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June 10th, 2016 East Gwillimbury Express by Simon Martin
… “But Dorian had to leave Canada for four months to get treated for Lyme disease in Florida and Missouri.
“It was four months of daily IV hookups,” Stephanie said, explaining he had swelling on his brain.
The treatment worked wonders for Dorian”
No tick is a good tick. Any tick that will bite a human may carry various infectious pathogens. Ticks will feed on various wild animals picking up infectious pathogens.
Near Kingston, ON- For the first time Kingston, Frontenac and Lennon & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health Region is taking matters into its own hands by dragging for ticks, or ‘active surveillance.’ “Lyme disease has become established now in Eastern Ontario. This was not a concern 10 years ago and now it is a health concern,” said…
[CanLyme Note: The research referred to in this article was aided by a grant via the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation’s Venture Grant’s program.] “Experiments suggest infection makes ticks more active in winter PHOENIX—Fearing a case of potentially debilitating Lyme disease, countless hikers postpone their trips to the woods until winter, when the ticks that carry the…
“These mothers and their kids struggled for years with severe dizziness, pain, digestive problems, infections and impaired motor function that doctors couldn’t diagnose. Some were bedridden. One teen boy missed his entire high school education. One family was even close to committing their daughter to an institution because doctors believed her symptoms to be psychosomatic….
Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark has called on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to improve the way Ontarians who suspect they have Lyme disease are diagnosed and treated. In a Member’s Statement on Thursday, March 5, Clark said the health-care system is failing Ontarians with the disease, including many in Leeds-Grenville – which has…
NO TICK IS A GOOD TICK, all species of ticks that will attach to humans and pets can carry various diseases. May, 2020 May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Canada. It gives us a chance to remind and educate others about the disease and how to avoid it. Ticks aren’t going to give…
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I recently had what I thought was a bruise on my calf after gardening. I could not recall banging my leg and the bruise grew and lasted for several weeks. Now that it is fading I see a little bug bite mark and a faint ring around it. I am showing no symptoms and wonder if I am panicking for no good reason. Should I get tested even though there are no symptoms? I live in the Laurentians, near the Ottawa River.