Before I discuss the possible connection between Lyme Disease and thyroid conditions, I want to briefly talk more about Lyme Disease itself. Some of the symptoms associated with this condition include fever, headache, muscle pain, stiff neck, fatigue, itching, light-headedness, and/or a bulls-eye rash.ut whether they would have developed problems with the thyroid gland even if they didnât become infected with B. burgdorferi is unknown. With regards to autoimmune thyroid conditions such as Gravesâ Disease and Hashimotoâs Thyroiditis, it is possible that Lyme Disease can trigger an autoimmune response.
Dr. Sam Sheppard, who died nearly penniless of liver disease at age 46 in 1970, always insisted that a bushy-haired intruder killed his wife and knocked him unconscious after a struggle on the night of July 4, 1954.
Early Life and Marriage. Homicide suspect and doctor Sam Sheppard was born in 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. Sheppard married his high school sweetheart, Marilyn. The couple lived what appeared to be a charmed life in a wealthy Cleveland suburb until Marilyn was found bludgeoned to death in the couple's bedroom in 1954.