WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- In response to a rise in Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses in the county, local experts gathered to discussed Lyme and other tick-borne diseases at a forum hosted by Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA 1) at the Ferlazzo Building June 10.
Lyme disease and similar illnesses caused by tick bites have become more prevalent in Virginia over the last decade, and most of the attendees of the meeting suffered from Lyme disease or other tick-borne illnesses themselves, or cared for a close family member who has been affected.
Virginia Delegate Rich Anderson (R-51st district) told the audience gathered in Woodbridge that one of his constituents had the tick-borne disease Bartonella that caused such severe vomiting that it ripped his esophagus.
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