Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

I did get Lyme disease. I had no idea that it was a thing because I did not get educated about it, not even about ticks. I was just fascinated by the bullseye and never went to see a doctor.

Sometime later I felt sick with fever and something like an itching inside the head, but since it went away, I never bothered with it again. I also never made a connection between this and the bullseye, maybe it was the cause.

I'm constantly wondering if it would be beneficial to talk to a doctor about it, but it was almost 25 years ago.




Similar thing happened to me. Got some bites, they went away. Didn’t think twice about it.

A month or two later, I got very ill, it was Advanced Neurological Lyme disease.

My vision loss was at about 30-40%, I still feel the arthritis all the time, but my vision is nearly entirely restored. One of the worst aspects was the cognitive loss.

For months I suddenly had ADHD-like symptoms, and had brain fog like I had the biggest bender of my life, for months. My spelling/grammar went down the drain, I still just miss words when writing. I wasn’t able to work for a long time, and am still recovering financially from this stupid bug bite.

Don’t mess around people, take prophylactic doxycycline dose.


I would like to point out that I did not have rings, just normal looking bug bites.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: