Health Boards
Fri-23-06-2017, 14:30 PM
"Chiggers" ARE probably "Mites" . . . of some kind.
I think a "Mite" is a more scientifically accepted generalized term world wide than "Chigger" which I believe may be a more localized North American term.
Reading the available research about LYME disease, shows that it IS spreading world wide.
The question of whether the spread of LYME is due to more ticks is not yet fully researched.
The spread of LYME is occurring via other vectors such as mosquitoes in some regions also.
Until recently, researchers hadn't observed person to person transmission of LYME. Now they think they've observed a few cases.
In my home area, North Texas USA, there are more Ticks this year. Entomologists tell us that's because of a mild winter.
There are 18 Genera and 900 species of Ticks already classified. Not EVERY tick carries LYME disease. Some ticks carry other disease such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Often when a patient suspected with LYMES is hospitalized, it's discovered through testing that co-infections are causing some of those symptoms and additional symptoms.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi. An often encountered co-infection is Babesia Microti which causes it's own set of physiological damage.
As more money is devoted to solving the LYME question, hopefully an easy solution will be devised.
I don't like LYMES and I don't like Ticks. I'm itching all over just thinking about it . . . or maybe it's my psoriasis.
I think a "Mite" is a more scientifically accepted generalized term world wide than "Chigger" which I believe may be a more localized North American term.
Reading the available research about LYME disease, shows that it IS spreading world wide.
The question of whether the spread of LYME is due to more ticks is not yet fully researched.
The spread of LYME is occurring via other vectors such as mosquitoes in some regions also.
Until recently, researchers hadn't observed person to person transmission of LYME. Now they think they've observed a few cases.
In my home area, North Texas USA, there are more Ticks this year. Entomologists tell us that's because of a mild winter.
There are 18 Genera and 900 species of Ticks already classified. Not EVERY tick carries LYME disease. Some ticks carry other disease such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Often when a patient suspected with LYMES is hospitalized, it's discovered through testing that co-infections are causing some of those symptoms and additional symptoms.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi. An often encountered co-infection is Babesia Microti which causes it's own set of physiological damage.
As more money is devoted to solving the LYME question, hopefully an easy solution will be devised.
I don't like LYMES and I don't like Ticks. I'm itching all over just thinking about it . . . or maybe it's my psoriasis.