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Article: Nix Ticks!(Lyme disease)(Brief Article)
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- Insight on the News
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- July 3, 2000
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Beware the lowly tick, the tiny insect that spreads Lyme disease to hikers, gardeners and picnickers who fail to take the proper precautions.
At first, Jo McCallum thought she had jet lag. After all, hers symptoms -- headaches, arthritislike joint pain and debilitating fatigue -- appeared after a trip to Minnesota. But her symptoms were just the beginning of "a depressing roller-coaster ride" that defied drug regimens, holistic treatments and diet changes. Eventually, a 27-month course of antibiotics seemed to bring a cure to her ailment -- Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is spread by deer ticks, says Brian Fallon, director of the Lyme Disease Research ...