http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/surge.php Lyme Disease The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter. So reports Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:12:02 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/surge.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/first-aid/tick-bites.php First Aid Information They come out in the spring, and each year they spread further – the ticks. Thirty percent of them transmit borrelia pathogens, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis that can damage joints and organs. The disease often goes undetected. In the future, a new type of gel is intended to prevent an infection – if applied after a tick bite. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:37:02 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/first-aid/tick-bites.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/lyme-disease-diagnosis.php Lyme Disease Chronic Lyme disease: How often is it diagnosed and treated? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:40:23 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/lyme-disease-diagnosis.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/remove-tick.php Lyme Disease If a tick is removed within 24 hours, the chances of it transmitting Lyme disease or other infections are much less because the risk of contracting Lyme disease and other infections caused by ticks increases between 24 to 72 hours after the tick attaches to the skin. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:39:36 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/lyme-disease/remove-tick.php