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Living With Chronic Lyme Disease: NJ Woman's Never-Ending Nightmare Living With Chronic Lyme Disease: NJ Woman's Never-Ending Nightmare
Living With Chronic Lyme Disease: NJ Woman's Never-Ending Nightmare It took four years for doctors to figure out what was wrong with Jasmin Perdomo. And still, that didn't solve her problem. Perdomo was 27 and living in Puerto Rico when symptoms presented as headaches, body aches and extremely swollen joints in 2014. All tests were coming back normal as the Elizabeth native was getting worse. Symptoms progressed to vertigo, heart problems, and a laundry list of cognitive issues like memory loss, inability to balance, slow speech, and facial paralysis. Sometimes, Perdomo would get in her car to go somewhere, only to find herself on the roads and completely…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff
Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff UPDATE: A Cliffside Park jazz player involved in a 5-hour SWAT standoff spent less than a day at the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered him released pending a hearing. Kermit Driscoll, 62, was first taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for a psychiatric evaluation before he was transferred to the Bergen County Jail following Monday night's incident. He was to be held in the county lockup pending trial on charges that include aggravated assault, violating a restraining order, false imprisonment, hindering his arrest, obstruction and harassment. But a judge released Drisc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Number Getting Illnesses From Ticks, Mosquitoes, Fleas Triples, CDC Says Number Getting Illnesses From Ticks, Mosquitoes, Fleas Triples, CDC Says
Number Getting Illnesses From Ticks, Mosquitoes, Fleas Triples, CDC Says With temperatures warming up, federal officials are warning area residents to be alert during Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May and through the summer. Illnesses from mosquito, tick, and flea bites have tripled nationally in the past decade, with more than 640,000 cases reported during the 13 years from 2004 through 2016, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since then, nine new germs spread by mosquitoes and ticks were discovered or introduced into the country. The recently released findings mark the CDC’s first study examining the data involving the bites of…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County? River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County?
River Vale Teen: How Much Longer Will Silence Ring Over Bergen County? This opinion piece is written by River Vale native Sydney Pleasic, 19, a sophomore at the University of Vermont. As part of a school assignment, Pleasic has chosen to examine the abundance of deer and alleged lack of an action plan to decrease the rising number. The views in this article do not reflect those of Daily Voice.  March marked the first time in a month that the Hilltop Reservation fell silent, bullets ceased firing and protesters stopped bellowing. This past February, in Essex, a neighboring county, the annual deer hunt came to an end for its 11th year, but towns all across New…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Suddenly Sick: West Milford Teen's College Essay Will Give You Goosebumps Suddenly Sick: West Milford Teen's College Essay Will Give You Goosebumps
Suddenly Sick: West Milford Teen's College Essay Will Give You Goosebumps Matt Rizza of West Milford spent what should have been his first year of college in isolation. Last summer, the 19-year-old became extremely ill almost overnight. He experienced difficulty breathing, horrible reflux, heartburn, brain fog and extreme food sensitivities. A series of tests revealed a slew of illnesses including gastroparesis, Hashimotos, a Lyme Disease infection and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome caused from Biotoxin Illness. More simply put, Matt's body is unable to detox propersly because of his genetic makeup, compromising his immune system and making him "al…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Lyme Disease Has Rutherford Woman Fighting For Her Life Lyme Disease Has Rutherford Woman Fighting For Her Life
Lyme Disease Has Rutherford Woman Fighting For Her Life RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A woman who is fighting an aggressive case of Lyme Disease is looking at more than $20,000 in medical bills because insurance won't cover most of it. Maryelizabeth Carter, who runs Underground Trainers with Michele Santiago, was recently diagnosed with three different strains of the disease that have consumed her form the inside out. Santiago tells Carter's story on a GoFundMe, which has raised more than $12,000 as of Friday. "She has lost the majority of her muscle mass, often making it difficult to do things as simple as hold dishes or even stand," Santiago …

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by Cecilia Levine