10 Facts About Lyme Disease
By Leslie Buterin, TheLymeLady.Com

1. Lyme is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the United States of America and it is found in more than 65 countries worldwide.
2. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) only 10% of Lyme disease cases meeting the CDC criteria are reported each year. That means about 230,000 new case of lyme meeting that criteria occur each year in the United States of America.
3. Patients with lyme disease often have co-infections with Babesia, Anaplasma, Bartonella, or other organisms, clouding the diagnostic and treatment picture.
4. Lyme disease, the great imitator, can be misdiagnosed as MS, ALS, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more.
5. A bite from a tick that is iinfected with Lyme disease bacteria can lead to neurologic, cardiac, arthritic, and psychiatric manifestations in humans.
6. Children 5-14 are at the highest risk of acquiring Lyme disease: some studies show significant IQ drops in students with lyme, reversed after treatments.
7. Lab tests for Lyme disease are not reliable. Uou can test negative and still have the disease
8. Lyme disease can cross the placenta and cause birth defects or even death of the unborn child.
9. A 2006 published CDC animal study shows that transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacterium that causes Lyme)) through blood transfusion in mice is possible.
10. A rash does not always occur with Lyme disease, and symptoms may occur days or months after a tick bite.

These facts provided by the Lyme Disease Association (LDA) an all-volunteer national non-profit Lyme disease education, prevention, research and patient support organization.

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