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Could You Have Lyme Disease and Not Know It?
By Sanjay Gupta (original source Everyday Health)
“Lyme disease is a potentially serious tick-borne illness that can be tricky to diagnose. And the number of cases in the United States may be vastly underreported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A report published in the September 2015 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases estimates that 329,000 cases of Lyme disease occur in this country each year — more than 10 times the 30,000 confirmed and probable cases typically reported to the CDC.
As the CDC points out, onset of Lyme disease is most common in June, July, and August, when ticks are more active and people spend more time outdoors. But these ticks also feed in the spring, as well as during the summer months. A bacterial infection caused by a bite from the black-legged tick (also called the deer tick), Lyme disease is prevalent in the Northeast and upper Midwest.”
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