Re:What It's Like to Have Severe Lyme Disease
by mantas on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @07:53AM
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I've had Lyme disease twice. And been bitten by ticks many more times.
Lyme is easy to treat if it's found on time. 5 days of antibiotics and all is good. Both times I got it there were the infamous Lyme circles. It's possible to have Lyme without the circles though, so it's a good idea to test for Lyme once the ticks' season is over. Just in case.
Ticks Encephalitis is an entirely different beast though. Get vaccinated for it if you hike/cycle/camp/whatever and your area have even slightest chance of it. It ain't pretty to watch people fight it when there's 30% chance of more or less full recovery.
Lyme is easy to treat if it's found on time. 5 days of antibiotics and all is good. Both times I got it there were the infamous Lyme circles. It's possible to have Lyme without the circles though, so it's a good idea to test for Lyme once the ticks' season is over. Just in case.
Ticks Encephalitis is an entirely different beast though. Get vaccinated for it if you hike/cycle/camp/whatever and your area have even slightest chance of it. It ain't pretty to watch people fight it when there's 30% chance of more or less full recovery.