Lyme disease is growing? I don’t like the sound of that. Although Lyne disease can be taken care of if you figure out the person has it in the early stages, issues such as brain damage and paralysis can be avoided or reversed. HIV on the other hand, you have that in you permanently, and the best you can do is suppress it hard, and hope it isn’t a strain that has developed immunity to the antiviral medication. But I agree that Lyme disease isn’t entirely possible to avoid.
Unfortunately, only about 50percent get the telltale Bulls eye rash associated with Lyme. Others are shuttled around for years to specialists who misdiagnose them or to or Nero symptoms, psychological problems, Parkinson’s, MS and others. There will be a protest at the ISDC on May 1 in Arlington in order to get Lyme the attention it really deserves. It can also be passed along to children in the womb and some of those cases are heartbreaking. If you have an xtra 40 minutes, watch Under Our Skin to get a feel for the gravity of this epidemic.