The Lyme Wars (2013)

Re:The Lyme Wars (2013) by gamache on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:20PM (#8489249)

I found a deer tick on myself earlier this summer. Even though it is "not possible" that I was infected in the 12-24 hours it was attached, I insisted on treatment. Three weeks of amoxicillin is not that bad. Chronic Lyme is. I had to advocate for myself in this matter, and I recommend anyone in my position do the same.

I was also treated for initial-stage Lyme about ten years ago, quite successfully, although I developed Bell's Palsy and lost the use of half my face for a few days. That was interesting. Lyme is garbage.

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Re:The Lyme Wars (2013) by cjcole on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:42PM (#8489409)

I'm sitting here with an angry-looking bulls-eye from a tick (scapularis) that was attached for less than 12 hours. (It wasn't there when I went to bed and was there when I woke up.)

With a previous infection I was eventually unable to walk without crutches and had such intense jaw pain that I couldn't sleep without a mouth guard. This is a nasty bug and not to be trifled with.

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