I still prefer rattlesnakes and Gila Monsters!!!!!! You can see them, and you hear them rattle and hiss.
Mis dos centavos. de Milt, N5IA -----Original Message----- From: John Harden, D.M.D. Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: Lyme Desease It is named for the Connecticut town where in the mid-1970's there was an epidemic of arthritis associated with skin erythema (redness), caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. A spirochete causes syphillis. It is transmitted from rodents to people by tiny, hard deer ticks. */It is the major insect-borne disease in the USA./* Like syphillis it has 3 stages: 1) An expanded area of redness with a necrotic center at the site of the tick bite. 2) Early spread via the blood system... a) secondary skin lesions b) "moving around" joint & muscle pain c) heart rhythm disturbances d) meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain)... 3) Two or three years later one sees a chronic arthritis and sometimes severe joint damage. There can be an encephalitis (brain inflammation).... which can be mild to debilitating... THIS IS A BACTERIAL INFECTION.. The damage is thought to be due to antibodies to the bacterial proteins that attack host tissues... All in all... Not good!! 73, John, W4NU _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
