What climate is best for people with Lyme?

I have very poor heat tolerance so hard to say. Hot humid weather makes me feel terrible.

I did great in the Caribbean (but I swam a lot in the warm, salty water). Otherwise it was pretty hot! I also did well in Belize, but only when swimming. I'm sure there are ticks in those areas, but I didn't happen to encounter any when I was there.

There are now very few places with no ticks. You might try Death Valley, the Sahara Desert, Antarctica, or anywhere above the arctic circle. Or Wall Street? Just stay out of Central Park!!

I know that even some deserts have ticks, although I don't see how . . . .

Margaret

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the desert is no refuge from Lyme... It is believed that I got Lyme from a red fire ant bite in the Calif. desert...

I lived in the deep South and I was basically non-functional in the heat. I moved to cold temps and it feels a lot better than the heat did. Which makes sense, since Lyme hates heat.

Probably southern california where it's ~70 degrees all the time.

Feel terrible right before a storm. Dont know if anyone else is exp this lovely symptom during this severe winter.

I hate to say so, but there is a pretty high incidence of Lyme in California, although it might occur more in the mountainous areas.

Lyme-bearing ticks do occur in warm and hot areas.

I suppose a desert would have to be without plants or animals to be without ticks.

My guess is that ticks can't survive in extreme cold or extreme heat.

We have cold winters here in the Appalachians, and as soon as the temp. goes above freezing, deer ticks can be found.

My vet found another incidence of Lyme in my dog (rash, tick, and all) in the middle of winter.

I grew up in S.E. NC, near the SC border, and there were plenty of deer ticks. It was a very hot place; there were even cacti growing in our yard.

I've heard of people getting Lyme in Venezuela, and now THAT'S a hot place.

Then of course there's New England, which most doctors are very fond of mentioning if you say anything about Lyme Disease. New England winters are very cold.

I vote for Antarctica or the Sahara Desert.

Margaret

I don't know, bc I really don't like very hot weather, but I loved the Caribbean, as long as I could be near the water.

I noticed that when I used to visit my family in Miami, my allergies would get much better. Eventually though, they would come back, even in Fla.

In St. Johns (Virgin Islands) and in Belize, not only did my allergies go away, I felt better all over. In Belize and Guatemala, we traveled all over, seeing Mayan ruins, but the best I felt was whenever I was near water. I think the warm water, and especially the warm salt water, were what helped me the most.

I prefer cold weather in general, but I don't think it helps my health.

Margaret

Our global weather (not to mention incidence of ticks) is getting stranger and stranger.

I saw a film about someone who had Lyme Disease in Arizona, and had contracted it there as well.

He was getting either his Masters or his Ph.D. in archaeology, and he was out doing field work or whatever when he got bitten.

No doctor would believe him, but he tested positive for Borrelia.

So yes, I don't think there are too many LLMDs out there (though I think I've heard of one in Phoenix).

The Caribbean is humid, but there isn't that much mold that I can recall. I think it's partly bc people keep their houses wide open, such that an entire "wall" of the house can move up or down, etc.

Margaret

I seem to ache more with colder weather, but my dizziness and heart symptoms are worse in the heat. However, my mental health is way better in the warmer, sunnier weather.

I was born in Florida, before having Lyme, and live in icky CT now. I'm definitely over this winter for sure! I'm craving sunshine!

But Lymebabe LOL yes anywhere there aren't ticks!

I am such an outdoorsy person, I'll make sure I use a lot of repellent and check myself.

I think I feel best in the warm weather, I don't get the dizzy stuff as much. I have put a garden in these past 3 summers and would work the garden in the hottest part of the days and it didn't bother me, I like to sweat.

We lived in FL for 10 yrs and I couldn't stand to lay in the sun very long but I could walk on the beach with no problem or played golf in the heat of the day.

I thought I remembered somebody saying Spirochetes don't like the warm weather.