News about Lyme Disease

[lighthouse33]

Prevention Magazine

May 2014 Issue

Front Cover SPECIAL REPORT
News about Lyme Disease

Page 114 Read this If You Ever Go Outside

Mainstream medicine insists Lyme disease isn't spreading and is easily treated.  But renegade scientists are uncovering a very different truth.

[wildforwater]

Interesting article.  Thanks!  I have had Lyme twice, once with a co-infection of Babesia.  My skins crawls just thinking about ticks!  I truly believe it is what triggered my autoimmune problems.

Maria

[litliwlowa]

Is this online? Or do we need the physical magazine?

I can't find in search engine anyway. Prevention Magazine's site, but not what you're referencing. help!!

[lighthouse33]

Is this online? Or do we need the physical magazine?

I can't find in search engine anyway. Prevention Magazine's site, but not what you're referencing. help!!

Why One Man Volunteered To Have 8 Blood-Sucking Ticks Attached To His Knee
Not concerned about Lyme disease?
You might want to rethink that if you ever go outside.

By Katherine Harmon Courage 
prevention.com/health/health-concerns/truth-about-lyme-disease

This is the article at the link below but the appearance in the physical magazine is different.  And, they didn't include the following bullet points:

LYME FACT #1 New research suggests that Lyme bacteria, a relative of the pathogen that causes syphilis, could be sexually transmitted.

LYME FACT #2 Ticks instinctively inch toward heads and ears, where skin is thinner, for easy feeding.  But they often get stuck in bunched clothing behind knees and armpits.

LYME FACT #3 It takes 36 to 48 hours for Lyme bacteria to be transmitted from a tick via  bacteria-ridden salivary glands.

LYME FACT #4 Ticks can sense where there's animal and human activity, making the edges of forest trails  latch-on hot spots.

LYME FACT #5 Clothing sprayed with the chemical permethrin can kill ticks in midcrawl as they traverse the fabric.  Repellent with 20% DEET works on skin.

[litliwlowa]

Thank you Lighthouse!

Wow, the interactive map is interesting too. According to that, per CDC, 95% of of documented cases occur in 13 states. Ugh, VA/MD/DE/WV...lots of tic bites camping all the time. Little buggers crawl up my leg so stealthily not even know they were there till time to change clothes or shower.

prevention.com/dispatches-lyme-wars