Lyme Disease

[Gondrin]

I think that i may have picked this up over Easter (from a tick ) but awaiting blood tests. I wondered if anyone had any experience of this, how rare or not it is, whether there is a vaccine and whether it is worth having?

[A_Redman]

Only about 200 cases a year in the UK so you would be unlikely to Emeet anybody on the forum who had experience of it. Sites below mostly reassuring

http://www.amm.co.uk/pubs/fa_lyme.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/medical_notes/376539.stm

http://vie.dis.strath.ac.uk/vie/LymeEU/