Pierrick Fedrigo: has Lyme Disease

[davestoller]

Just read this in cyclingnews. Seems like a number of cyclists are coming down with this. Just a few weeks ago, not even, Mary McConneloug missed big race because of Lyme. A few years back, was it Pat McCarty on Disco that got it too?

Mountain biking I get. In the brush, off road etc.

Not so much road cycling.
For Brits and Euros--is there much over there?

 

[Nielsa]

It's been on the rise the past few years among campers, hikers, or just people with a big garden. You walk through a grassy area to get to the beach and a tick latches on to you, etc, lots of ways to be unlucky in the summer.

P.S.

For Brits and Euros

A bit like saying "bread and baguettes"!

 

[titleshot]

Super bad luck to get this. Its pretty hard to diagnose and if it isn't treated it can give you life long problems.

I had a family member almost die because she went undiagnosed for about 9 months and could barley walk, and she still has trouble with exercise now because it messed up her joints and muscles.

Watch out for those ticks!

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

Just read this in cyclingnews. Seems like a number of cyclists are coming down with this. Just a few weeks ago, not even, Mary McConneloug missed big race because of Lyme. A few years back, was it Pat McCarty on Disco that got it too?

Mountain biking I get. In the brush, off road etc.

Not so much road cycling.
For Brits and Euros--is there much over there?

I seem to recall from a CycleSport story years ago that Fedrigo is an avid hunter. They ran a profile on him that begins with Fedrigo arising at dawn to go hunt boar somewhere in "la France profonde." That's one way to get ticks, I suppose.

 

[Square-pedaller]

Thankfully the form of Lyme disease in Europe is less nasty that the American one, and generally does not lead to life-long complications. It's not a disease to muck about with though. Quite a few of my colleagues have had Lyme disease (we work in the woods in spring), but none have had lasting effects, though it can take a couple of months to get over the fatigue if it's not caught quickly.
The early symptoms (the growing red ring around the site if the tick bite) are quite easy to spot. If you're bitten by a tick, remove it as quickly as possible and keep an eye on the area. The red ring can appear 4-6 weeks later.

 

[nesocip]

Its one of the fastest emerging diseases in general, so we can only expect to see more and more cases.

Not that nasty though, if diagnosed early and treated properly.

 

[greenedge]

Poor dude first the back injury that stopped him riding the TDF and now this. Get better