Archive for the 'Lyme Disease' Category

My battle with Lyme disease

Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a spirochete. In the United States, the actual name of the bacterium is Borrelia burgdorferi. But there is one bug in particular that everyone should be aware of: the deer tick, of which one in three carry a contagious disorder called Lyme Disease. In [...]

URI Expert: Deer Ticks Up 52% This Summer

Over the past countless years, I have experienced strange, unusual, unexpected. Lyme disease season runs from April to September. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection contracted from being bit by an infected tick. If your family and pets spend time in Montenegro's woods, you should take preventative measures to reduce or prevent For Cara Lee, [...]

Devastating New Infection From Ticks

Anyone familiar with the effects of Lyme disease knows how life-changing it can be. Now a new potentially devastating infection caused by tick bites is beginning to spread in the Lower Hudson Valley, coastal areas of the Northeast, and elsewhere, johnny alive Question of Dabbo Dabbo : How do you deal with joint pain from [...]