When you hear news of someone being diagnosed with Lyme disease, you probably react in a way that shows you are sad or feel sorry for the one infected. Your thoughts may be that you are relieved it’s not you. Some people may overreact to the news, thinking they will...
You have overcome the biggest hurdle associated with Lyme disease, getting a diagnosis. Too often, Lyme is misdiagnosed due to disorders that have similar symptoms, or due to a doctor’s lack of knowledge. Now that you have a diagnosis, and hopefully a new doctor that...
If you Google your symptoms for Lyme, you may also find a few other diseases and disorders pop up online. That’s because the symptoms of Lyme disease can overlap and even mimic those of other problems. For example, you may feel extreme fatigue from Lyme, or from...
Reports show deer ticks are not killed by freezing temperatures. This means you can be one of the hundreds of thousands of people seeing a doctor for a tick bite with the potential to spread Lyme disease, even in the winter. Educating yourself on all things tick...
Lyme disease is the number one vector-borne, and the number 2 infectious disease in the United States. So, why are we talking about this more? It is obviously an epidemic, but you don’t hear about it on the news or in social circles. Other epidemics, like alcohol and...
Reports show there are over 300,000 Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. That means there are over 300,000 people wondering when and how to tell family, friends, employers and others they have Lyme disease. Factor in the people who have Lyme but are...
The Center for Disease Control reports one percent of the American population is diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. That’s approximately 300,000 people, a higher number than women who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. What’s even scarier than that...
The most obvious sign that you need to get tested for Lyme Disease is if you find a deer tick embedded in your skin. This sounds gross but may be a best-case scenario for some. Around the area of the tick bite, a red rash can appear. This is another sure sign you need...
Blood, a bodily fluid not given the recognition it deserves. Health magazines write lengthy articles about detoxing your kidneys, your liver and your colon. Doctors suggest cleanses to patients to restart metabolism and eliminate negative bacteria in the gut. Why...
According to the Center for Disease Control, at least 30,000 cases of Lyme Disease are reported. But this does not consider the hundreds of thousands that are diagnosed by doctors. In fact, Harvard University reports more than 300,000 are diagnosed with a tick-borne...
