading Lyme disease threat in the U.S. has spiked 320 percent02:40 The geographic areas whereLyme disease is a bigger dangerhave grown dramatically, according to a new government ...
(HealthDay)—Lyme disease may be grossly under-reported in the United States. Government researchers say the tick-borne infection affects about 10 times as many Americans as previously indicated by confirmed case reports.
Lyme disease occurs in all age groups. While the greater volume of testing and positive results is found in older and middle-age adults, a higher rate of positive results is found in children and young adults. This may be an upshot of children being more engaged on a regular basis in out...
She has grown accustomed to getting bitten by ticks on the island and said she has had Lyme disease four times. About five years ago, she started experiencing terrible, itchy hives on her back, torso and thighs in the middle of the night. Her doctors concluded it wa...
Dr. Lars Eisen and Marc Dolan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reviewed decades of scientific literature on the effectiveness of various methods of preventing bites and controlling ticks that transmit Lyme disease. Their findin