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Article: Tick Bites: New illnesses are being found. Are you prepared?(EAST: TIPS-TACTICS-HOT SPOTS-FIELD NOTES/SCOUTING REPORT/HEALTH TIPS)(Brief Article)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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Byline: Bob Sampson, Jr.
Last spring I caught Lyme borreliosis, more commonly called Lyme disease. The microscopic bacteria, in my case, settled into a damaged, arthritic section of my back, causing severe pain that made it difficult to walk for a few days and had me napping for the first time since I was three. An immediate month-long regimen of doxycycline nipped the infection in the bud.
There are other, much more serious diseases than Lyme disease that can be vectored by ticks here in the Northeast. All of them can be cured. Here's what else you need to know.
TULAREMIA: Similar in nature to typhoid fever, it can be contracted from tick ...