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Lyme disease everywhere

October 24, 2013
In 2003, I went to Dr. McCreight with what I thought was a spider bite. He said he’d worry it was Lyme Disease but we don’t have it here. I told him I just returned from Pennsylvania, to which he said I had Lyme Disease.

I was one of the lucky ones to have a bulls-eye rash and a positive test. And even more fortunate to have had Dr. McCreight, who recognized the symptoms.

Since then, I learned a lot about Lyme Disease and the chronic problem it is in our country.

There are countless people with Lyme Disease who never have a rash or other symptoms or may not have a positive test. Lyme Disease can remain dormant in a person’s body and one day surface as a secondary infection affecting the nervous system, brain, etc. ... mimicking other chronic illnesses.

Lyme testing should be routine every time there is a blood test given. It is everywhere – not just on the east coast. Left untreated or not properly treated will result in a lifetime of illness.
Barbara Russell
Bonners Ferry
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