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Can you help?

Do you suffer from Borreliosis or are you a carer for someone that does?

Can you help BADA-UK to raise awareness of this potentially devastating condition?

Are you prepared to talk openly about how it affects you, or your loved one, for an interview on TV, radio, or in newspapers or magazines?

If so, you could help us with our 2007 awareness campaign.

In 2006 we organised a number of interviews on BBC radio programmes which helped to raise awareness of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. The response from the general public was tremendous, with many people contacting the BBC and BADA-UK asking for more information. It is only through these diseases becoming better understood that they can effectively be prevented.

Currently there are no licensed methods of chemically controlling ticks. Their numbers are increasing and, as urban areas encroach on the rural environment, certain tick species are able to happily live along side us, selecting our pets and us as their hosts. There are no vaccines available against Lyme disease and the various co-infections that can be transmitted by British ticks. Understanding how to deter ticks from your garden, how to prevent being bitten while you are out and about, and how to remove ticks correctly, is the only defence against disease.

Please help us to teach others these important facts by telling your story!

If you are able to help, please email us: press@bada-uk.org

Please insure that you clearly mark the subject field of your email as regarding the subject of Borreliosis, Lyme, ticks etc, otherwise it may be filtered out as spam.

BADA-UK would like to thank Michael Russell for his central role in arranging and moderating a very constructive meeting, which was attended by a wide variety of interested parties, including the BADA-UK Chairperson Wendy Fox and our Secretary Craig Coady.

It is our hope that the outcome of today’s meeting will indeed result in a true assessment of the current impact of tick on Scotland as a nation, its inhabitants and industries alike.

The Scottish Government News - Ticks and Lyme disease
21/09/2007
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/09/21103230

The impact of ticks and the diseases they can transmit will be discussed at a meeting in Edinburgh today.

Ticks can carry serious debilitating diseases such as Lyme disease and louping ill which can affect birds, mammals and humans.

Latest trends show a rise in tick numbers with potentially lethal consequences for red grouse chicks and a direct effect on the viability of grouse moors.

Chairing the meeting, Minister for Environment Michael Russell said:

“Ticks are a growing problem and there is the potential for a significant economic impact on farming and sporting estates in Scotland.

“It is vital that we fully assess their impact and what we can do about them. However, it is important that any strategy to deal with the problem is carefully assessed for its overall impact on the environment.

“Today’s meeting includes a wide range of groups who have an interest in countryside management and representatives on public health.

“We must also not lose sight of the risk to human health from Lyme disease, with 1000 human cases of Lyme disease in 2006.

“It is easily treatable if diagnosed early but we need to ensure there is awareness among GPs and all those who spend any time in the countryside.”

Background:
Tick is the common name for small arachnids which live on the blood of mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. There are several British species but the common species found over much of Scotland is Ixodes ricinus, variously known as the “sheep tick”, “castor bean tick” or “meadow tick”. The sheep tick Ixodes ricinus, feeds on most vertebrate species, is the most numerous, and is the species responsible for the majority of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals in Scotland.

For information on the manifestation of tick-borne diseases in people, please check the Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK (BADA UK) website at www.bada-uk.org.

Grouse shooting is thought to be worth around £40 million to the Scotttish economy.

Student running for BADA-UK

Dear reader,

On May 6th 2007, an eighteen year old computer networks student will test his energy, and several weeks of training, as he takes up the challenge of the Great Edinburgh Run to raise funds for BADA-UK.

Blair Anderson knows only too well how devastating it can be for someone to contract a tick-borne infection. He has watched his own mother suffer from the effects of her infection for years.

“I’m a strong believer in living life to the max” says Blair. ” As my mum has Lyme disease I’m fully aware of, and grateful for, my current good health. That being said, I feel that if I’m able to assist in raising awareness of Lyme disease throughout the UK, whether it be participating in the sponsored run or in any possible way, then I’ll try my best to do so.”

Blair’s determination to complete the course is reflected in his training.

“It takes a fair amount of training to get up to the level of fitness required” says Blair. “I am running around 3 times a week, constantly increasing the distance and speed each time. I see the run as another challenge to overcome. I’m confident that I will be able to do so, and I look forward to it.”

BADA-UK relies on people like Blair, and the generosity of people who sponsor events such as this, in order for us to continue to create and distribute our literature. These much-needed funds also allow us to exhibit at various venues across the UK, so that we can be there in person to talk to the general public and offer our advice and support. It also allows us to answer the hundreds of letters that we receive from people asking for advice or information, and to make the phone calls of support when people need it. Without this kind of funding, BADA-UK could not survive as a charity.

Please consider making a pledge, no matter how small, to support Blair in his commendable efforts to help us to continue our work.

Blair says, “I do charity work because I wouldn’t like to see anyone subjected to all that my mother has been through. Also doing charity work does give you a personal sense of achievement and pride, in that you’re able to help people without expecting anything in return.”

To make a donation in support of Blair’s 10K run, you can pay online through PayPal HERE
(Please put “Blair’s Great Edinburgh Run” in the “Payment for:” field, on the BADA-UK PayPal page)

or you can make an alternative secure online payment HERE

Alternatively, you can donate by sending a cheque, made payable to BADA-UK, to:

BADA-UK
P O Box 70
North Walsham
NR28 0WX

(please write “Blair’s Great Edinburgh Run” on the reverse of the cheque).

WE REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Thank you!

Please consider sending a link for this page to all your friends and family.

Tick Prevention Week - April 8th - 15th.

  Endorsed by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

  Web: www.tickpreventionweek.org
  Email: pr@tickpreventionweek.org
  Tel: 0870 803 2309

Ticks are tiny blood-sucking parasites, which can be as small as a poppy seed
(0.5mm). They can spread several diseases to humans and animals in the UK.

The Bad News

Ticks are not just an issue for people in the countryside because infected ticks
have been found in urban parks and gardens. They are increasing in number and
are active all year round. Children can be more prone to being bitten because
they play in, and with, the outdoor environment. Cases of Lyme disease have
more than doubled in England and Wales since 2001, and in Scotland they have
trebled.

Tick-borne infection can lead to heart block and other cardiac problems,
meningitis, anaemia, paralysis and many other life-threatening complications.

The Good News

Knowing correct tick-removal techniques and simple bite prevention methods can
significantly reduce the chances of infection.

“Tick Prevention Week” has been organised by BADA-UK and it is dedicated to teaching methods of correct tick-removal and bite prevention. It also touches on the wider aspects of Borreliosis / Lyme disease (the most common tick-borne disease of humans in the UK).

BADA-UK

Please log on to
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Lyme-Disease

Help all Lyme sufferers by signing, it only takes a few minutes.

The petition is to the Prime Minister to help improve the awareness and funding towards diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease.

Have you had Tick-Borne Encephalitis?

Do you know someone that has been affected by Tick-Borne Encephalitis?

Would you be willing to be involved in publicity for the annual ‘Tick Alert’ Campaign to help them generate even further awareness of tick-borne diseases and their prevention, including Tick-Borne Encephalitis - a viral disease, contracted via the bite of an infected tick, which can lead to meningitis and, in serious cases, result in paralysis?

If you can help, please call the Tick Alert press office on 01943 468010 to speak to a member of their team, or email: info@tickalert.org. If you include a telephone number, they will call you back to discuss things further.

For just £1.75 you can help in a big way

We have car stickers and keyloops available for you to help us raise the profile of this very important issue.

You can purchase these items on the ‘Donations’ page of our website: http://www.bada-uk.org/donations.html