National Lyme Disease Awareness Month 2022

I used to spend a lot of time traipsing through the woods in an effort to maintain some modicum of fitness and weight control.

As it stands, my efforts in those times were effective though I suffered a few encounters with ticks for my troubles. The resulted in my decision to utilize insect repellants with wild abandon and I became effective in their application such that I no longer encountered the little buggers.

I was one to apply deep woods products and I'm happy to say that I was always to detect a tick on my person prior to it becoming embedded in my skin. Must be due to my caring, sensitive nature.

May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month. I've only seen a few cases of the infection but it is pretty horrific with the "bullseye" rash and those with the disease were children in my experience.

Lyme Diasease is an inflammatory disease which first presents as a rash, accompanied by headache, fever, and chills. Sequela include the possibility for arthritis and neurological as well as heart problems. These are caused by bacteria that are transmitted to people by ticks.

The affliction may be misdiagnosed, further complicating the problems associated with it. Ensure you have a medical provider who is competent before you allow them to treat you.

Incompetent medical providers are an issue in the United States of America where we graduate inadequate clinical expertise and call it qualified.

Boo CDC, Boo US healtcare system, Boo Lyme Disease. You might think a physician can't be a dullard. You'd be quite incorrect in that notion.

I once saw a chief resident deliver a 8 and half pound "kidney stone" because he believed a patient's story and admitted her without checking her pregnancy status.

Can I get a DUH ?