Lyme Disease Poses Silent Danger
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remain undiagnosed
Why does this problem occur?
Why can’t a person get help? Lack
of education and no standard tests
make Lyme disease difficult to
diagnose and at times to treat
Dr. Dale Tavris M.D. MPH,
past director Division of Acute In
fectious Disease Epidemiology,
Pennsylvania, states “The public
should know that there is virtually
no county in Pennsylvania which
is known to be free of this dis
ease.” Lyme disease is a report
able disease, and recent statistics
tell us that Pennsylvania consist
ently ranks second or third in the
nation with reported cases of
Lyme disease.
Unfortunately, these statistics
are not entirely true. Cases are
suspected of being much higher,
because the Centers for Disease
Control requires a Lyme disease
patient to have a positive blood
test, or rash with known tick bite
in order to be reported. It is esti
mated only 50 percent - 60 percent
of people get a rash. There are no
standard tests and each laboratory
reads the tests differently. How
unfortunate, the disease has a “95
percent cure rate when detected
early.” (Lyme Disease Founda
tion) Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner an
expert on Lyme disease says “Ypu
can have Lyme disease with a
negative blood test. Negative
blood tests are a real phenomenon,
occurring in both early and late
cases.” Dr. Liegner also states the
“many patients with active Lyme
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717-768-8231 717-784-5217
Chambersburg Farm Service
975 South Main Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-264-3533
or be dismissed as “misdiag- During the past six years First
nosed” until widespread avail- Capital Lyme Network, a local
ability of a “gold standard” test” non-profit organization has grown
“Lyme disease related illnesses, from 10 chronic Lyme disease pa
absenteeism and loss of produc- tients to a datebase of 1,000. The
tivity cost American businesses patient advocacy and educational
hundreds of thousands of dollars programs are some of the best in
annually.” (Lyme Disease the State. This debilitating and
Foundation) Too many Lyme dis- sometimes chronic disease can be
ease patients are losing their jobs prevented through proper educa
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consider many of them become to- joying the great outdoors without
tally disabled. This represents an- fear and with good health. -
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fusing, difficult to diagnose, and Lyme Network, 115 Valley Rd.,
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Trail Ride To Benefit
Therapeutic Riding
Program
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County 4-H
Therapeutic Riding Program has
scheduled a fund-raising trail ride
Sunday, September 28, at the Fair
Hill Natural Resources Manage
ment Area, Fair Hill, Maryland.
The 15-mile ride will be held rain
or shine, with registration from 10
- 10:45 a.m. and the ride begin
ning at 11 a.m. A rider must pro
vide his or her own horse and be at
10 ft. & 12 ft.
EDUCATION!
least eight years of age to partici
pate.
Riders are asked to collect
sponsorships totaling at least $25
or pay an entry fee of $2O to ride.
All proceeds from the Trail Ride
will benefit the therapeutic riding
program in Lancaster County.
For further information on the
ride or to obtain registration and
pledge forms, please call (717)
335-3139 or (717) 284-2020.
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260 York Road, Carlisle, PA 17013
800-447-6829
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Tractor Operator’s Contest
Taylor Sines of the Oakland
FFA chapter won the first place
plaque in the Safe Tractor Opera
tor’s contest Aug. 28 during the
Maryland State Fair in Timonium.
The Safe Tractor Operator’s
Contest is sponsored by Eastern
Equipment Dealer’s Association
as a special project of the Mary
land FFA Foundation. The second
place individual for the contest
was Adam Mathews of the
Taylor Sines won first place in the Maryland FFA Safe
Tractor Operator's Contest.
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and Rt. 220, Belwood, PA
814-742-8171
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McAhsterville, PA 17049
717-463-2191
Lehigh A g Equipment, Inc.
6670 Ruppsville Road, Allentown, PA 18106
610-398-2553
Walkersville FFA chapter.
According to the contest super
intendent, Dr. Lee Grant, of the
Department of Agricultural Engi
neering at the University of Mary
land at College Park, there were
12 regional representatives regis
tered. The contest consisted of
three components a written ex
amination, safe tractor operation,
and a problem solving activity.
Each student drove a tractor
through two courses, one with a
two-wheel implement and one
with four-wheel implement towed
behind. The students were evalu
ated during the driving section on
safety, time, and accuracy while
driving the course. In the problem
solving, each student was given a
tractor that would not start and had
to find the problem and correct it