Interesting about Lyme Disease

It's not just deer ticks that carry Lyme-I read that the brown dog tick is a carrier also. The main problem here in NY is the white footed mouse. They are large carriers of the bacteria. Why can't they come up with a human vaccine for Lyme? So frustrating!
 
DanteBella85 said:
It's not just deer ticks that carry Lyme-I read that the brown dog tick is a carrier also. The main problem here in NY is the white footed mouse. They are large carriers of the bacteria. Why can't they come up with a human vaccine for Lyme? So frustrating!
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That is unreal, a white footed mouse carries too. I would love to smear whatever the med is all over these birds and little critters that they have in the corn. Oh you are so right about the humans. My friend's son has it, and his mom was telling me he will have Lyme Disease for the rest of his life.

Apparently when it attacks a human body it does not disappear?
 
sable said:
That is unreal, a white footed mouse carries too. I would love to smear whatever the med is all over these birds and little critters that they have in the corn. Oh you are so right about the humans. My friend's son has it, and his mom was telling me he will have Lyme Disease for the rest of his life.

Apparently when it attacks a human body it does not disappear?
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I believe that Lyme Disease is permanent in ANY carrier-dog, human, cat-etc. Most tick diseases are permanent. My Little Bear will have Anaplasma (a blood production disorder) for the rest of his life now and he's only a year old. A girl friend of mine has Lyme Disease. She's had it for 6 years now. It seems to flare up when she's stressed out. It's almost like shingles in some ways-causing shooting pains thought the body. Not cool!

But yes, here in the North Eastern US, the white footed mouse is directly correlated with tick problems right now. This is because of a bad acorn crop last year, causing the white footed mouse population to plummet. Since the white footed mouse is the deer tick's choice host, they will be desperately looking for any blood meal they can get.

Here's an article worth reading...here's an excerpt from it:

"Black-legged ticks take three bloodmeals -- as larvae, as nymphs, and as adults. Larval ticks that fed on 2011's booming mouse population will soon be in need of a nymphal meal. These tiny ticks -- as small as poppy seeds -- are very effective at transmitting Lyme to people. The last time Ostfeld's research site experienced a heavy acorn crop (2006) followed by a sparse acorn crop (2007), nymphal black-legged ticks reached a 20-year high."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094452.htm

Scary!
 
DB85, that is really an interesting article also. I'm really learning from everyone, and its really something. I feel so bad for your friend, horrible.

When my friend told me about her son, I thought to myself. OMG there is something out there that could cure him. Apparently not.

May the doctors find a cure in the near future.
 
Thanks Dani, DB, and Katherine for the info. I wrote down NPR. I printed off the articles for friends and family to read.

Thank YOU!!!

sable
 
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