Lyme België/ Belgique Protest

Kris Newby is an award-winning science writer at Stanford University and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary "Under Our Skin".

"It took 10 doctors, a year, and $60,000 to finally diagnose our two serious tick-borne diseases. By then our microbial invaders were deeply entrenched in our brains and tissues.
It took another six years of on-and-off antimicrobial treatments to return to health.
Because of lost wages and medical expenses not covered by insurance, we burned through our savings and our sons’ college funds. We had to take out a home equity loan to make ends meet."

"Nine years after my initial diagnosis, it remains a week-to-week struggle to maintain something vaguely resembling normalcy. I have little to no latitude when it comes to diet, stress levels, and self-care. I’d be thrilled to be told I suffer from some other undisclosed illness, but a dozen doctors and countless tests later, my symptoms and positive Lyme tests are the only red flags.

I don’t really care what my condition is called. I just know that my life has been profoundly altered after my run-in with the bacteria."

De grote Hyalomma teek werd vorig jaar ook al in het Groot Brittannië aangetroffen, in een paardenstal. Het ziet ernaar uit dat deze teek, die ook gevaarlijke ziekteverwekkers kan meedragen, zich in Europa aan het vestigen is. Waarschijnlijk is ze meegekomen met trekvogles, mogelijks overwintert ze goed in onze contreien. Bescherm jezelf goed, en doe de tekencheck!