Unfortunately, many physicians still do not realize that Lyme disease becomes chronic, if not treated early and aggressively.Steere et al1 assert that the patients in the study did not have Lyme disease because these patients were still ill after 30 days of treatment. If these physicians used ...
Lyme′ disease` (laɪm) n. a chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease characterized by joint pains, fatigue, and sometimes neurological disturbances, caused by a tick-borne spirochete,Borrelia burgdorferi,that often induces a transient bull's-eye reddening of the skin at the site of infection. ...
fatigue, and short-termmemory lossor confusion. This is called post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). It can be hard to diagnose because it has the
Despite report, Lyme disease can be chronicCharles Kochakian
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The diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease has been embroiled in controversy for many years. This is exacerbated by the lack of a clinical or microbiologic definition, and the commonality of chronic symptoms in the general population. An accumulating body of evidence suggests that Lyme disease is the ...
LYMErix caused the same disease as "chronic Lyme." Therefore, the question to ask about "Lyme disease" is, WHAT WAS THE VACCINE? The vaccine(s) (one made it on the market; one didn't), were OspA--recombinant proteins from the DNA code (plasmid) spliced into E. coli. The gene prod...
Also, as many have pointed out, only those as fortunate enough as Molly Fischer or Apoorva Easdon to be in good health would be able to write an article like this. Until you have suffered from chronic disease or watched someone you love suffer, or I don’t know, experienced b...
When the disease becomes chronic, there’s evidence that symptoms can be severe. The Klempner trials described the quality of life for patients with post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) as being equivalent to that of patients with congestive heart failure or osteoarthritis. Fallon et al. described ...
If Lyme disease is treated early, the prognosis is excellent. Mortality is very low, with most reported fatalities occurring in patients with one or more severe comorbidities. Cardiac involvement is rarely chronic, but patients with complete third-degree heart block (shown) often require insertion ...