# Of Lyme Disease Cases Reported In Wisconsin Up 35% During 2010

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The incidence of Lyme disease continues to rise in Wisconsin, with a staggering 35% increase in human cases reported in 2010. The jump has prompted experts to remind rural and urban residents alike to take preventive measures and seek early treatment in case of infection.

But recognizing the tick or the onset of the disease is not straightforward. The hallmark of the disease in its early stages - a bulls-eye-shaped rash - is not always apparent. And because the disease may not be detectable until weeks after the tick bite, the onus is often on the bitten to be proactive about disease prevention.

Early symptoms of Lyme disease include flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, body ache and fatigue, which resolve within days but if not treated can morph into a more insidious, chronic disease that has long been the subject of controversy among patients and the medical community.

Ronda Arndorfer of Monches in Waukesha County knows well the heartache and confusion surrounding undiagnosed Lyme disease. Her adult son, diagnosed with the disease two years ago, suffered what Arndorfer described as an array of complications that began with gastrointestinal problems and progressed to blood clots. Until three weeks ago, Arndorfer said her son was bedridden. Her son received an unorthodox antibiotic treatment lasting two years.

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http://www.jsonline.com/features/health/125275358.html

[aquart]

1. Waukesha. There's a familiar name.

How is the governor dealing with this public health problem?

[kickysnana]

3. Back in the early days Wisconsin had epidemiologist took a proactive stand ..

on diagnosis, research and treatment. WI tourism people panicked and the epidemiologist was replaced. I got Lyme Disease at an air show near Menominee in 1974. Activists tell me WI has a decentralized health system that is almost impossible to reach out to (before the current governor).

The most promising vaccine was developed there but unfortunately they were not the first to the finish line nor did any of the CDC/FDA people have a stake in that vaccine as they did in LymeRix (btw Mayo was given the means to remake tests based on the LymeRix vaccine). GlaxoSmithKline (current name) was so ticked that the Lyme Community fought against this crippling vaccine and that NY could not shut our treating doctors up that they moved their previously announced world headquarters from NY to MA.

A new round of cyber attacks hit Lyme Disease leaders computers two weeks ago frying older computers and most operating systems originating out of USDOD and UKDOD. Lyme is listed as one of 35 possible bio-terror weapons but they still maintain it is easy to diagnose and cure. CDC is DOD BTW. That one explained a lot to me since I could not for the life of me figure out how the CDC could do this to Americans. A new scandal just broke about an untested drug tested on battlefield casualties in the Middle East with no consent by the patients.

The evil people in our country have done and continue to do evil until we stop them. I had hoped there would not be blood but I don't see any other way because the current Dems could not successfully negotiate with a kindergartener.

[handmade34]

2. a result of climate change...

see this film...

http://www.underourskin.com/