I cannot express how huge this is. Being able to get a diagnosis via blood test is so HUGE. For those lucky enough to have never experienced it, many of the conditions along with #MECFS that they hope this blood test could diagnose with over 90% certainty normally take YEARS to be diagnosed. #LongCovid #fibromyalgia #ms #LymeDisease
These are all life changing illnesses. The quicker you are diagnosed the quicker you can be treated.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-blood-test-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-has-91-accuracy

@siderea @AE4WX @jeridansky @Squish

Lyme is rampant here and hard to diagnose. Long Lyme is real.

Mitigations:
- One thing to do to avoid #LymeDisease carrying ticks is covering up and using repellant. Always check yourself after being in forest, bush, high grass.

- Get rid of English Ivy (Hedera helix). It provides cover for #rodents that host Lyme. As a bonus removing the ivy will be a boon to rodent feeding #birds and save a lot of indigenous #trees from being choked to death.

Scientists Have Identified the Lyme Disease Genes Responsible for Severe Symptoms

'In a paper published in PLOS Pathogens, an international group of researchers report on the most comprehensive analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi genome to date, which provides clues about what’s causing more severe forms of the disease, and lays the foundation for developing better diagnostic tests and treatments'

#science #medicine #health #LymeDisease

https://time.com/6310027/lyme-disease-genes-severe-disease/

#Bartonella is kicking my butt. #LymeDisease and co-infections are not gonna dull my shine. Picture me exalted, abundant, immeasurable! 🙏🏽🤲📿

Ticks are becoming a growing health risk in the UK – here’s why

#ClimateChange undoubtedly has had a huge impact on tick infestations

This has been particularly noticeable in colder regions, such as in parts of Canada where ticks had not previously been recorded. In the UK recent milder winters mean ticks are being sighted earlier in the year than normal

https://theconversation.com/ticks-are-becoming-a-growing-health-risk-in-the-uk-heres-why-211764

#ticks #outdoors #hiking #walkers #nature #GlobalWarming #UK #illness #Lyme #LymeDisease #bugs #insects #woodlands

Our paper on #Lymedisease bacteria-host function and evolution titled "Structural #evolution of an immune evasion determinant shapes #pathogen host tropism" was just published in @PNASNews https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301549120

With #climatechange increasing the range of ticks carrying Lyme disease in Canada this is doubly great news. #vaccine #lymedisease #Canada #Ticks #medicine
https://www.newsweek.com/lyme-disease-tick-vaccine-developed-1815809

Skeptoid #257: The Secret of Plum Island by Brian Dunning #montaukmonster #lymedisease #biologicalweapons #bioweapons #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot This secret government lab was said to create genetic mutants. Here's what they actually did.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4257

The presentations shown at the NASEM event on infection-associated chronic illnesses are available here: #MECFS #LymeDisease #MultipleSclerosis #LongCovid #Dysautonomia - MECFSNews (Twitter) Link

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/06-29-2023/toward-a-common-research-agenda-in-infection-associated-chronic-illnesses-a-workshop-to-examine-common-overlapping-clinical-and-biological-factors#sectionEventMaterials

Gizmodo: Ticks Use This One Neat Trick to Help Them Suck Your Blood, Study Finds https://gizmodo.com/ticks-use-static-electricity-to-suck-your-blood-study-1850601626 #ticksofdomesticanimals #tickbornediseases #tickinfestation #lymedisease #samengland #ticks #mite

Ontario tracks spread of tick borne illnesses

>Ontario’s top doctor expects to see a growing number of cases of three types of tick-borne illness in the province, in addition to #LymeDisease — a spread he says is directly linked to #climatechange.

A new regulation [..] requires health-care providers [..] to report cases of anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus to [..] local medical officers
https://globalnews.ca/news/9807339/ontario-tick-illnesses-increase-climate-change/ #Ontario #Canada

I found 2(!) black-legged ticks in less than 10 minutes on my camping canopy this afternoon. Read about how I responded to protect myself against tick bites for an upcoming camping trip

https://tyg3r.com/ticking-off-camping-gear/

#ticks #publichealth #vectorborne #prevention #camping #lymedisease

This Year Might Be the Worst Tick Season Ever. Here's Why

Lyme Disease is awful. It can leave you feeing down, with a headache, or it can make you blind or paralysed. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones.

#science #medicine #health #LymeDisease #ticks

https://time.com/6287950/worst-tick-season-ever/

3 hours in the garden yesterday-t3 nasty #tick bites

Need to take this seriously, as friend Alex Gil @elotroalex
has been knocked out of commission--and just yesterday, we spoke to a senior citizen down the street who was all bundled up because said she had gotten #LymeDisease this spring

#health #gardens #ticks

Just a quick reminder to do a tick check after being outdoors—gardening, lawn work, brush-clearing, hiking, fishing… whatever! Properly removing one of these nasties within 24 hours makes infection with any tick-borne illnesses much less likely. #tick #lymedisease

"The vaccine makes mice develop antibodies that neutralize Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes most U.S. cases of Lyme disease. When ticks imbibe the blood of a vaccinated mouse, the idea goes, they won’t get an active infection and so can’t transmit the bacteria to people or other animals." #ticks #LymeDisease https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-lyme-vaccine-mice-protect-humans

#Lymedisease let the CDC and commercial patent $$$ rivals use this descriptor

The rest of us will recognize Borreliosis Bergdorferi
#Borreliosis
Under Our Skin (540p) Full Documentary
Gravitas 1:40:37hr on YouTube
Under Our Skin 2: Emergence (1080p) Full Documentary
Gravitas 59:32min on YouTube

Canadians need to be more aware of these ticks.
#LymeDisease #canada #ontario #manitoba #saskatchewan #ticks #ClimateChange
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/climate-change-lyme-disease-canada-ticks-1.6862244

A vaccine to fight Lyme disease, decades in the making, has received a temporary green light from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But it’s not for people — it’s for mice.

But it may help people anyway.

Learn more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-lyme-vaccine-mice-protect-humans

#science #vaccine #lyme #lymedisease #biology

@Bardswan presumptive Lyme’s here — bullseye rash after bite from a black legged tick. Now on doxycycline. This is a crazy year for ticks. #ticks #LymeDisease #SonomaCounty