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Lyme
Sept 15, 2011 5:00:58 GMT -5
Post by itchin4answers on Sept 15, 2011 5:00:58 GMT -5
The Karl McManus Foundation is raising money to facilitate research and raise awareness of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases in Australia.LYME DISEASE APPEAL 2011The Lyme Disease Appeal will run from 1-30 September 2011. The two main goals of the Appeal are to raise $1 million for research into Lyme Disease in Australia and to raise public awareness of Lyme disease, its causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. 100% of donations raised during the Lyme Disease Appeal 2011 will go towards establishing a Lyme disease research facility at The University of Sydney. Pharmacies Australia-wide have the opportunity to play an important role in educating the public on Lyme disease and assisting in understanding a very complex disease with complex treatments. As part of the Lyme Disease Appeal 2011, the Karl McManus Foundation for Lyme Disease Research & Awareness is pleased to provide you with the following educational materials: The kit contains the following resources, which the Foundation has made available to download for personal use: tinyurl.com/3nzjvp4
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Lyme
Sept 23, 2011 2:40:39 GMT -5
Post by itchin4answers on Sept 23, 2011 2:40:39 GMT -5
As my above post says September is Lyme Disease Awareness month. It really is hard to put into words what it feels like to pick up a Lyme disease brochure in my local pharmacy, 5 minutes from my home. Thank you Marla for what you have done with the Lyme campaign.
I told mum the other day about the Lyme brochures, she had a hard time understanding why the government didn't print the brochures. Poor mum, she's getting old, but not that old. She doesn't understand, like I've struggle to understand, the corrupt world we live in. It is at times so beyond ones comprehension.
My frustration is beyond words, I want to dong myself on the head "settle down girl!!", but I do know what I suffer from is doing this to me. I am so upset that I had to learn on my own, that no healthy individual shows a reading for Borrelia in their bacterial serology unless they have the darn disease!
It's OK I'm not yelling at you guys, I'm yelling at "THEM"!!!
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Lyme
Sept 23, 2011 10:17:32 GMT -5
Post by Baraka Obam on Sept 23, 2011 10:17:32 GMT -5
You know the bullseye that forms on the flesh of someone that has lyme disease I would like to mention what happens when I rubbed HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 35% over the back of my neck after seeing this large lump on the back of my neck during a MRI.
What formed was a 3 1/2 to 4 inch circle and right in the middle was the bullseye.
This actually had me wondering why a bullseye forms on the skin of people when they are infected.
It had me thinking that, maybe the lyme may get into a already developed situation in the body and use it, exploit it, or just affect the other organism enough to make it appear as the lyme bullseye and not a entirely different organism.
Others have told me that this has also happened to them when they went after a spot on the body in different places.
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Lyme
Sept 30, 2011 3:45:17 GMT -5
Post by itchin4answers on Sept 30, 2011 3:45:17 GMT -5
Murdoch investigates NSW dogs for Lyme diseasePET dogs could shed light on the existence of locally transmitted Lyme disease in Australia according to a Murdoch University researcher. Associate Professor Peter Irwin will test 500 pet dogs over six months for exposure to Borrelia sp. which causes Lyme disease, usually transmitted through tick bites. Lyme disease, which can cause aches and pains, chronic fatigue, and skin conditions in humans, is not officially recognised in Australia despite an increase in cases, particularly in Sydney and Northern New South Wales. “The eastern seaboard of Australia has a very suitable climate for quite a few different ticks,” A/Prof Irwin says. “In this hot spot area of Northern Beaches, where we have seen an increase Lyme disease diagnosis, we’ll test a number of pet dogs that have access to the bush. “In America where Lyme disease is quite prevalent and is recognised, if you check out the dogs they also have exposure to Lyme, so we’re applying that principle to the study,” A/Prof Irwin says. Professor Irwin will also test infected patients’ dogs. “We ask human patients with suspected Lyme disease and if they have dogs they’re asked to volunteer their dogs for testing. “The study is to find evidence of the dogs being infected, so if people are being infected walking their dog, we expect to find the dog to be positive too,” A/Prof Irwin says. Due to a lack of diagnostic services in Australia, it is difficult to accurately detect the Lyme disease. However, if the dogs are not found to be infected with Lyme disease, this could suggest people have something else. “There’s two possibilities for people diagnosed in Australia with Lyme disease. "Either they have Lyme disease and they’ve been exposed to Borrelia sp. bacteria here, or they’re actually showing cross-reacting antibodies. “If it’s the result of cross-reacting antibodies it may mean they’ve been exposed to a similar organism living here in Australia,” A/Prof Irwin says. Blood samples from the tested dogs will be sent to collaborators at the University of Munich to run antibody tests that look for evidence of Borrelia sp. tinyurl.com/6cylzkp
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Lyme
Apr 16, 2012 23:50:36 GMT -5
Post by itchin4answers on Apr 16, 2012 23:50:36 GMT -5
Lyme disease found in Western AustraliaBridget Lacy, The West Australian Updated April 16, 2012, 2:40 am A Perth doctor says he believes there is clear evidence of Lyme disease occurring in WA, despite the Health Department failing to recognise it. tinyurl.com/83gvcqq
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