The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is proud to support the official declaration of May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
Lyme disease is the second most commonly reported reportable infectious disease in Maine, with nearly
1,000 people reported with it each year the past two years.
Carried by the deer tick and is most infections in Maine during the summer months.
The most common early symptom of Lyme disease is an expanding red rash that occurs at the site of the tick bite within 3-32 days. after being bitten. Fever, join and muscle pains and other flu-like symptoms may also occur,” said Dr. Sears.
For more information: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/ddc/epi/vector-borne/lyme/index.shtml
