| kathleen 2005-08-18, 5:56 pm |
| The Navy must have gotten word of
what McSweegan did to them, especially
now that their sub base is closing.
Perhaps the DoD will find another use
for the sub base, like a hospital
for vector borne diseases.
And pick up where the Department of the
Navy left off before McSweegan humiliated them
with his 1986 letter to Senator Goldwater,
explaining how the Navy was too incompetent to
handle vector borne diseases, and that this
work should go to Yale and SmithKline instead.
McSweegan the Do-Nothing ex-Navy Man, more currently
ragging on the NIH:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003...ain560528.shtml
CaliforniaLyme wrote:
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> Community News
> Lyme Disease is in 'Full Swing'
> By:Carol Allen,, NACC Health Promotions Department08/18/2005
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> The Naval Ambulatory Care Center (NACC) is working closely with the
> Ledge Light Health District's Lyme Disease Task Force and the State of
> Connecticut to help raise awareness, prevent the spread of and treat
> Lyme Disease.
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> Lyme disease (lyme borreliosis) is a bacterial infection that is spread
> by ticks. It gets its name from the town of Old Lyme, Conn., where the
> illness was first identified in the United States in 1975, when a group
> of mothers realized that their children were diagnosed with rheumatoid
> arthritis. The finding eventually led researchers to the identification
> of the cause, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in 1982.
> You may develop lyme disease if you are bitten by an infected tick and
> your risk increases if an infected tick stays attached to your skin for
> 36 to 48 hours.
> The tick, commonly known as the small deer tick (genus lxodes), is
> especially tiny in its nymphal stages, no bigger than the head of a pin
> or a sesame seed. In the Northeast this tick normally feeds on the
> white-footed mouse, the white tailed deer, other mammals and birds.
> To prevent lyme disease, avoid known tick-infested areas, such as tall
> grass and woods, which could be your own yard. Cover your entire body
> by wearing, tucked-in-light-colored clothing from head to toe. Tuck in
> your shirt and pant legs. You can apply repellents that contain DEET
> (diethyl-m-toluamide) directly to your clothing. When you get home,
> inspect your bodies, especially your head and scalp, back, neck,
> armpits, and groin area for tiny ticks.
> To remove ticks, use fine-point tweezers around the ticks mouth, as
> close to your skin as you can, flush the tick down the toilet or burn
> them, wash your hands, disinfect the tweezers and the bite site on your
> skin.
> Lyme disease affects different areas of the body in varying ways as it
> progresses if it is not treated. At first it may affect the skin with a
> red rash or a typical "bull's-eye" rash. The rash usually appears
> within a week to a month after you were bitten. You could miss a rash
> completely even with checking your body if it is in your hair. You
> might experience flu-like symptoms such as: headache, neck stiffness,
> pain or stiffness in muscles or joints, and/or slight fever. If Lyme
> disease is not treated it can produce abnormalities in the joints,
> heart, and nervous system.
> See your health care provider if you suspect you have been bitten, as
> there is effective antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease.
> If you find a tick you can bring it to the NACC's Primary Care Center
> in a plastic bag. Behind the front desk there is a big "lyme-green" box
> that has a reporting form that must be filled out. Attach the bag with
> the tick in it to the form and put it in the box, and Preventive
> Medicine will send it out for testing.
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