[Dr. Sivana]

Prevention provides the basic protection.

In 1997, I lived in a wooded area of eastern Connecticut for one year, in an area known to be infested with Lyme Disease.

I am NOT outdoorsy, and went from the house to the car, from the car to the house, always wearing long sleeves, socks, sneakers or dress shoes. I still got Lyme, with the bullseye rash behind my left upper leg.

My wife blames the cat, who went outdoors, though he had been treated with FrontLine TopSpot. I blame foliage near the front door. We will never know.

Even with regular preventive measures, things happen.

For the record, we caught it early, and my body responded well to $20 worth of anti-biotics over three weeks.

[CTyank]

I grew up a few miles from Uconn. I recall that CT had the opportunity to eradicate much of the Lyme by creating feeding troughs throughout the state that would force the deer to walk through a tick “wash”. This would slowly but surely kill off diseased ticks.

The state environmental whackos killed the idea because they feared that the deer population would grow and need to be culled - as well as endanger motorists.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Dr. Sivana:" I am NOT outdoorsy, and went from the house to the car, from the car to the house,
always wearing long sleeves, socks, sneakers or dress shoes.
I still got Lyme, with the bullseye rash behind my left upper leg. "
"My wife blames the cat, who went outdoors, though he had been treated with FrontLine TopSpot.
I blame foliage near the front door. We will never know."

Most medical references indicate that the "Bulls-eye" rash,
which routinely identifies a tick bite, occurs in only about 25% of the bites.
The medical tests to determine Lyme disease, last I knew, is not trust worthy
giving both false positives and false negatives.
Tick transference from warm blooded to another animal is known,
since many tick bites are transferred to humans ,after having been relocated by deer.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Dr. Sivana :" For the record, we caught it early, and my body responded well to $20 worth of anti-biotics over three weeks."

About eight years ago, while in New Hampshire, I was bitten by 5 known ticks.
Upon notifying my family doctor,they administered the only then known treatment
of three weeks anti-biotics (21 days).
Since Lyme disease is a virus, anti-biotics are not effective against viral diseases.