WELCOME BACK, YOU KNOW
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR
HEALTH AND LOCAL EXPERTS ARE
SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT A
DISEASE WITH VERY SIMILAR
SYMPTOMS TO COVID-19 WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT LYME DISEASE. IT
NOT ALWAYS WELL UNDERSTOOD THE
TICK BORNE ILLNESS CAN POSE A
SERIOUS THREAT. AND EXPERTS
WORRY IT COULD EVEN BE MAKING
PEOPLE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE MORE
AT RISK AS MANY OF US HEAD
OUTDOORS TO ENJOY THE SUMMER
MONTHS JOINING US LIVE TO TALK
MORE ABOUT LYME DISEASE AND
THE RISKS IN CONNECTION TO
THIS ERA OF COVID-19 IS DOCTOR
MELANIE STEIN, THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR WITH THE RESTORED OF
HEALTH CLINIC, GOOD MORNING.
MORNING HOW ARE YOU DOING
DOING WELL HOW ABOUT YOURSELF
YOU NEED GOOD, I'M EXCITED TO
GET INTO THIS TOPIC I THINK
IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF
THAT THEY'RE MAKING OUTDOOR
PLANS THIS FIRST LET'S JUST
GOING TO TOUCH ON WHAT EXACTLY
IS LYME DISEASE.
YEAH, WHY DISEASE IS A
BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT IS
TRANSMITTED BY TICKS IN FACT
THE WHOLE BODY AND ARE A LOT
OF OUR ORGANS AND IT CAN CAUSE
LIFELONG DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS
AND NOT TALK QUICKLY.
YEAH, AND SO YOU KNOW AS
ARE TRYING TO GET MORE OUTSIDE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC TO MAY BE
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND IF YOU
DON'T LEAVE THINGS WEEKEND.
ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS WE CAN
DO AT THE RISKS OBVIOUSLY GO
UP SO YOU KIND OF JUST TOUCHED
ON THAT BUS SPECIFICALLY WHAT
ARE THE RISKS OF THIS TICK
BORNE ILLNESS.
SO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING WE
HAVE A SPECIES OF THE DEER
TICK CALL BIG. SO THESE
SPECIFIC CASES THAT IS THAT A
COMMONLY KNOWN TO TRANSMIT
LYME DISEASE, ALTHOUGH THE
RISK MAY NOT BE AS COMMON SAY
IN THE EAST COAST AND IN THE
MIDWEST. WE DO SEE CASES HERE
AND MOST RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN
ONE TO 2, 2, CASES A WEEK IN
MY PRACTICE.
HAS THAT BEEN AN INCREASE
IN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YEARS
PAST.
IT HAS BEEN I WOULD SAY THE
LAST 2 YEARS I'VE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN CASES IN THIS
YEAR'S BY FAR THE MOST PAIN
THAT'S CONCERNING SO WHAT
SHOULD PEOPLE BE WATCHING OUT
FOR AT WHAT KIND OF SYMPTOMS
WHAT SHOULD BE SETTING OFF
ALARM BELLS.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW I THINK IN
GENERAL, I ADVISE PEOPLE AFTER
DAY IN THE WOODS OR EVEN ON
THE BEACH THAT TAKES LOVE TO
LIVE IN THE TALL GRASSES ON
THE BEACHES TO TICK CHECK. NOT
ALWAYS DO PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY
CALL THE BULL'S EYE RASH WHICH
IS IT LOOKS LIKE A BULL'S EYE.
