Lyme Disease Primer
It's the time of year when people spend much more time outdoors, so it's also the time when you need to keep lyme disease in mind.
You can get it from a tick bite, it can take you months to find out you have it and, if you don't catch it early, it can cause serious health problems.
On The Early Show Friday, Dr. Brian Fallon, director of the new Lyme Disease Research Center at Columbia University Medical Center, hit the high points of things you need to know about it.
For a wide variety of lyme disease resources pointed to by Fallon's program, click here.
For more on lyme disease from the National Institutes of Health, click here.
To see Fallon's appearance on The Early Show, .
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. You can get it from a tick bite, it can take you months to find out you have it and, if you don't catch it early, it can cause serious health problems.
On The Early Show Friday, Dr. Brian Fallon, director of the new Lyme Disease Research Center at Columbia University Medical Center, hit the high points of things you need to know about it.
For a wide variety of lyme disease resources pointed to by Fallon's program, click here.
For more on lyme disease from the National Institutes of Health, click here.
To see Fallon's appearance on The Early Show, .
- Dad Punishes Daughter with Free Babysitter Ad Play Video
- How to stop junk mail - forever
- Legit Work-from-Home Websites - and the Scams
- Best Wheeled-Luggage for Your Budget
- Terms to Never Use in Your Resume
- Oprah Recants On 'Pieces' Play Video
- Bill Nye's Withered Romance
- Lorena Bobbitt, 15 Years Later
My 32 year old daughter has had this neurologically disabling disease for 14 years. For the first 6 years she went undiagnosed even though she went numerous times to numerous doctors.
The horrific pain and suffering chronic lyme patients face should be made public. This disease not only affects the infected, but can also have devastating emotional and financial effects on those who provide their care.
So please put on a segment on where to go for help.
Thanks so much.
Although prevention of the illness is extremely important, media coverage has tended to stop with the usual "wear white clothing and tuck your pants into your shirt" information.
The upbeat presentation of "being all set for the summer" belies the reality that ticks are extremely difficult to find on the body, Lyme disease is extremely difficult to diagnose and that it can be impossible to cure if not found early enough.
For me, as for hundreds of thousands of Americans, the oft repeated prevention advice is coming too late. We have already become disabled by this painful, disabling illness.
Please give more coverage to Dr. Fallon and the healthcare crisis of incurable, chronic Lyme disease.
Thank you,
Ellen Lubarsky
Although prevention of the illness is extremely important, media coverage has tended to stop with the usual "wear white clothing and tuck your pants into your shirt" information.
The upbeat presentation of "being all set for the summer" belies the reality that ticks are extremely difficult to find on the body, Lyme disease is extremely difficult to diagnose and that it can be impossible to cure if not found early enough.
For me, as for hundreds of thousands of Americans, the oft repeated prevention advice is coming too late. We have already become disabled by this painful, disabling illness.
Please give more coverage to Dr. Fallon and the healthcare crisis of incurable, chronic Lyme disease.
Thank you,
Ellen Lubarsky
Although prevention of the illness is extremely important, media coverage has tended to stop with the usual "wear white clothing and tuck your pants into your shirt" information.
The upbeat presentation of "being all set for the summer" belies the reality that ticks are extremely difficult to find on the body, Lyme disease is extremely difficult to diagnose and that it can be impossible to cure if not found early enough.
For me, as for hundreds of thousands of Americans, the oft repeated prevention advice is coming too late. We have already become disabled by this painful, disabling illness.
Please give more coverage to Dr. Fallon and the healthcare crisis of incurable, chronic Lyme disease.
Thank you,
Ellen Lubarsky
I live in a high-tick area and I have never heard of this emerging disease, but googling it turns up lots of information.