Lyme Disease: You Can Get Bitten in the City & Country: Learn About this Controversial Infectious Disease With “Under Our Skin” Creators
I’m concerned. People quickly reading this New York Daily News article may falsely conclude that you can only get Lyme disease in wooded or rural areas in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island and Westchster County.
That’s not true. You can get “Bitten in the City,” which is what happened to me last year at this time. (You can learn about Lyme disease and my horrible experiences in last year’s radio show.)
In my opinion, a lot more than 538 New Yorkers got Lyme disease last year. You see, many people have this disease but don’t know it, because doctor’s often misdiagnose Lyme disease as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc.)
Anyhow, of course, there’s truth to the statement that “city dwellers have less exposure to ticks,” as Dr. David David P. Calfee of Mount Sinai tells reporter Katie Charles, but it’s false that “Rocky Mountain fever is the only disease known to be transmitted in all five boroughs.”
Incidentally, because of my experiences with Lyme disease, I’m now inspired to write a book about it. “Bitten in the City: Facts & Fallacies about Lyme Disease” is the working title for this book.
Tune in July 14 to my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show for a special show about Lyme disease in which I talk with Andy Abrahams Wilson, director/producer of the poignant documentary, “Under Our Skin.”