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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Warpy

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7. it was 3 weeks for me

Reply to kickysnana (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 07:24 PM

Jun 2014

but that's because I got very sick with it and it was treated very early.

They've found out Lyme is a very old disease. It just wasn't until a bunch of suburbanites in Lyme, Ct. presented a cluster of symptoms that it was tracked down.

Oetzi, the "ice man" who was found mummified in an ice field in the Alps, was suffering from Lyme when he was murdered.

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anyone have experience with Lyme or tick-borne infections? [View all] nashville_brook Jun 2014 OP

Ask for a Lyme titer, it can't hurt Warpy Jun 2014 #1

there was so much going on in my life when i had the rash! nashville_brook Jun 2014 #5

Even longstanding, untreated Lyme can be cured Warpy Jun 2014 #6

thanks! i didn't know it could go cardiovascular -- i have much reading to do nashville_brook Jun 2014 #8

No, you need to hustle your butt back to the doctor Warpy Jun 2014 #9

next appts on the 8th and 21st of july nashville_brook Jun 2014 #12

Very controversial subject. Wilms Jun 2014 #2

i had to joke with my doc about it today nashville_brook Jun 2014 #4

It takes 6 weeks of antibiotics to cure an original infection, same as with Syphillis kickysnana Jun 2014 #3

it was 3 weeks for me Warpy Jun 2014 #7

that is fascinating. the whole concept of these diseases nashville_brook Jun 2014 #11

i read about that teenager -- also watched the Under Our Skin documentary nashville_brook Jun 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author polichick Jun 2014 #13

A few years ago, I found and removed a small tick from my abdomen. A Nay Jul 2014 #14

thanks -- still waiting for my western blot to return nashville_brook Jul 2014 #15