Chronic Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease: A Modern Tuskegee Experiment

Friday, February 11, 2011

Alix from SpiroChicks wrote a biting article for Technorati Women comparing the stonewalling and politics around Lyme Disease diagnosis and treatment to the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment of the mid 1900′s. In it she says: . . . If you had syphilis and your symptoms came back after standard treatment, or if you knew you’d contracted [...]

Chronic Lyme Disease

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Lyme disease that isn’t treated long enough (or at all due to misdiagnosis) can turn into chronic Lyme, also know as Late Stage Lyme. The longer the Lyme bacteria stay around and reproduce, the more serious the complications, including immune system breakdown, additional infections, hormonal imbalance, and more. Under these circumstances, getting rid of chronic [...]

IDSA Review Panel Upholds Lyme Treatment Guidelines

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Looks like the battle for long-term Lyme treatment continues! Press Release April 22, 2010 SPECIAL REVIEW PANEL UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS LYME DISEASE TREATMENT GUIDELINES Short-term Antibiotics Proven to be Best Treatment for Patients Infectious Disease Society of America News Release Arlington, Virginia – A special Review Panel has unanimously agreed that no changes need be made [...]

Under Our Skin Movie Trailer

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Personal Chronic Lyme Disease Support

Friday, January 23, 2009

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Having chronic Lyme Disease is no picnic. It’s often a lonely road with nowhere safe to turn for Lyme Disease help beyond your doctor’s office. Mainly you feel lousy, sometimes for months or even years. This can have a major impact on your relationships, your job, and your pocketbook. If all this isn't enough, you’ve got added stressors that don’t come along with other, better-known chronic illnesses. Stressors like: Some people, including many doctors, don’t think Lyme is a real disease. They consider you mentally unstable if [...]