Re: Lyme Disease
Gerry/Bob O'Neill wrote:
> Paula,
>
> Sorry to hear about the Lyme. If it's any consolation, I have two
> colleagues who were bitten and developed the rash and after antibiotics
> they are just fine. I had an embedded deer tick removed by my doctor
> Friday, and am keeping an eye out for the rash. He gave me a Rx for
> antibiotics but said not to take them unless I actually developed the
> rash..How long after the bite did you notice the rash?
>
> Gerry
Dear Gerry,
I would take the antibiotic--not worth the risk otherwise. A friend of mine
developed all the worst symptoms, has permanent damage, had to have a
hysterectomy, and is now on antibiotics for life. As I undertsand it, the tick
carries a spirochete, and some of the damage this can do in the bloodstream is
not unlike that of certain venereal diseases, e.g., damage to reproductive
organs, nerve damage, even certain psychoses.
Kris
--
Kristi A. Groberg, Ph.D.
kgroberg@fargocity.com
"My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dogs think I am."
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