Posted on 05/25/2007 7:42:58 AM PDT by new yorker 77
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is receiving treatment to prevent lyme disease after being bitten by a tick during a recent tour of dams in upstate New York.
Schumer, a senator since 1998, apparently was bitten during a May 7 dam tour in the Hudson Valley region. He and other lawmakers have called for improvements to many small dams in the area to prevent flooding.
"I went tramping through the woods with Congressman John Hall to check dams," the senator said.
He later found a tick, and spotted a telltale "bulls-eye" mark on his leg that is an early sign of infection.
Schumer is now undergoing a 21-day treatment with antibiotics, which can cause fatigue in some patients.
He said he hasn't noticed any symptoms besides the initial bulls-eye mark, and is being treated "to prevent it from developing into the disease."
Lyme disease is transmitted by the black-legged tick, also known as the deer tick.
Symptoms include lethargy, joint pain, fever, limping and loss of appetite. Even after treatment, symptoms can recur in some patients.
Last summer, amid concerns that a new, aggressive type of tick had migrated from southern states to New York, Schumer proposed legislation that would have authorized $100 million for Lyme disease research.
How will doctors tell if Schumer's symptoms have gotten worse?
Is the tick going to survive?
Well......I’d say his butt will hurt!
Tick bites Schumer, tick dies.
I didn’t know parasites attacked other parasites. You learn something new every day.
The headline is wrong - it should read “Bloodsucking Parasite Is Victim Of Cannibalism”
You beat me by 4 seconds...I shouldn’t have stopped to spell-check...
So did the tick die???
Schumer causes fatigue everytime he opens his mouth.
So Dennis Kucinich bit him?
You can bet that this particular health care service will only be available to powerful Democratic politicians, once their health care plan goes into effect.
Or just “Bloodsucking Parasite Bitten by Tick”
The tick was trying to get home to Pappa.
Answer: Professional courtesy...
The tick probably died of blood poisoning.
You have to have a brain before it can be targeted.
They can cure Schumer’s Lyme disease, but they can’t cure his Lame disease.
A Tale of Two Small Blood-Sucking Insects...
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