The legislators of the state of new York concerned about the growing number of ticks and the diseases they carry. The senators believe that the time has come radically to solve the problem.
In the state in recent years has really recorded much more cases of previously rare diseases, carried by ticks. And it’s not just Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis), but also, for example, encephalitis , Powassan — virus which can kill a person. Often it affects children, lot of time spend on the street.
The incubation period is about a week, the illness is severe, sometimes with consequences for the nervous system. In the most severe cases, there can be fatal.
Recently, according to CBS, virus, Powassan was in Dutchess County, and this is the fourth case since the beginning of the year in new York.
Senator Kemp Hannon proposes to increase funding for research on this issue.
«It is necessary that the Department of health focused on this as seriously as they did for West Nile,» said Hannon. «We need to invest more money, much more».
According to him, people often put the wrong diagnosis just after the tick bites. «There is underestimation of the problem, and because of misdiagnosis, some patients suffer from diseases that are transmitted by ticks, although the treated them from other» — added the Senator.
Hannon said that the Department of health should develop a special Protocol for doctors on this issue, it is especially important for patients that are children, to supply them with the diagnosis as precisely and quickly cured.
