Lyme Disease

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Lyme Disease

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Year: 1990
Pages: 63
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 531109313

Product Code: 788190555

Description

Elaine Landau. A book for children explaining Lyme disease, which has become a serious health problem in the U.S. Explains the history of the disease, which was first reported in Lyme, Connecticut in Nov. 1975, and was originally diagnosed incorrectly as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The first signs of the disease are a red rash on various parts of the patients’ bodies. Lyme disease was found to be an infection caused by a bacterial organism & is spread to humans through the bite of a tiny infected tick often found on the white-tailed deer. Discusses the symptoms & treatment for the disease & gives tips on how to protect yourself against it. Color photos.

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