I caught LD while on my Mountain bike here in MD. I have never, ever, ever been so sick in my life. Crushing headaches, extreme fatigue and dull joint pain; whew!
I was fortunate that I got the rash and it was diagnosed early. A week of antibiotics and was back on my feet. Now I make sure I wear insect repellant with DEET.
"I was fortunate that I got the rash and it was diagnosed early. A week of antibiotics and was back on my feet. Now I make sure I wear insect repellant with DEET."
Exact same thing happened to my wife. Fortunately we noticed the bullseye rash at the point where I had removed a tick from her days before. Immediate attention and antibiotics did the trick.
I now spray the gardern area with diazinon, and yes permethrin and DEET are effective.
Too many people have no idea about the dangers of Lyme disease and are more freaked out by the idea of using any "chemicals" to stop it's spread.
The "organic is good -CHEMICALS ARE BAD! mentality" of the ECO freaks are causing unecessary deaths.