Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Gin Gin man's mystery illness
27th July 2012 12:34 PM
Len Balsdon of Gin Gin has been told by doctors that Lyme disease is the illness that had been affecting his health for the past eight years.
Brittany Cook
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A GIN GIN man has tested positive to Lyme disease, a bacteria the government says there is little evidence to suggest can be contracted in Australia.
Len Balsdon, who moved from England to Australia 27 years ago and has not travelled overseas since, said he only became unwell after being bitten by a paralysis tick in the Wongi state forest near Maryborough in 2005.
"I picked it off and didn't think too much about it," he said.
What followed was years of feeling unwell, a range of symptoms and misdiagnoses.
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Noosa GP Andrew Ladhams, who treated Mr Balsdon, said he had seen enough patients with positive results to believe that borrelia was in Australia.
"I'm seeing 15-20 people a week and 60-80% of those are testing positive to Lyme disease," he said.
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http://www.news-mail.com.au/story/2012/07/27/gin-gin-mans-mystery-illness/
27th July 2012 12:34 PM
Len Balsdon of Gin Gin has been told by doctors that Lyme disease is the illness that had been affecting his health for the past eight years.
Brittany Cook
Advertisement
A GIN GIN man has tested positive to Lyme disease, a bacteria the government says there is little evidence to suggest can be contracted in Australia.
Len Balsdon, who moved from England to Australia 27 years ago and has not travelled overseas since, said he only became unwell after being bitten by a paralysis tick in the Wongi state forest near Maryborough in 2005.
"I picked it off and didn't think too much about it," he said.
What followed was years of feeling unwell, a range of symptoms and misdiagnoses.
...
Noosa GP Andrew Ladhams, who treated Mr Balsdon, said he had seen enough patients with positive results to believe that borrelia was in Australia.
"I'm seeing 15-20 people a week and 60-80% of those are testing positive to Lyme disease," he said.
...
http://www.news-mail.com.au/story/2012/07/27/gin-gin-mans-mystery-illness/