The Officially Ignored Connection Between Lyme Disease and Plum Island

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Lyme Disease is one of those illnesses that, unless you have it or know someone who afflicted by it, most people don't know that much about it other than that it is caused by a tick bite.

Lyme Disease has been referred to as "the great imitator" because it mirrors many other awful medical disorders including chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and even Alzheimer's disease. Initially, Lyme causes a barrage of awful symptoms, including tiredness unrelieved by resting or sleeping, insomnia, abdominal pain, nausea, confusion, mood swings, joint pain, recurrent headaches, fever, chills, dizziness, difficulty concentrating or sustaining one's attention and even impaired short-term memory, but ultimately it can harm organs and systems throughout the body, including the heart, the circulatory, digestive, and reproductive systems, and the brain and nervous system.