Lyme disease

[Gil Boyd]

Both our "major" Military training areas have numerous signs now around making soldiers aware of the existance of the Lyme Tick, especially West Tofts in Norfolk which is heavily forested and is renowned for heavy deer and sheep populations.

On sniper courses and shoots where the guys have spent many hours on their bellies in static locations, the old buddy buddy system gets used heavily on inspection for these little critters and sheep ticks to, which always hit the warmer spots on the human body.........cheeky little buggers!!

Worth remembering the symptoms, which are akin to flu in many cases!!

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[cplstevennorton]

I actually caught Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 2002 while in the Marines. Its basically the cousin of lyme disease. It about nearly killed me and I still have a lot of issues from it. Mostly in my eyes, it caused optic nerve damage.

The tick born diseases are no joke.