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4 times more common than AIDS
According to CDC estimates, new Lyme cases are at least 4 times more common annually than new HIV/AIDS cases.

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Leading Cause of Vector-Borne Illness
Lyme disease is the leading cause of vector-borne (transmitted by insects) infectious illness in the U.S.

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Don't remember a Tick Bite?
Fewer than 50% of patients with Lyme disease recall a tick bite. In some studies this number is as low as 15%.

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Lyme disease is frequently misdiagnosed
Lyme disease may mimic multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Mild symptoms to long-term disabilities
Flu-like symptoms, fever, aches, fatigue, neck stiffness, memory loss, partial facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy), neurological symptoms.

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Tests are not accurate.
Many doctors follow a standard protocol. This approach fails to detect up to 50% of cases. Email ILADS at contact@ilads.org to find a Lyme Literate Doctor.

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Get treated quickly.
If not caught in time, can become chronic Lyme disease, a debilitating condition which persists despite antibiotic therapy.

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Get Informed.
Protect Your Family. View ILADS Educational Videos to learn more about Lyme disease. Watch Videos ⇒

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ILADS NEWS

2012 ILADS Conference In Austria
WHAT: ILADS European Lyme Disease Conference
WHEN: May 18 - May 19, 2012
WHERE: University of Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Klagenfurt, Austria
CONTACT: Barbara Buchman, contact@ilads.org

2012 ILADS Conference In Boston
WHAT: ILADS Annual Lyme Disease Conference
WHEN: November 2-4, 2012
WHERE: Westin Boston Harbor
in Boston, Massachusetts
in Boston, Massachusetts
CONTACT: Barbara Buchman, contact@ilads.org

Super Bowl just the ticket for Lyme disease education.
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society is running a powerful public service campaign to create greater awareness of the misdiagnosis of Lyme disease on a JumboTron outside the XLVI Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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WATCH PREVIEWS OF ILADS VIDEOS
Joseph J. Burrascano, Jr., MD
Borrelia Infections - diagnosis and treatment.
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Charles Ray Jones, MD
Pregnancy and Tick-borne Diseases: Gestational Lyme.
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Christine Green, MD
Coinfections And The Opportunistic Groupies.
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Joseph G. Jemsek, MD, FACP
Advanced Techniques in Physical Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis Complex.
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Steven J. Bock, MD
Overview of Integrative Patient Care in Tick-Borne Diseases.
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Richard I. Horowitz, MD
Lyme Disease & Babesiosis: Updates on Diagnosis and Treatment 2011.
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