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The recommended one dose antibiotic as recommended by the Infectious Disease Society of America didn't stop progression of Lyme in Senator. More aggressive treatment needed.
From Politics on the Hudson - May 24th, 2007
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is undergoing a 21-day treatment of antibiotics
for possible Lyme disease.
Schumer said in an interview he thinks he was exposed to a tick carrying
Lyme disease while he was conducting a series of news conferences on dangerous
dams in the Hudson Valley earlier this month.
In the wake of recent flooding from heavy rain that has filled area
reservoirs, Schumer visited the Veterans’ Memorial Lake Dam on Gypsy Trail Road in
Putnam County, the Whaley Lake Dam in Dutchess County and Beaver Dam in Orange
County with Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, to highlight legislation that
would provide money for conducting safety assessments and an upgrade of the
aging dams.
Although Schumer wore a suit during the May 7 news conferences, a tick
apparently climbed up the sock on the Brooklyn lawmaker’s left leg and picked a
location below his knee to engorge itself.
Schumer said he went to a physician to have the tick removed immediately
after discovering it. But the three days of antibiotics he was initially
prescribed did not stop a reddish bull’s-eye from appearing a few days later.
He then consulted a second physician more familiar with the treatment of
Lyme disease, who recommended a more aggressive treatment.
The senator’s spokeman, Josh Vlasto, stressed Thursday that the treatment is
preventative. “He doesn’t have any symptoms, and the bull’s-eye is already
going down,’’ said Vlasto.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the symptoms of
Lyme disease typically include a skin rash, fatigue, headaches and fever,
but if not treated it can spread to the joints, the heart and nervous system.
Most cases – especially those detected early – can be treated and cured
with antibiotics.
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