Report by the end of the business week when the case or suspected case presents and/or a positive laboratory lead to the local public health department where the patient resides. If patient residence is unknown, are accountable to the local public health department in which the reporting physician or laboratory is located. A systemic, tick-borne [...]

Lyme disease can be a bacterial infection, most commonly contracted coming from a tick bite, that may initially cause a flu-like sickness. Untreated, or inadequately treated, it may cause long-term, persistent illness that may affect many systems from the body. Other tick-borne diseases in many cases are contracted at the same time. Lyme Disease (LD) [...]

Lyme disease is brought on by bacteria (germs) that are spread by tiny, infected deer ticks. Both people and animals can have Lyme disease. In the United States, Lyme disease most often occurs in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions as well as in top of the Midwest. In Massachusetts, Lyme disease occurs throughout the state. [...]

Recognizing the presence of deer ticks is tough since the adult is about the size of a pinhead and the nymph just isn’t much larger than the usual pinpoint. Caught in the act of biting, the blood engorged ticks are easier to spot, although bites usually are not probably be felt. In case a tick [...]

I have a broad view of what Lyme Disease actually is. Traditionally, Lyme is defined a contagious illness caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). While this is certainly technically correct, clinically the illness often is much more than that, especially in the disseminated and chronic forms. Instead, I believe of Lyme as the illness [...]