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.
CLEVELAND (CNN) -- New genetic tests provide conclusive evidence that blood found on Dr. Sam Sheppard's pants and in his home was not his own, pointing toward an intruder as the person who bludgeoned to death Sheppard's wife in 1954, a lawyer for Sheppard's son said Thursday.e believes his mother's killer is Richard Eberling, a former window washer at his parents' home. 'Blood could only have come from the killer' The trail of blood (found at the home) could only have come from the killer. The trail of blood did not come from Marilyn, said Terry Gilbert, an attorney for Sheppard's son.