any info. on what percentage of people who get Lyme disease go on to have chronic lyme after initial treatment?
Posted by the3030club (Member # 21898) on :
Or ... it could be a tough call because of no definitive testing .. and a slew of non-specific symptoms.
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
"However, the failure of short-course (2-4week) antibiotic treatment in 14 (94%) of 15 fibromyalgia patients is consistent with a persistent, inadequately treated infection with B. burgdorferi."
But consider this...
"Diagnosis of Lyme disease by two-tier confirmation fails to detect up to 90% of cases and does not distinguish between acute, chronic, or resolved infection [21]."