  |
|
|
Please Read This Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor. The purpose of this site is not to diagnose or cure any disease or malady, but is presented as food for thought. What you read on this site is based on my own history and ideas. This information cannot take the place of professional medical advice. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should come under the direction of a physician. No guarantees are made regarding any of the information presented in this website. Diagnosis of Lyme Disease site by Art Doherty http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/diagnosis-links.html The When To Suspect Lyme Disease essay Symptoms 1. Unexplained fevers, chills, sweats ~~~ IF YOU HAVE A RASH TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT and keep a copy in your medical files. ~~~ Rashes
The New Great Imitator: Lyme Disease (LD)
"Health is a state of balance. Because
humans and microbes are often competitors, interactive co-evolution has
resulted in multiple and varied defense mechanisms on the part of both.
The body must juggle and perform delicate balancing acts to maintain
adaptive successes in spite of constantly changing life situations.
Lyme Disease (LD), Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome (CFS), Gulf War Syndrome (CWS), and many similar chronic conditions
affect multiple body systems often accompanied by extreme morbidity.
Laboratory diagnostic methods presently in use are often undependable. " visit
the site:
Bowen
Research and Training, Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
http://www.bowen.org CDC GUIDE TO LYME DISEASE
Diagnosis of Lyme disease should take into account
History of possible exposure to ticks, especially in
areas where Lyme disease is known to occur.
The results of blood tests used to determine whether
the patient has antibodies to Lyme disease bacteria.
These tests are most useful in later stages of
illness, but even then they may give inaccurate results. Laboratory tests
for Lyme disease have not yet been standardized nationally.
http://www.nddh.org/CDC%20Guide%20to%20Lyme%20Disease.htm CDC Media Relations Facts About Lyme Disease
What are the long-term effects of Lyme
disease?
Relapse and incomplete treatment responses occur. Complications of untreated early-stage disease include: 40%-60% joint disease; 15%-20% neurologic disease; 8% carditis; and 10% or more are hospitalized, some with chronic debilitating conditions.
How many cases of Lyme disease are reported
each year?
Lyme disease is the leading cause of vector-borne infectious illness in the U.S. with about 15,000 cases reported annually, though the disease is greatly underreported. Over 125,000 cases have been reported since 1982. Based on reported cases, during the past ten years 90% of cases of Lyme disease occurred in ten states: http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/fact/lyme.htm I had the tests and they were negative. How can it be possible I might have Lyme even with negative test results? FDA Medical Bulletin * Summer 1999 *
Final Issue/ Lyme Disease Test Kits: Potential for Misdiagnosis False negative and false positive Lyme
disease tests results:
DIAGNOSTIC HINTS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES
THE (OLDER) NEW LYME DISEASE This page is an informational aid to answer
the question, "Do I have the symptoms of Lyme Disease?" It contains
two Lyme diagnostic tools: a short checklist version and a longer essay
version, and a Candida checklist. The combination of these should give the
reader a good indication as to whether or not to pursue further medical
diagnosis.
When should a doctor suspect that a
neuropsychiatric problem is the result of Lyme disease?
"If the only thing a patient has is
depression or anxiety, Lyme disease would be low on the list of
possibilities," Dr. Fallon said. "But if he or she has mood
swings, attention problems, or memory problems, as well as some joint pains
and some numbness and tingling, you have to consider Lyme disease,
especially in the greater New York area, where it is endemic.
“And anytime you see a young patient with
memory problems, then you have to start wondering, could this be Lyme
disease?"
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC LYME ASSESSMENT by Dr.
Robert Bransfield What is a Herxheimer Reaction? Ja·risch-Herx·hei·mer reaction, n : an increase in the symptoms of a spirochetal disease (as syphilis, Lyme disease, or relapsing fever) occurring in some persons when treatment with spirocheticidal drugs is started - called also Herxheimer reaction http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/j/Jarisch-Herxheimer_reaction.php http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/herx-links.html
quote by Winston Churchill http://store.yahoo.com/fridgedoor/ifyourgointh.html
Tick-Borne and Other Emerging Infectious
Diseases
Brian Fallon, MD, and Robert Mocharnuk, MD
(When directed to Medscape enter article title in
search)
To most people, Lyme disease is a risk of life near
wooded regions. But not long ago, there was little suspicion that a
tick-borne disease could be causing rashes, arthritis, and neurologic
conditions. And before the isolation and characterization of the causative
spirochete, there was widespread doubt that such a disease complex was real. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/418438?src=search Pictures of Rashes http://www.lymenet.org/picture4.shtml Misdiagnosed??? You are NOT alone! CFS, FM, ALS, MS, Lupus...more. Included in this site are external links to well categorized abstracts concerning some of the misdiagnoses that occur. From www.davidcooney.com
Used with permission. Visit www.davidcooney.com http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/437239
|
