Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 15:58:20 -0400 From: Karen Sirls Subject: Lyme/Tick Borne Disease Support Group – Saturday, June 16th 10:30-12:00 There will be a meeting of the newly formed Lyme/Tick Borne Disease Support Group in the Fellowship Hall at Brown’s Chapel United Methodist Church from 10:30 AM- noon onContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 19:50:17 +0000 From: Tanya Alvord Subject: Lyme Disease Support Group – Organizational meeting Lyme disease, the potentially debilitating tick-borne illness, is on the rise in North Carolina. The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 30 confirmed and 236 probable cases of Lyme diseaseContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:49:27 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Lyme disease Tom’s post is spot on, and this is the reason I have recommended early treatment with doxycycline for tick bites. 1. prevent tick bit by wearing light color clothes so you can see the ticks, longContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:13:36 -0400 From: paultierney Subject: Lyme Disease/People’s Pharmacy Podcast #996 This is an excellent program describing how difficult it was to get a diagnosis for Lyme disease a few years ago. I hope things have improved since then, but I think this podcast still has importantContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:33:35 -0400 From: “Jeannette Beranger” Subject: lyme disease I’m a former New Englander and the incidence of Lyme is much higher where I come from yet it is misdiagnosed just as badly up there as it may be here. One of my husband’s colleagues wasContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 13:54:32 -0400 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Lyme Disease The question, Dr Dykers, is whether or not the doctors are Lyme literate enough to offer proper diagnosis and treatment in the proper timeframe. When reported and treated incidence is 26-29 in 2015, the experience is notContinue Reading
Lyme disease On Friday, July 22, 2016 2:22 PM, Carol M wrote: There is, justifiably, a lot of talk and concern about Lyme and other tick borne diseases on the Chatlist. I ran across this recent article. Perhaps it will help and inform. http://www.mvtimes.com/2016/07/13/visiting-physician-sheds-new-light-lyme-disease/Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:05:31 -0500 From: Carol Phillips Subject: Lyme Disease I am sorry Mr. Kirk that you have Lyme Disease. I can sympathize too with your frustration about the lack of attention the disease gets: it is only recently that some doctors in North Carolina recognized peopleContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:10 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Re: ticks ANY sign or symptoms of Lyme surely calls for longer treatment. EARLY, when the potential innoculum is small, makes all the difference. John Dykers Actually, an excisional biopsy of a severely embedded tick, is rational therapy.Continue Reading
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:45:34 -0400 From: “Dr John R Dykers Subject: Tick diseases – Support Beat the Bite 5K and 1 mile fun run/walk 14 October Tick bites are good candidates for overtreatment, (Overtreatment is here defined as before diagnostic signs or symptoms or test results are present)Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:15:59 -0500 From: marcia e herman Subject: Keep the tick please! We (Tick-borne Infections Council of NC) have had reports of several people being bitten by “black-looking” ticks in the last few weeks. Please note: 1. These are likely the black-legged tick (used to beContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 16:38:52 -0400 From: Simon Lobdell Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3414 Regarding the post Subject: A PLEA FOR THE DEER WHO CALL PITTSBORO HOME Well it seems very heart felt what is being said here but it is wildly misinformed. Lyme Disease and RMSF are notContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:39:52 -0500 From: Simon Lobdell Subject: Re: Tick Borne disease. I have also had Lyme’s disease recently and found it to be one of the most pernicious and difficult experiences of my life. At first it was a flu, then it was a slow degradationContinue Reading
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