Lars-Jacob Krogh
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Lars-Jacob Krogh was a Norwegian
anchorman and television presenter. Krogh started working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965, where he covered, among other things, the European Community membership referendum in 1972. In 2008 he received The King's Medal of Merit in gold.
Krogh died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
. It has been speculated that he may have contracted the disease as a result of a tick bite. Krogh was diagnosed with Lyme disease
in the fall of 2009. He was immediately hospitalized at the Borreliose Centrum in Augsburg
, Germany, and remained there for four weeks. However, he was by then already so weak from his illness that the physicians were unable to administer the recommended dosages of antibiotics. He received some palliative herbal remedies before he was discharged into the care of his family.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
anchorman and television presenter. Krogh started working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965, where he covered, among other things, the European Community membership referendum in 1972. In 2008 he received The King's Medal of Merit in gold.
Krogh died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...
. It has been speculated that he may have contracted the disease as a result of a tick bite. Krogh was diagnosed with Lyme disease
Lyme disease
Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most...
in the fall of 2009. He was immediately hospitalized at the Borreliose Centrum in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
, Germany, and remained there for four weeks. However, he was by then already so weak from his illness that the physicians were unable to administer the recommended dosages of antibiotics. He received some palliative herbal remedies before he was discharged into the care of his family.