Cats carrying tick responsible for Lyme disease! Help needed!
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Research/papers/articles/pamphlets needed showing cats can pass ticks with Lyme disease to humans.
I visited my GP about suspected Lyme disease. I have the symptoms and two months removed two large ticks from my cat which I now know to be deer ticks. My GP phoned a "specialist" who said that "the ticks responsible for lyme disease are never found on cats." Research on the net suggests this is categorically false and that they do. My GP said she will reconsider if I can show her research showing that cats can transfer ticks with Lyme disease to humans.
Please help me in this quest and send me any papers or articles you are aware of!
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caroline91964 morganlyme
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Don't waste your time trying to look for "evidence" about cats and ticks. There's so much conflicting advice out there and this really isn't your job. GPs are paid to support and treat patients, not set them little projects to do.
Good luck and remember you can always see another GP if you want to.
david59662 morganlyme
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Please email the lyme disease association UK. One of the ladies that run the site ROUTINELY picks ticks from her cats, and collects them. She has herself had lyme disease TWICE. LDA are full of accurate information you can share with your GP without being dismissed. Good luck !
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LaurieEyeBee morganlyme
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