The Difference Between Lyme and Chronic Lyme Disease

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I know that there's a lot of people who are very, very ill from tick-borne illnesses and in particular Lyme disease. My work is really focused on prevention and understanding tick behavior and also human behavior so that we can prevent Lyme disease. You know, if we can do better at prevention science,. then really, hopefully, you know, we can stop having conversations or have fewer conversations about how sick everybody is.

It’s 2-for-1! Ticks AND Lyme: together in one helpful, disgusting, gossipy, empowering

episode. This pair of episodes is about tiny, thirsty ticks and the diseases they spit into you is wall to wall wisdom from Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally of the West Connecticut State University Tick Lab and Dr. Andrea Swei of SFSU’s Swei Lab cover how to remove a tick, if you should spray your yard and with what, how landscaping affects tick exposure, why Lyme Disease is spreading, the Lone Star Tick rolling into town, how to protect your pets and why the CC ruined poppyseed muffins. Also: Powassan virus, meat allergies, paralysis ticks, and twin princesses Borrelia and Babesia.

Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally and Dr. Andrea Swei will charm their way into your heart like a hypostome under your skin.

Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally’s videos, website, Twitter and Instagram

Follow Dr. Andrea Swei and her lab SweiLab on Twitter

Donations were made to TickEncounter, Union of Concerned Scientists, and 826 Valencia