{"id":241,"date":"2009-07-31T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=241"},"modified":"2009-07-31T20:06:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T00:06:11","slug":"ticks-and-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/ticks-and-lyme-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticks and Lyme Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s summer in Sweden. And that means, among many other, much more pleasant things, also this \u2013 ticks. Yes, ticks. F\u00e4stingar<\/strong>, as they\u2019re called in Swedish.<\/p>\n

Those nasty little creatures and the diseases they cause are no laughing matter. And if you are spending your summers in Sweden, sooner or later you, or your pets will be faced with a tick issue. And trust me, it\u2019s not a small issue.<\/p>\n

Every summer you will see people coming to their v\u00e5rdcentraler<\/strong> with a bullseye rash pattern asking for treatment. And you\u2019d be surprised that many of these people have no clue that this rash is a result of a tick bite. People know that tick bites are dangerous, and that Lyme disease (borrelia<\/strong> in Swedish), and Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE<\/strong> or f\u00e4stingburen encefalit<\/strong>) are serious problems, yet at the same time, many people don\u2019t take tick protection seriously.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine just contracted Lyme disease. She went for a walk with her dog and came back with a tick. She was always very concerned with protecting her dog from ticks and when a day later she found a tick on her body, she simply asked her sambo<\/strong> to remove it and didn\u2019t think anything of it. A few days later when she saw the rash, she still didn\u2019t think anything of it. When her sambo<\/strong> finally dragged her to the clinic, the diagnosis took less than 1 second \u2013 Borrelia<\/strong>. Yep. Lyme disease.<\/p>\n

She was prescribed antibiotics and told not to be so stupid next time. When you suspect a tick bite, you should seek help as soon as possible. The consequences of delaying it can be very serious.<\/p>\n

Here is a webpage<\/a>, written in very simple Swedish, about Borrelia<\/strong>, its symptoms and treatment.<\/p>\n

And as it says on that page:<\/p>\n

Om man har f\u00e5tt en st\u00f6rre hudf\u00f6r\u00e4ndring p\u00e5 platsen efter ett tidigare f\u00e4stingbett, eller misst\u00e4nker att man har f\u00e5tt borrelia, ska man kontakta en v\u00e5rdcentral.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So please, when you are out and about in the beautiful Swedish countryside, enjoying the beautiful Swedish nature, be sure to protect yourself and your pets from tick bites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It\u2019s summer in Sweden. And that means, among many other, much more pleasant things, also this \u2013 ticks. Yes, ticks. F\u00e4stingar, as they\u2019re called in Swedish. Those nasty little creatures and the diseases they cause are no laughing matter. And if you are spending your summers in Sweden, sooner or later you, or your pets…<\/p>\n

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