[Abby4116]

I fail to see WHY medical professionals don't realize that more than one illness can be present after a tick bite. Vets understand that.

The Lyme test done routinely on dogs tests for several of these diseases at once - a $35 test that takes five minutes.

[heylady]

Babesia can be detected on a blood film included in a CBCD ( complete blood count with differential). Unfortunately the babesia are only small dots contained in the RBC and can sometimes be missed during the early stages of the disease. As the disease progresses the “dots” become more numerous and “should “ be seen by the technologist reading the differential.

[vetvetdoug]

Since 1995 the Human medical community has identified at least six new tick borne diseases. Veterinarians have always maintained that Anaplasma spp or Tropical Pancytopenia (Ehrlichia) and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever were the two most prevalent but there were many more out there unidentified. Potomac Horse Fever is tick borne as well as the Babesia species. Leishmaniasis and Trapanasomes are also vector borne but use a Triatomid bug. Insects transmit some really dangerous diseases, especially those insects that feed on animals, birds, reptiles and humans.

[metmom]

Follow the $$$$