Countryfile at 1900 on BBC1 290718 features Lyme Disease

[MeSci]

Tonight's Countryfile has the following feature (if it's not changed as it is so often!):

Programme is at 1900, also shown on recording at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bdllcr

"Tom (Heap) looks at what is being done to fight lyme disease, a debilitating illness that affects up to 3,000 people a year and is often transmitted through a single bite from an infected tick."

If it's shown, I or someone will hopefully give an idea of what time the feature is shown.

 

[Trish]

More from the program information:

Tom meets Professor Matthew Baylis who is helping to draw up the first ‘tick-map’ of the UK. He also talks to scientist Dr Roger Evans, part of a team working on a new and more accurate blood test for Lyme disease.

It’s progress, but it’s not nearly enough for Phones-For-You founder and billionaire philanthropist John Caudwell. John challenges the Government’s Department of Health to match his offer of millions to fund fresh research and treatment for sufferers of Lyme disease.

Find more information on how to keep safe from tick bites here

 

[Sasha]

Someone contacted my sister about a BBC Radio 4 programme within the last couple of weeks ago that mentioned a 'more accurate' test for Lyme that's available in Germany, I think (and wanted my sister to mention it to me, since this friend knew that Lyme can be mistaken for ME).

Anybody know about that? I wonder if it's to do with what's being presented on Countryfile and if there's some sort of media push on this.

I was in Lyme country when I first got sick but was tested and didn't have the rash, but it's always a worry to think that a negative test could be a false negative.

 

[ladycatlover]

There was something about Lyme Disease on BBC Breakfast, I think yesterday. Interviewed John Caudwell. Can't find anything on catch up I'm afraid.

 

[Trish]

Countryfile times on Lyme disease:
19.05 to 19.12 - a case of a small boy with Lyme in Scotland and a young woman who was ill for several years before diagnosis.
19.22 to 19.28 - scientific research happening in Scotland.