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[–] Dillon 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

why is this increasing?

Ive hiked with my friends all my life, and in the past 5 years 3 out of 5 of us have gotten lyme..

my vote is that they airdropped lyme tics all over the countries forests so that no one can live in them without going crazy. they want us to stay on the grid.

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[–] thedutchmaster 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

scary disease. I had an ex who claimed to have all sorts of lingering side effects from Lyme Disease. I suspect some of her claims were overblown, but it certainly took a huge toll on her health and psychological well-being.

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[–] rocket_robin_hood ago 

The symptoms that it causes depend on what part of the body its attacking, and how long its been attacking for, so as you can imagine lyme can cause hundreds of different symptoms.

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[–] OmicronPersei8 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I had lyme's disease for 3 months because Doxycycline didn't work. Also, Western Blot is an utterly useless test. The only reason I took it was because the doctor insisted. I had an initial red rash under my armpit that developed into a red ring. I then had red softball size spots show up on my leg, and that really freaked me out. The Doxy knocked the Lyme's disease back, but it didn't eliminate it 100% as I developed joint pain a week after stopping the first round of antibiotics. A second round of Doxy and a week later more joint pain. Finally saw a specialist and I was prescribed cefuroxime, and that cured everything. The memory side effect of that drug is crazy. I guess that's why they don't prescribe it first. I had zero short term memory when taking that antibiotic.

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[–] DesignDecay 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It depends on what stage the kidney failure is, but I'd say not more than a year. With his drug history and other symptoms he wouldn't be able to get a transplant. So, my condolences.

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[–] frankenham 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I had a coworker who had lyme's but I thought it wasn't curable? It seemed to be a pretty miserable disease, perhaps she didn't catch it soon enough.

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[–] OmicronPersei8 ago  (edited ago)

In about 20% of people it's not curable for whatever reason. I was lucky, and I was eventually cured. Some people don't get/notice the rash. It's extremely frustrating to know that something's not right, and not know what's wrong with you.

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[–] Baconmon 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Every one should watch the 2008 documentary called "Under Our Skin". (I downloaded it few years ago via torrent)

The whole documentary is about lyme disease, and how truly devastating it is.. Even for people who don't have lyme disease (I don't have it), it is still a really interesting documentary.. It explains why lyme disease gets in to all parts of your body, and it also exposes the corruption in the health industry who are categorically denying the severity of this horrible disease..