Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases
Serious question: do you think more could be done to help bring awareness to patients to encourage earlier screening for Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases? I remember being told that if I ever saw a tick on my skin or if I had a target sign rash on my body that I should 1) take the tick with me, and 2) go to the doctor.<p>At least then you have a record of potential Lyme exposure in your record and it can be brought into the differential diagnosis as a reason for your symptoms in the future.<p>Like a public health campaign where you had some ads especially in wooded areas that are Lyme endemic areas.<p>I think back to things like the BE FAST mnemonic (balance, eyes, face, arm, speech, time) for stroke awareness, and feel like many people don't even know that.