Lyme Aware

Outdoors: Lyme Disease An Issue In Pennsylvania

Lyme disease reached a new level this week — I always knew it sucked. Friends and acquaintances have suffered and, I suspect, even succumbed to the tick-borne grim creeper. The symptoms, left untreated, masquerade as other more commonly diagnosed ailments. A lot of research has been done, and info is easy to find. But there’s a lot more to learn about diagnosis and treatment. The disease was recognized after a cluster of cases originally thought to be juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was found in three towns, including Lyme and Old Lyme, Conn., in 1975. Read more.

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