Can a person be reinfected with Lyme disease?
A. Of course. Having had Lyme disease doesn’t protect against reinfection. Some persons have had Lyme disease more than once after exposure to infective tick bites. You can get bitten every year if you are not careful enough. This stresses the need for continued tick bite prevention activities such as wearing appropriate clothing when in tick-infested areas, daily tick checks, and quick removal of attached ticks. (I knew a man who had it ten times, he was a gardener. I had it twice).
