My Dog Tasting Lime for Lyme Disease Awareness!
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May is #lymediseaseawareness month so I wanted to #takeabiteoutoflyme
CHARLIE speaking here! - Lyme Disease hits close to home and my mama has chronic Lyme. We wanted to help spread awareness about a disease not too many know much about. A lot of the times “you don’t get it until YOU get it.” There’s a lot of misinformation and myths out there.
We’re now in the beginning of tick season, so make sure to check your doggos where ticks like to hide - ears, between toes, under tails, around eyelids, near genitals, and under collars. When possible, avoid areas where ticks might be found - tall grasses, marshes and wooded areas.
Here’s some information from @globallymealliance
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?
Lyme disease is an illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, a complex microbe known as a spirochete. Lyme disease is a multi-staged, multi-systemic illness. Presentations vary by stage: acute (early stage) and chronic (late stage or persisting) illness.
Lyme is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the United States and Western Europe. If untreated, it can become a severely debilitating illness affecting multiple organs, including joints, heart, brain and other parts of the central nervous system.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?
Lyme disease is transmitted from the bite of an infected blacklegged (deer) tick. Ticks look for hosts to feed-hosts can include pets, deer, mice, birds, squirrels, some reptiles, and yes, people.
𝗪𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?
We are all at risk. Men, women, children, pets are all susceptible. The most at risk groups are children under the age of 15, adults over 50, and outdoor workers. Anyone who is exposed to infected ticks is at risk.
427,000+ people DIAGNOSED in U.S. each year
This is more than hepatitis C, HIV, colon cancer, and breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
𝟓 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐋𝐘𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄
MYTH #1: Lyme always causes a bull’s-eye rash.
FACT: Less than 50% of those infected with Lyme develop a bull’s-eye rash.
MYTH #2: You’ll know when you’ve been bitten by a tick.
FACT: Ticks have a numbing agent in their saliva, so you don’t feel a bite.
MYTH #3: Lyme is an East Coast illness only.
FACT: Although more prevalent in the Northeast and Midwest, Lyme has been reported in all 50 states and is growing globally.
MYTH #4: Ticks fall from trees.
FACT: Despite the myth, ticks don’t fly, jump or fall from trees onto a host. They climb up your body until they attach and feed.
MYTH #5: You have to be near deer to be exposed to deer ticks.
FACT: Not true. Black legged ticks also feed on small mice, squirrels, rabbits, birds, dogs and cats.
Hopefully you found this information to be helpful!
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4 окт 2024
