An interesting article on Lyme disease treatment.

[torc]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/sci...ng-symptoms/DP82z7oYLdfq8wEQZ7ekaL/story.html
Happy trails...torc.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Good article, thanks.

 

[Macaroon]

Some interesting info. in there that I hadn't come across before; thanks for posting this.........................................atb mac

 

[rik_uk3]

Great link, I'll try and follow the research in the coming years.

 

[woodstock]

That was a really interesting article cheers.

 

[the interceptor boy]

very interested article
cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[ozzy1977]

It may be a daft question but is the lymes disease found in the UK the same as the US one, is it caused by the same germs? or is it a similat disease with the same name

 

[bivouac]

It may be a daft question but is the lymes disease found in the UK the same as the US one, is it caused by the same germs? or is it a similat disease with the same name

As i understand it, if the disease is caused by the same germ - "The Lyme germ is part of a group of slender bacteria called spirochetes that are coiled like a twisted telephone cord." - then the disease will be the same. As the article says, Lymes spirochetes are similar to syphilis spirochetes, so you could think in terms of - is the syphilis you catch in the US the same disease as the syphilis you catch in the UK? The answer must be yes.

 

[Turnstone]

Thanks for the link. Shows the problems with Lyme Disease, and how hard it can be to fight it...