Lyme Disease Support Group Forming in Forks Twp.

A committee has been contracted from a tick person may actually from Lyme and other
formed to organize the bite that may initially have the disease. tick-borne diseases by
Easton Area Lyme cause a flu-like illness. Lyme disease symp- providing information
Disease Support Group If untreated or inad- toms are numerous and and support and to
due to the large number equately treated, the it is often misdiagnosed prevent new cases
of people in the area disease may become as another illness such through education and
who have been infected persistent or long-term as ADHD, Fibromyal- partnering with other
by the disease and could and affect many systems gia, Chronic Fatigue organizations with
benefit from support of the body. Syndrome, Lupus and common goals.”
and information to aid in Ticks carry other other neurological and
their recovery and to disease besides Lyme difficult-to-diagnose
prevent future infec- Disease, and one tick conditions.
tions. bite might transmit more The Easton Area Lyme
Northampton County than one disease. Support Group intends
has a particularly high Lyme Disease test to be “an all volunteer
incidence of Lyme results are often inaccu- organization which
disease, but the nearest rate and a test may be seeks to improve the
support groups are in the negative even though a lives of people suffering
Philadelphia and York
areas, making it difficult
for people suffering
from the disease to
participate.
The new group is in the
formative stage, and has
located a meeting place,
which will be at Arndt’s
Lutheran Church, 1851
Arndt Road, in Forks
Township with the first
meeting to be held on
Wednesday, March 2nd,
from 7pm to 8:30pm.
Lyme disease is a
bacterial infection
which is commonly