Lyme Disease: Something To Get Ticked About

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If you thought Lyme disease was transmitted by ticks, you’d be partially right. If you thought Lyme disease could not be transmitted between humans, you’d be partially right. And, if you thought antibiotics could cure Lyme disease, again you’d be partially right.

Because Lyme disease is a recently discovered ailment, knowledge about the illness has only been partially developed. In fact, it is often overlooked by medical professionals because there are over 100 different symptoms depending on the stage of the disease.

America’s #1 Bug Enemy

On the world stage mosquitoes cause more disease in people than any other creature of the insect persuasion. However, in the United States the tick effects the most damage to human health. This is for the most part due to the discovery of Lyme disease in Old Lyme, Connecticut during a juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis outbreak. The Center for Disease Control thought the epidemic unnatural so they investigated the circumstances and discovered Lyme disease as the cause.