Step daughter has Lyme disease
She’s been feeling poorly for a couple of weeks. Can’t keep food down. Doctors were telling her it was a UTI. He husband took her to University of Virginia Medical Center for tests last week. I told them her symptoms sounded like Lyme’s. Tests came back positive.
She may have had it for several months. Scary.
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Prayers said for speedy and complete healing for her and wisdom for the doctors as they treat her!
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Our sympathies, I have a sister in law that got it 20 years ago and she still has a malady of ailments that pop up from time to time.
I think it’s like the current covid bug, effects each individual differently.
Mule
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Prayers she recovers and that her initial docs learn something from her experience...
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One of my sisters had it for years before being diagnosed.
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Wow, prayers for your step daughter.
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Oh nooooo.....that is so scary. I hope she recovers without any lingering issues.
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some bad stuff. i hope she got diagnosed in time to get loaded up on the antibiotics and get treated properly.
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I had it 12-13 years back and still have some lasting effects.
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Lucky so far that maybe it was caught in the early stages.
I was tested as Pos for such last year. I had to request that I be tested for lymes.
If I was not aware of the symptoms my doctors would not have ever tested for such, nor the lab results check for such.
I've also had rocky Mtn spotted tick fever twice. Almost done me in the first time.
I also almost died with the Beaver fever once. (Giardia)
Just happened to got to a Dr. that was aware of the symptoms. Weakened immune system let some other things take over.
I got it drinking from a clear cold fast running stream of water while out mushroom hunting.
I hear it's quite common in Colorado.
Lots of junk throwed at us now days, ticks, Beaver fever, Kung flu flu, Biden and the Democrats.
Hang tough.
link to such
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Beaver%20fever%20is%20also%20called&qs=ds&form=QBRE
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jimdeere,
We got family out your way. All three of their kids have had it (one twice), and the dog died from it. Lyme is bad all over, but there seems to be a really hot pocket of it out there in SW VA.
Hope she recovers well!
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Oh no. She doesn't need that. Prayer and best wishes to get it done with and recover.
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Tick bites are nothing to take lightly. There are a half dozen nasty diseases they spread. I had anaplasmosis and spent 5 days in the hospital. Never was so sick in my life. The medicines they have are good and hopefully she will get well fast.
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Several friends here in sw Va have contracted Alpha Gal from ticks.
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Sending my best your way, for your daughter.
I had it years ago.
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hoping for the best for her
we pulled a tick off one of cats last week its first tick I have seen for years , ( I know it only takes one ) but we have seen deer coming into the back yard this year eating off a crab apple tree ) first time in at least twenty we have seen deer that close I think one of the deer's hitchhiker's hopped off
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We found a tick attached to the deer Grandson shot Monday evening. I found another on one of the guard dogs last night.
People talk about being worried over getting a single tick bite but how would you feel if you had multiple bites EVERY DAY?
That's the way it is in north MO most of the summer. I'd estimate around 15-20 attached ticks per week.
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Deer ticks are so tiny, they look like a speck of black pepper. My doctor told me that 60% of deer ticks carry Lyme disease.
The cold weather here in Virginia does not reduce their population. You are just as likely to get one on you in January as you are in July.
Oddly, deer ticks are not spread by deer, but by field mice.
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we had ticks real bad here in the nc mountains this year. they went away 2 months ago
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