Carolina Lyme

Congressman Smith’s bill, HR-2557, requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee to address a variety of important issues.

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” Virginia is in a particularly vulnerable geographical location, being at the crossroads of the frontline of expansion of Lyme disease carrying ticks from the North and other tick populations that have entered Virginia from the South, the public health risks of which are uncertain. These diseases can have significant, life-altering impact on patients, especially when the diagnosis is not made shortly after the patient is infected. “

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http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/766.html

” The Hillsborough native had been suffering from the disease for five years—five long years of running from doctor to doctor, chasing possible ailments and potential treatments. Slowly, Corn’s health deteriorated, preventing her from attending UNC-Chapel Hill after graduating high school and eventually confining her to her living room couch.”

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“We don’t want people freaking out inappropriately, but a certain amount of freaking out is warranted here,” Farris said. His wife and seven of his 10 children have been diagnosed with Lyme disease.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/291585

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/29/1308380/ticks-win-in-fight-over-budget.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21676482

Humans Beware – The following maps highlight the number of reported positive cases of ehrlichiosis (E. canis), Lyme disease, heartworm disease and anaplasmosis in dogs across all regions of the United States and Canada. Because so many dogs go untested for tick-borne diseases, the actual number of dogs infected by ticks is likely many times higher than what is shown here.

http://www.dogsandticks.com/NA-map-lyme-disease-dogs/index.html

By Sarah Avery / McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Published: June 03. 2010 4:00AM PST

RALEIGH, N.C. — A bacterial infection typically spread by fleas, lice and biting flies could be more prevalent than many think, and may have been transmitted from a mother to her children at birth, scientists from N.C. State University say.

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NC DHHS conducted a Continuing Education Symposium in March 2011 to raise awareness that lyme disease can be acquired in North Carolina.

Letter to  North Carolina Medical Providers Concerning Lyme Disease

http://carolinalyme.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Lyme20112.pdf

Letter to  North Carolina Medical Providers Concerning Tick Borne Rickettsial Diseases

http://carolinalyme.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Rickettsial2011.pdf

Govenor Perdue Issues Proclamation for Tick and Mosquito Awareness Month

http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/ProclamationDetail.aspx?newsItemID=1779