Lyme Disease on the increase

MAIREAD McGuinness MEP and First Vice-President of the European Parliament has welcomed the focus on Lyme disease and the very broad support among MEP that more need to be done to raise awareness, diagnosis and treatment, following a parliamentary vote in Strasbourg last week.

‘Regrettably, knowledge about Lyme Disease is limited to those immediately affected, as they struggle to get a clear diagnosis and effective treatment,’

‘‘ This disease is on the increase’, McGuinness warned, saying that greater awareness of the disease is needed among the medical profession.