Well, I have heard this now from several friends and I decided to blog it. On August 4, Fox News reported on the new disease, 'Ehrlichia' transmitted by ticks. Surpise! Surpise! Did you know there are more than 100 different strands of the borrelia out there? Supposedly a little over 40 are present in the USA (as of now), but your blood tests are only checking for 10 strands. Question: What about the other strands, shouldn't we be looking for those as well? In Europe there are supposedly over 300 strands.
I am not surprised to hear there is a new tick borne disease as reported by Fox News. However, I am surprised at how long it is taking our medical community to figure it out. WE ARE NOT GOING CRAZY! The news report covers the symptoms, and prevention for the disease and ticks in general (they got some of it right). I question what happens when the symptoms go untreated, especially with the many people out there who would never go to the doctor for the flu, and the bacteria presents like a flu. Coo dos to the news, they covered the statistics of Lyme, and anaplasmosis from last year to this year - 'Going Up!' All in all, it was satisfying to see the media catching up to what we have known to be a problem for years, that the bite of a tick can really be bad.
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