Grove Drugs and Westbeth present:
Things to Know About Lyme Disease

West Village Wellness Social is a free monthly event that deals with health issues of interest to the community. It is led by Ilana Aminov BSPharm RPH of Grove Drugs, hosted by Michael Embrey and catered by Michael Stewart of Tavern on Jane.

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection you get from the bite of an infected tick. The first symptom is usually a red rash, which may look like a bull’s eye. But not all people with Lyme disease have a rash. As the infection spreads to other parts of the body, you may have

A fever
A headache
Body aches
A stiff neck
Fatigue
Lyme disease can be hard to diagnose because many of its symptoms are like those of the flu and other diseases. And you may not have noticed a tick bite.

Ticks have been found throughout New York City. … However, most NYC residents diagnosed with a tick-borne disease are infected when visiting grassy, wooded areas in upstate New York, Long Island, and surrounding states.

Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State. Westbeth is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.