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The state collects ticks from residents, and of the more than 800 received thus far this year, nearly 38% have tested positive for Lyme disease,
compared with an average of about 27% in the past five years for the full season,
said Goudarz Molaei, a research scientist at the Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, part of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, a state-owned research facility.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S.

Symptoms can include a ring-like rash, along with flulike symptoms, muscle and joint aches and swollen lymph nodes.
It is usually diagnosed based on symptoms or a blood test.
It is treated with antibiotics.
Longer-term infections can cause more serious symptoms, including arthritis, severe muscle pain and headaches,
heart palpitations, brain inflammation and nerve pain.
Diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease is controversial with many differences of opinion between patient groups and doctors.
(More specific information about tick borne diseases is available at the news site)

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Infctious Disease Ping

Ticks diseases

[Snowybear]

I’m in central MA and spent all day yesterday out in the woods burning brush, picking up sticks and libs, etc.

Not one tick. I keep my woods clean. No poison ivy either.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

So, last year we had Good summer ticks?

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[Yaelle]

I get west Nile and Lyme mixed up. Which one causes mild paralysis and mild dementia or delirium? Knew someone who was hospitalized for weeks and they didn’t know what was apparently killing him. Once they discovered it, he was treated back to health but his fam ily thought he was a goner. We don’t have tons of mosquitoes or ticks here but you don’t need tons.

[rrrod]

Let them eat Democrats

[1Old Pro]

Can’t we spray DDT and kill the ticks?

[1Old Pro]

One of the top ten PGA tour golfers was just diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Taking next week or so of to start treatment.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They mean a GOOD Summer for ticks. Bad for people.

[pinkandgreenmom]

My youngest was diagnosed with Lyme in February (he got the bulls eye rash). We live in the Tampa, FL area and he hasn’t been out of the state in 12 months so he had to contract it here. He tested positive as well based on both blood tests.

The disease is spreading.

[Malsua]

I hiked up the ridge behind my house and shot some video with my Mavic Pro drone of the Tennessee gas pipeline cut.

It’s about 250 feet up and half a mile walk. There are paths for much of it, and about 50 feet through some very light scrub. As I was making my first drone pass, I felt something on my lower back...yeah. tick.

I looked at my pants. Tick. I looked at my arm. Tick. My coat on the ground, 2 ticks.

I shot my drone footage (seen here: https://youtu.be/GmD5t6niOQA )

Walked home...6 more ticks. I showered and may have gotten others.

I did not have much stuff rub against me. I don’t know where these things come from. It’s crazy.

[Augie]

In spite of drowning my clothes in deet/permethrins, I’ve been bitten over 30 times already this spring.

[trisham]

My husband walked across the yard and back last week and found 8 ticks on his clothing, skin and in his hair. We now have tick and flea collars on our 3 dogs.

We’re in Massachusetts.

[firebrand]

I got it once on Fire Island, where it is a real problem. A big red rash, and then when the white spot appeared in the center I knew what it was. Went to a Fire Island doctor and he treated me without even a blood test. It was so rampant out there he had seen it many times and had no doubts.

I don’t know whether it still is a big problem. The deer were totally fearless and walked right up to your deck.