Powassun is a potentially deadly virus found in an astonishing 92% of ticks in an area of PA. This virus killed Sen Kay Hagan, but severely damaged her brain first. It is transmitted in minutes (other tick borne diseases can be, too— the 24 “rule” is bogus.)
No bite is safe.
No bite is safe.
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1494282540014014468
You don’t have to be camping or hiking to get a tick bite. Deer ticks are as small a poppy seeds. I was bitten IN MY SLEEP at a beach house in NJ, almost died from ❤️ failure from #Lyme & #Bartonella.
Do tick checks, treat shoes w permethrin, shower after high-risk activiites.
Do tick checks, treat shoes w permethrin, shower after high-risk activiites.
Tick borne diseases are also a pandemic, found ALL OVER the US and all continents other than Antarctica. They are just not fully recognized due to many of the same politics that also drive Covid, & they cause a staggering amt of chronic, autoimmune, psych / neuro illness.
As w Covid, there is incredible amt of misinfo around tick-borne diseases. You often get initial flu-like symptoms. They resolve, even without antibiotics. And down the road, all Hell can break loose. Never being traced to the bite. If you’re in the rare % who even see bite.
Dirty little secret is that the @IDSAInfo guidelines for #Lyme (a few weeks of doxycycline) fail up to 61% of time acc to study from Danbury Hospital.
I treated within a week of bite and still almost died 5 mos later. Wish i knew to demand longer, stronger treatment upfront.
I treated within a week of bite and still almost died 5 mos later. Wish i knew to demand longer, stronger treatment upfront.
Testing for #Lyme is bad & we only have tests for a few strains. Many can not be picked up on ANY test!
Also, not everyone gets a “bullseye” rash. And ticks transmit deadly infections that cause no rash at all.
So, if you see an embedded tick, immediately remove w tweezers.
Also, not everyone gets a “bullseye” rash. And ticks transmit deadly infections that cause no rash at all.
So, if you see an embedded tick, immediately remove w tweezers.
And if you get a tick bite, demand a course of antibiotics BEFORE symptoms. Before a rash. Immediately. Once it disseminates, which is FAST, you’re screwed.
#Lyme can cause:
✅Fibromyalgia
✅MS
✅Arthritis (many kinds, incl rheumatoid and juvenile)
✅Alzheimer’s
✅Depression/ anxiety/ OCD/ psychosis / suicide
✅ heart failure / carditis
✅ stroke
✅ be passed in utero like syphilis & cause fetal demise
✅Fibromyalgia
✅MS
✅Arthritis (many kinds, incl rheumatoid and juvenile)
✅Alzheimer’s
✅Depression/ anxiety/ OCD/ psychosis / suicide
✅ heart failure / carditis
✅ stroke
✅ be passed in utero like syphilis & cause fetal demise
If you wanna learn more about how stealth, common infections like COVID, Lyme and others lead to chronic illness, and what to do about it, our book CHRONIC is filled w bulletproof science to refute dogma & teach MDs how to get you better. @StevePhillipsMD amazon.com/Chronic-Hidden…
Brilliant @StevePhillipsMD eviscerates @CDCgov lies in this amazing piece. Worth your time. Will bring light to why we predicted they’d behave similarly around Covid, flooding public w dangerous misinfo, mixed messaging, causing mass catastrophe. huffpost.com/entry/yale-tra…
And as with Covid, almost everything you’ll read on mainstream sites about #Lyme is wrong and intended to gaslight.
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