Lyme Disease - US NE

[Wagtail]

Surge In Mice Is A Harbinger For Lyme Disease : Goats and Soda : NPR

Interesting that the disease stops at the Canadian border. What are they doing that's different?

 

[Cub 7274]

It doesn't stop there there is Lyme disease in Canada to its a different country and they don't care for their article

 

[gsganzer]

My niece was diagnosed a few weeks ago with full blown late stage Lyme disease. It was originally misdiagnosed as mono many months ago, even though she had the tell-tale bulls eye rash and all the other symptoms. The poor girl is in agony with random joint pain and is undergoing major rounds of antibiotics. From my understanding, when it reaches this stage, it's chronic and untreatable. Sort of like shingles, you always harbor the virus and you'll have occasional flare-ups.

I was planning to read up on it some more tonight.

 

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Surge In Mice Is A Harbinger For Lyme Disease : Goats and Soda : NPR Interesting that the disease stops at the Canadian border. What are they doing that's different?

It's the Poutine!

 

[wdchyd]

The Deadly Secrets of Plum Island

here's some good reading:shocked:

 

[Weedy Fields]

I read an study on Lymes regarding a study that looked at Coyote/fox and mouse relationship.
It also noted that mice are a prime host for the ticks.
It stated that Red foxes are much more effective at catching/eating mice than Coyotes.
And also that Coyotes push out foxes as they see them as competitors.
It seems that coyote populations have and are still increasing and foxes declining.
A possible cause for the increase in lymes.
I believe the study was done in NY state.

 

[bigdeano]

My niece was diagnosed a few weeks ago with full blown late stage Lyme disease. It was originally misdiagnosed as mono many months ago, even though she had the tell-tale bulls eye rash and all the other symptoms. The poor girl is in agony with random joint pain and is undergoing major rounds of antibiotics. From my understanding, when it reaches this stage, it's chronic and untreatable. Sort of like shingles, you always harbor the virus and you'll have occasional flare-ups.

I was planning to read up on it some more tonight.

I'm so sorry she has this. I had Lyme for 17 years thanks to a bug bite and dumb doctors. I happened to meet a fellow who developed a cure with the help of a doctor friend. He and his wife both had it. It took 3 years but I finally got rid of it. If the antibiotics don't work for her she can try what I used. It's called a Doug coil, named after Doug who invented it. You should find information on the net. It's a pretty powerful AC magnetic coil that kills the Lyme bacteria. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't used it myself.

Let me know if you need more info, maybe I can help.

 

[RandyT]

The problem with treating lyme is it is a blood born illness that doesn't like living in the blood. the liver and brain are its hiding places in the cyst form.

 

[NorTracNY]

My guinea fowl are not going to come soon enough! I pulled off a tick this weekend from one of my dogs.

 

[teejk]

My guinea fowl are not going to come soon enough! I pulled off a tick this weekend from one of my dogs.

Hope you know that the offending tick is TINY...not the typical wood tick you find on your dogs. I have heard that free range poultry is very effective in the yard.