Dr. Maura Finn

For children, because they're smaller, it could be around their head and neck.

behind the rears look for them as well but maybe put a hat on um put a scarf on little things like that then the things like deet um you know the insect repellents they can be useful some people don't like to use them but they can work in this situation and i suppose the most important thing is after you've been out and about just have a look yeah that's you know if you don't look you probably won't see them because like i said they're very very sneaky they have this like little tiny painkiller that so you don't feel the bite when you get it and

Well, he was and thankfully he's recovered and I suppose this is publicity.

So I would say there is a blood test.

We do do that.

The only thing is the blood test is trying to pick up antibodies to the bacteria and it takes time.

You can have, if you do it too early, you'll get a false negative.

So it's when you do it is the important thing.

So if you do it within two weeks, it often will be negative.

So we would tend to do it a little bit later.

And you can have false positives, false negatives.

But, you know, the decision to treat Lyme's will be based on a number of factors, not just a blood test.

It's the exposure.

It's the rash.

It's the symptoms.

It's the possibility it could be Lyme's.

So, you know, treating it, we frequently, I've often treated for Lyme's without having a blood test as proof of its presence because all the other factors were put in place.

Yeah, yeah, you can actually.

I mean, it's very unusual, but it can happen.

And I suppose it's a big area of controversy that people, you know, will present with symptoms that would be consistent with kind of long, old, chronic Lyme disease.