BUT IT'S NOT AS COMMON AS
PEOPLE THINK SO IF YOU JUST
SPENT A DAY IN THE WORDS AND
YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS FLULIKE
SYMPTOMS HEADACHE NAUSEA. MY
HANDS MUSCLE ACHES AND FEVER I
WOULD SAY YOU KNOW MY CLINIC,
I HAVE A 48 HOUR POLICY TO GET
YOU IN BUT IN GENERAL LOOK
ONLINE LETTER POSITION BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO TREAT THIS
AGGRESSIVELY IF YOU CATCH IT
FIRST RIGHT WELL, I KNOW WHEN
I WAS LITTLE I GOT AT TAKES
FROM OUR DOGS SO CHECK YOUR
ANIMALS I WOULD ASSUME TO AND
THAT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE SOME
WAYS WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES
ARE THERE GOOD SPRAYS OUT
THERE THAT CAN WARD OFF THE
STICKS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW THERE ARE I
COMMEND ESSENTIAL OILS SPRAYS
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT
COMPANIES THAT CELTIC
ESSENTIAL OILS SPRAYS
ESPECIALLY WITH TIME AND SUCH
A NOAA AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT ALSO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE
GOING HIKING IN THE DEEP FOR
US AVOID SITTING ON BRUSHY
AREAS WHERE LONG SLEEP PANTS
AND SOCKS AND A HALF AND THEN
YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING IS
TO CHECK LOOK BECAUSE WE DON'T
THINK ABOUT IT AND THE TACTIC
WHICH IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW IS
ACTUALLY THE SIZE OF THE DOT
BECAUSE LOOK YOUR TO JUST TAKE
A PEN OR PENCIL ENEMIES.
OH MY OKAY NEEDED LIKE A
MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SYSTEM
KNOCKS HIM BECAUSE THAT'S SO
IF WE FIND A TICK THAT WE
THINK COULD HAVE LINE IS THAT
SOMETHING YOU CAN TRY THAT
SHOULD YOU HANG ON TO THEM AND
THE BUG ITSELF SHOULD BE
TRYING TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
YES, SO IF YOU FIND A TICK
REMOVE IT CORRECTLY. WHAT YOU
WANT TO DO IS CARRY TWEEZERS
WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO HIKING,
DON'T BURN THE END OF IT OR
PUT RUBBING ALCOHOL ON IT
BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY CAUSES
THAT IT TOOK PEARL IN DEEPER.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU
WANT TO LIGHTLY BROUGHT THAT
UP WITH TWEEZERS AS CLOSE TO
THE BODY INTO YOUR SKIN AS
POSSIBLE. AND JUST GENTLY WITH
WILL AND MOVE OUT TRYING TO
REMOVE THE WHOLE WHOLE TICK.
AND THEN WHAT YOU DO IS YOU
ACTUALLY SAVE THE TAPE YOU CAN
MAIL IT IN THERE'S 2 DIFFERENT
COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN
MY PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY OR TO
REPORT AND SENT TO KINDA GET
TESTED TO SEE IF IT DOES HAVE
TO WANT TO SEIZE ALLOWANCE AND
WAY TO KIND OF PUT YOUR MIND
TO WELL BECAUSE I MEAN THERE
CAN BE SOME PRETTY BIG COM
CONSEQUENCES YOU KNOW CAUSE
LYME DISEASE CAN LEAVE YOUR
BODY, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
COMPROMISED, I KNOW THERE'S
BEEN A CONNECTIONS WITH
PARKINSON'S DISEASE. SO IT CAN
BE REALLY DANGEROUS.
IT CAN BE YOU KNOW MY
PRACTICE IS A 100% ALMOST ALL
CHRONIC LYME DISEASE IS WHERE
MY PATIENTS HAVE LIFELONG
DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS AND YOU
KNOW IT CAN BE A VERY
DEVASTATING DISEASE. IT'S NOT
POP QUICK. BUT WHEN CAUGHT
QUICKLY, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO
TREAT.
YEAH, HEY THAT'S SOME GOOD
NEWS IN HAND MOTIVATION,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS ERA. THE
NEW PANDEMIC WHERE YOU DO NOT
WANT TO BE YET TO BE CATCHING
IT QUICKLY ALL RIGHT DOCTOR
STEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH WE
APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER STAY
HEALTHY. YES, WELL THANK YOU
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT LYME DISEASE OR YOU HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR
STEIN WE WILL POST A LINK TO
THE RESORT OF HEALTH CLINICS
RESOURCES ON KOIN DOT COM.