Thousands in West Virginia struck 負かす／撃墜する by 'mystery' tick-borne 病気 that's 苦しむd by Justin Bieber and Bella Hadid

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専門家s have raised the alarm about the growing 脅し of tick-borne Lyme 病気, as 事例／患者s begin to 急に上がる with rising 気温s.?

In West Virginia, one 郡's health department has 警告するd that the 明言する／公表する is 現在／一般に seeing hundreds of 事例／患者s of the 条件, compared to a handful a few years ago.

The department 行政官／管理者 Howard 賭事 told 地元の news 出口s that 患者s must see a healthcare professional 'if a tick has bit you and it is embedded into your 肌.'

Statewide, 事例／患者s reached 1,052 last year ― and are 推定する／予想するd to 殺到する to 類似の levels this year. Just a １０年間 ago, there were barely 300 事例／患者s a year.

The above 地図／計画する shows where 事例／患者s of Lyme 病気 were 報告（する）／憶測d in the US in 2022

This year, Lyme 病気 事例／患者s have already 殺到するd to 記録，記録的な／記録する levels in North Eastern 明言する／公表するs 含むing New York and Massachusetts.

緊急 room visits for tick bites 攻撃する，衝突する 69 per 100,000 ER visits in March, the highest 率 ever 記録，記録的な／記録するd for the month and 井戸／弁護士席 above the 普通の／平均（する） of 43 visits at this time for the previous seven years.

Ticks also 現れるd earlier than normal this year, with bites 報告（する）／憶測d in New Hampshire and Minnesota as 早期に as February ― 井戸／弁護士席 ahead of April when the critters 普通は 現れる.

Lyme 病気 is 原因（となる）d by a bacteria that is transmitted when someone is bitten by an 感染させるd tick that are 流布している in grassy and wooded areas.

It 最初 原因（となる）s a characteristic bullseye 無分別な around the bite 場所／位置, and without 治療 can lead to 神経 損失, heart problems, 疲労，（軍の）雑役 and personality changes.

Doctors can 扱う／治療する the 感染 with 抗生物質s, but it can take months to 診断する if the first 警告 調印するs are 行方不明になるd.

The 条件 has attracted attention 予定 to the large group of celebrity 苦しんでいる人s - 含むing??Justin Bieber and Bella Hadid?who were both 診断するd with Lyme 病気 ― likely after spending time in the countryside.

専門家s say Lyme 病気 is mysterious because antibodies against the bacteria often can't be （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd for several weeks after 感染, even as someone 苦しむs symptoms.?

It means 患者s often go misdiagnosed and their symptoms remain unexplained.?

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感染s have been rising in the US every year since 2014, with nearly?63,000 事例／患者s 記録，記録的な／記録するd in 2022 ― as longer summers 許す ticks to be active for longer.

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Mr 賭事 said the 病気 was becoming 'endemic' in more areas.

公式の／役人 data from 2022 showed 事例／患者s 発射 up 28 パーセント from the previous year.

全国的な, the largest 突発／発生s last year were 記録，記録的な／記録するd in Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine ― with up to 212 事例／患者s per 100,000.

Massachusetts is also raising the alarm over other tick-borne 病気s which are rising, 含むing the rare Powassan ウイルス.

Around 10 パーセント of people who catch the ウイルス を煩う 厳しい neurological symptoms 含むing seizures, speech problems and paralysis.

It was 報告（する）／憶測d this year for the first time in the town of Sharon, Massachusetts, 誘発するing 関心.

専門家s say ticks tend to be active from March to 中央の-May and 中央の-August to November ― but they 警告する that warmer 天候 is 増加するing this period.

The critters often hang の上に the 辛勝する／優位 of grasses on footpaths waiting for someone to come past before latching on.

In some 事例／患者s, they may also 減少（する） from trees after （悪事，秘密などを）発見するing heat and activity underneath them.

'They are 落ちるing 負かす／撃墜する to see what's happening, they can catch our 脚s really easily because they are hanging on low-lying grasses, 支店s and so on,' said 賭事.

専門家s say the best way to 避ける a tick bite is to cover exposed 肌 with long-sleeve 最高の，を越すs, trousers and socks.?

If bitten, しっかり掴む the tick at its 長，率いる before 除去するing. Leaving the 長，率いる behind could help 避ける an 感染.?