I travel to Old Lyme Connecticut at least once a week. This is the town where Lyme disease was diagnosed as a separate condition for the first time. Its also w

I travel to Old Lyme Connecticut at least once a week. This is the town where Lyme disease was diagnosed as a separate condition for the first time. Its also where the illness gets its name. We have a lot of ticks. Scientists link invasive barberry to Lyme disease: - http://today.uconn.edu/2012/02/controlling-japanese-barberry-helps-stop-spread-of-tick-borne-diseases/ http://today.uconn.edu/2012/02/controlling-japanese-barberry... The illness is definitely an imitator which is very scary. I've known people who have drooping faces which resembled a stroke / bells palsy and who eventually got the diagnoses of Lyme. I think the problem with Lyme is that its isolated, its infectious but not contagious (spreadable between humans). This appears to reduce the urgency of research. That said, the bacteria hides and destroys a person mentally and physically.