Lyme disease in Canada

[aekiy]

If this CTV News/W5 special report is any indication, problems with Lyme disease are even worse in Canada than they are in the United States, in terms of getting diagnosis and treatment, because doctors assume Lyme disease exists only in the use U.S., as if ticks couldn't possibly cross the border from New York to Ontario or so forth

Comments

[silvaerina_tael]

Thanks! I wondered about this myself.

[aekiy]

Sure thing. This was the first major news I'd seen about Lyme disease in Canada. While I'm very concerned about my own head, I'm very glad that my memory hasn't gotten as bad as the girl in the special who can't remember anything longer than five minutes. It's terrible.

[silvaerina_tael]

I actually had the time to sit down and watch this today, and I'm glad I did. W% mentioned rather explicitly that NS did fact have Lyme ticks. I was wondering about that... Rather fortunately, we also have one of the few doctors in this province who takes the disease seriously.