Toronto Sun : reported that Lyme disease action plan, awareness sought

She sent along the link to a powerful video done by a group of Centennial College students on her battle with Lyme disease. Along with NDP MPP Michael Mantha, Spencer will meet with health minister Eric Hoskins on Tuesday to discuss a federal action plan, which does not recognize late-stage Lyme disease. Wracked in pain, Lyme disease warrior Paige Spencer spoke to me from her sick bed Saturday where she's been mostly confined since last September. Her late-stage chronic Lyme disease returned with vengeance in the last eight months and the soon-to-be 23-year-old says she`s really gone downhill. "Some doctors are still treating (Lyme disease) patients with disregard which is frustrating," he says.

Cases of Lyme disease continue to increase throughout Pennsylvania

LEVITTOWN — Tick-borne infections are on the rise in Pennsylvania and doctors continue to disagree over treatment. Some doctors even call into question if people are being misdiagnosed because symptoms of the disease are similar to other illnesses.Advocates in the state hope to unite support groups and spread awareness. Cases of Lyme disease in the commonwealth have almost tripled between 2011 and 2016.The disease carries a broad range of symptoms that include joint issues, digestive problems and fatigue.The two leaders in treatment, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, agree that antibiotics should be used.However, arguments flare up over exactly how patients are treated.Doctors disagree about how long patients should be treated.

Lyme disease confirmed in Livingston County

"We can definitively say Lyme disease has been discovered in the county," Chelsea Moxlow, a spokesperson for Livingston County Health Department, said Friday morning. The county health department can identify a deer tick and test it for Lyme disease if the specimen is still living. Although the health department has confirmed Lyme disease carrying ticks in past years, the people who submitted ticks for testing had all traveled and could have picked them up outside the county. Symptoms of Lyme disease — chills, fever, headaches, muscle or joint pain and rashes — normally appear 3 to 30 days later, health officials say. The health department did not disclose exactly where in the county the infected blacklegged deer tick was found.


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