A primary-care provider (PCP) such as a family practitioner, internist, or child's pediatrician may initially diagnose Lyme disease. In areas where Lyme disease is common, these physicians often treat the illness, as well. However, you may be referred to a specialist for treatment. Rheumatologi...
"With the change in the temperature over the last, probably, 30 to 40 years, it has increased the rate of the tick reproduction -- so they are laying more eggs," Dr. Bernard Raxlen, a Lyme disease specialist in New York, told CBS News last summer. Symptoms of Lyme disease include a...
which has been on the forefront of study and treatment of the disease for nearly half a century. Among the pioneers who first identified Lyme disease in the mid-1970s were David Snydman, an infectious disease specialist at the Centers for Disease Control, and Allen Steere, a rheumatoid physic...
The cost of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (once called Chronic Lyme Disease) is not in this estimate. It is a controversial diagnosis, without reliable criteria, and with low concordance between practitioners. While it certainly exists, one needs a specialist who is more doctor than politic...