For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/12/tick-prevention-2019/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/21/help-i-got-bit-by-a-tick-what-do-i-do/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/06/05/reducing-the-burden-of-lyme-disease/
Those symptoms reportedly include fever, muscle aches and respiratory failure. Unlike COVID-19, this sickness is treatable. The CDC says doxycycline is frequently prescribed to knock it out.
Health officials worry the emergence of anaplasmosis could cause complications as woodsmen in areas like Saratoga and the Adirondacks start heading outdoors again as pandemic lockdown restrictions are eased and the weather gets warmer. (See link for article)
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For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/category/anaplasmosis-treatment/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/06/08/emerging-tick-borne-diseases-blood-safety-summary-of-a-public-workshop/ Anaplasmosis has been transmitted through blood transfusions.
https://www.health.com/condition/lyme-disease/tick-bite-chronic-lyme-disease-symptoms
There are days I feel as though my body is constricted by a thousand weighted blankets, and I can’t even lift my foggy head off the pillow, let alone carry on a coherent conversation with my husband or daughters. Days my muscles burn like they’re on fire, my bones cry out as if they are being crushed in a crematorium, and I am left bawling on the floor in the fetal position. On days like that, my husband scoops me up and puts me in an Epsom salt bath. Some days, when I’m in a flare, I feel like I am dying inside. It is a battle I will be fighting for the rest of my life.
Now I know I have what some clinicians and researchers are calling chronic Lyme disease, a tickborne infection that took a decade of my life to properly diagnose. (See link for article)
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**Comment**
Important quote:
Ultimately, she diagnosed Epstein Barr and leaky gut, which she treated through diet, lifestyle changes, and supplements. A conventional Lyme test came back negative. She said that we could go ahead and treat for Lyme since it could be a false negative, but I wasn’t ready to take that step without a definitive diagnosis.
This right here is the problem….
First, I’m impressed the doctor was willing to treat her despite the negative test. Perhaps word is finally making it around; however, the patient’s refusal to treat due to wanting a definitive diagnosis is pretty common. They just don’t get it.
It’s up to us to educate the public on how devastating tick-borne illness is because it’s the only way procrastination to get treatment is going to change. This isn’t like other diseases where you go in get a definitive test and then start treatment. This is like catching a greased pig in an oil factory.
This “wait and see” approach is ruining peoples’ lives and must end. If you are bitten by a tick, treat immediately – before any tests can even be taken and get back. Trust me when I say it’s a lot easier to support the brief negative impact of antibiotics than it is to treat something that can disable you and cause you pain of a magnitude you’ve never experienced before.
For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/02/13/lyme-disease-treatment/
https://lymediseaseassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MFP-Spring-Lyme-Disease-Article.pdf (Full article here)
Elizabeth L. Maloney, MD, President of the Partnership for Tick-Borne Diseases Education and Family Medicine Physician in Wyoming, MN published a paper titled “Reducing the Burden of Lyme Disease” in Minnesota Family Physician. It includes discussion of tick bite management, early treatment, and shared decision-making.
In the article, Dr. Maloney highlights the expensive cost of Lyme disease, stating that, “Nationwide, the annual direct medical costs could reach 1.3 billion dollars” and calls attention to the disadvantages in research the illness has suffered, as well as clinical trial evidence that is “generally scant and/or of low quality”.
The author advises that, “Blacklegged tick bites acquired in Minnesota carry a significant risk of Lyme disease,” and offers guidance for making decisions regarding antibiotic prophylaxis of asymptomatic bites.
Maloney stresses the importance of early treatment and writes,
“Early Lyme disease, when promptly diagnosed and appropriately treated with antibiotics, is curable.” Above all, she states, “the risks and benefits of all options should be discussed with patients in the setting of shared decision-making in order to arrive at a therapeutic plan that fits both the clinical circumstances and the patient’s goals and values.”
(See top link for full article)
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**Comment**
Early treatment is imperative; however, doctors still take a “wait and see” approach after patients get bitten by a tick. This approach is maiming thousands of people and needs to change. ILADS recommends 20 days of doxycycline for an acute tick bite, but it’s important to keep track of any symptoms as many coinfections will not be covered under that particular mono-therapy. Also, remember that testing is wrong half the time.
For a great resource:
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/21/help-i-got-bit-by-a-tick-what-do-i-do/ (Put this somewhere safe so you can access it if you need to)
This is what appropriate Lyme disease treatment looks like: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/02/13/lyme-disease-treatment/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/langley-toddler-tick-bite-1.5584391
Malia Radmore is usually an energetic toddler, running around, so when she began crawling on Wednesday, her mother Melissa Radmore just thought she was playing.
But when it was time to stand her up for a snack, Radmore was surprised to see her daughter collapse.
“I tried to get her to stand again, and she collapsed again,” said Radmore, who lives in Langley, B.C.
The mother found a Rocky Mountain wood tick, although they are typically found east of the Coast Mountains, in her hair. Another example of a tick being where it shouldn’t be.
Interesting quote:
Paralysis from a tick bite is quite rare. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control doesn’t officially track cases, but its public health lab typically consults on zero to two cases each year.
Again, how can something be called “rare” when no one is counting? This same issue is a problem with congenital Lyme. The CDC states it’s “rare,” but again, nobody’s counting: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/19/how-can-mother-to-fetus-transmission-of-lyme-disease-be-rare-when-no-one-is-counting/
For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/11/20/is-tick-paralysis-a-symptom-of-lyme-disease/
https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/05/20/child-paralyzed-after-tick-bite/
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