Lyme Disease

[Mike P]

My wife came down with another deer tick-borne disease, babesiosis. It attacks the red blood cells, and causes anemia and malaria-like symptoms. She was in CCH for two days being treated with IV antibiotics. While there they tested for Lyme and that too came back positive. She's finishing a 2 week regimen of anti-biotics for that. Fortunately, she didn't show any Lyme symptoms and they diagnosed that one very early.

We really have to work on thinning the deer herds--screw the Bambi lovers. The Cape and Islands are the epicenter for babesiosis in the western hemisphere--it's virtually unheard of outside of here, but CCH is seeing 2-3 cases a week come in.

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Originally Posted by Mike P

My wife came down with another deer tick-borne disease, babesiosis. It attacks the red blood cells, and causes anemia and malaria-like symptoms. She was in CCH for two days being treated with IV antibiotics. While there they tested for Lyme and that too came back positive. She's finishing a 2 week regimen of anti-biotics for that. Fortunately, she didn't show any Lyme symptoms and they diagnosed that one very early.

We really have to work on thinning the deer herds--screw the Bambi lovers. The Cape and Islands are the epicenter for babesiosis in the western hemisphere--it's virtually unheard of outside of here, but CCH is seeing 2-3 cases a week come in.

That is what I was diagnoised as having last year. I was in bed sick for 3 days before going in to see the doc. 30 days of horse pill antibiotics and all was good. I wish your wife a quick and complete recovery Mike.