What is Lyme Disease?

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bite of a tick and is affecting millions of people worldwide. One of the top ten misdiagnosed diseases in the world, when properly diagnosed and treated early Lyme disease is curable, however when misdiagnosed and not treated, it can become severely
disabling.

• Lyme disease is an emerging disease worldwide; it is on the increase and it is threatening the health and productivity of untold numbers of Canadians. Lyme disease can cause serious disability and death.
• Current Canadian health policy on Lyme is based on assumptions that have proven false. Lyme is very under-diagnosed and under-reported and patients are suffering unnecessarily. Canada needs excellent prevention programs and early diagnosis strategies to reduce the number of Canadians who are developing the difficult-to-treat and debilitating chronic form of the disease.

Lyme disease, the fastest growing infectious disease in the world, has been found in all of Canada’s provinces, and with global warming, will only continue to spread. Canada is years behind in research, diagnosis and treatment.

Magnotta Winery Corporation and its CEO & President Rossana Magnotta are pioneering a long term initiative to inform, educate, build awareness and raise funds in support of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme).

For more information on
Lyme disease please visit
www.canlyme.com