When Life Gives You Lyme: Lyme Disease Article in Great Falls Tribune

Monday, March 18, 2013

Lyme Disease Article in Great Falls Tribune

There was a great article in the Great Falls Tribune this week on Lyme Disease. You can read it here. Great Falls is a city in Montana, nestled in a part of the country that's not supposed to have Lyme Disease. I thought the article does a great job of laying out the facts about Lyme Disease and the many controversies surrounding it. It's worth the read if you or someone you know has been affected by Lyme Disease.

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Lyme treatmentSeptember 22, 2014 at 8:44 AM
It certainly is controversial. There even seems to be some indication of it being present in seminal and vaginal fluid, which could lead to sexual transmission.
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What is Lyme Disease?

While Lyme disease is very complex, it is basically a bacterial infection caused by a spirochete, (a corkscrew-shaped bacteria) called Borrelia Burgdorferi. It is a blood-borne infection most commonly spread by the bite of a deer tick, which can be as small as the size of a poppy seed. Because of it's corkscrew shape, the Lyme bacteria can literally drill through tissue and get anywhere in the body in very short periods of time, (within three weeks of a bite, the bacteria can be identified in spinal fluid.) This is the reason that Lyme can affect almost any body system, and the symptoms can be so varied. In advance stages, Lyme attacks the central nervous system and can be misdiagnosed as ALS, MS, Parkinson's or Alzheimers. Prevention is easy if you are aware of the risk and know what to look for. Please be AWARE!!