Topband: Lyme Desease

[John Harden, D.M.D.]

It is named for the Connecticut town where in the mid-1970's there was 
an epidemic of arthritis associated with skin erythema (redness), caused 
by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. A spirochete causes syphillis.

It is transmitted  from rodents to people by tiny, hard deer ticks. */It 
is the major insect-borne disease in the USA./*

Like syphillis it has 3 stages:

1) An expanded area of redness with a necrotic center at the site of the 
tick bite.

2) Early spread via the blood system...

      a) secondary skin lesions

      b) "moving around" joint & muscle pain

      c) heart rhythm disturbances

      d) meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain)...

3) Two or three years later one sees a chronic arthritis and sometimes 
severe joint damage. There can be an encephalitis (brain 
inflammation).... which can be
      mild to debilitating...

THIS IS A BACTERIAL INFECTION.. The damage is thought to be due to 
antibodies to the bacterial proteins that attack host tissues...


All in all... Not good!!

73,

John, W4NU







7/23/2012 8:45 PM, wa3mej at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
>    Sorry to say it didnt work for me!  Two years ago this September I contracted Lyme Desease and I had treated my clothing with Permethrin very heavily... but what I didnt do was  take a shower when I came in.  Now to be honest I live in the woods soooo what did I expect.  There is one thing that Frank is definately right and I can attest to... Lyme desease is a life changing experience and everyones experience is just a little different to be sure but the infectious desease doctor said he had never seen a case as bad as what I had.  Ya see most people get one red bullseyes at the site of the bite I had the damn things all over my body  hundreds of bullseyes.  My body temp dropped to 96 degrees and stayed there for weeks at a time and I got extreme vertigo and drove very little for a year. I think my poor my wife was about to kill me.. she said I should have been pregnant and given birth then I could complain.. hummmm go figure.
>
> Ok so why say all of this ?  To tell you an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as the old people used to say. T here is a semi preventative, take a shower immediately apon coming in the house and wash all your clothing. These ticks are so small you will probably never see them and they dont always bite you immediately..a shower is your best defense. ALso wear lite colored clothing apparently they are not as attracted to it.  Lyme desease is at epidemic levels in Maryland and on the east coast from Mass down to about the northern end of NC.
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> Above all else if you are bitten please go see an infectious desease doctor as soon as you can get to him. It did take me over a year and a half but the symptoms do eventually lessen to where you can live a nearly normal life but you get flash backs occasionally for a few hours every once in a while.
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> On the lighter side at least I wasnt hot that summer when we got the 100+ temps. By the way.. ham radio was my salvation during that time even though I co uld not do much antenna work.
>
> Live Long and Prosper
>
> Jim   WA3MEJ
>
>
>> Bruce is correct that Beverage antenna installation and maintenance brings on the risk of life changing Lyme disease. Lyme disease is present in >many .areas of the world, but particularly in the non-arid areas of the United States, Canada and Europe.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease
>> Permethrin treated clothing (socks, pants and long sleeve shirt) is exceptionally effective at repelling ticks.
>> http://sectionhiker.com/treating-your-clothes-with-permethrin
>> Clothing can be purchased pretreated with Permethrin. Commercially treated clothing remains effective after dozens of washings. Look for the trademarks >"Insect Shield" and "Bug Shield" in sporting goods stores or online:
>> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=insect+shield+clothing&tag=googhydr->20&index=apparel&hvadid=7552570997&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6295266011507505301&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_e41pllg51_e
>> 73
>> Frank
>> W3LPL
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