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A Minneapolis firefighter says he's lucky to be alive after Lyme disease nearly stopped his heart last year.

Servicemembers are particularly at risk for Lyme disease; they live, work, and play on bases where Lyme is rampant. Some 75 percent of all U.S. military installations are located in states where 99 percent of the approximately 500,000 tickborne disease,

email article A 36-year-old man presents to an emergency department (ED) in New York City. He reports feeling poorly for the past 3 weeks, with fatigue and muscle aches and pain throughout his body. He says he has no known premorbid illnesses, nor has he been in contact with anyone who is ill. He drinks alcohol occasionally, he says, but is not a smoker and does not use recreational drugs. He tells clinicians that his symptoms began during a camping and hiking trip in upstate New York, and were initially accompanied by fever and cough that resolved within a few days.