LymeNet Flash: LLMD in Wa?

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Posted by whyme2 (Member # 38275) on :

Hi, I live in Spokane, Wa and am looking for a dr that will actually Dx me & Tx me for Lyme. Been fighting with this for 6 yrs.

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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I sure hope you get some specific names. In the meantime, here's set of links for you to save to your desktop for easy reference:

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This is not by or from Kaiser but, rather, about the politics of lyme with many insurance companies and most doctors. While this may seem disheartening, this knowledge will help prevent disaster as you seek out a very good doctor.

http://lyme.kaiserpapers.org/washington.html

Lyme Disease in Washington

Scroll down for SUPPORT GROUPS at BOTTOM OF PAGE

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On-line support through www.LymeDisease.org -

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/YOURSTATENAMELyme

Just zipper in the state name where you seek a LL doctor. To join for discussion, best to join in your own state.

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Diagnosing Lyme Disease (&/or whatever else is going on)

Other tick-borne infections and other chronic stealth infections - as well as certain conditions - that can hold us back are discussed here.

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(What ILADS is) . . . WHY you need an ILADS-educated, Lyme Literate Doctor - starting with assessment / evaluation.

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Doxycyline (or many other antibiotics) can cause lyme to go into the "cyst" form within 20 minutes of taking the first dose.

Antibiotics are not effective against this form of lyme and it can go into "hiding" and come back later as chronic lyme, harder to treat.

For that reason, many LLMDs also use what is called a "cyst-buster" Rx such as Flagyl:

Re: Flagyl / Tinidazole

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21753890

Infect Drug Resist. 2011;4:97-113. Epub 2011 May 3.

Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Excerpt:

. . . Conclusion

Antibiotics have varying effects on the different morphological forms of B. burgdorferi.

Persistence of viable organisms in round body forms and biofilm-like colonies may explain treatment failure and persistent symptoms following antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease.
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Posted by Nicole_Denise (Member # 20620) on :

I have one specific name. I will PM you

Posted by hopeful4 (Member # 8486) on :

Welcome to Lymenet. I sent you a PM. Good luck.