It describes Lyme disease as 'an anxiety disorder'. Anyone else up for commenting or complaining to BBC about that misinformation, please do.
Here's the short story:
Body found was missing professor
The 38-year-old's body was found in Thicks Wood The body of a man found after a massive hunt was that of a missing University of Essex lecturer, police have said.
Doctor Alasdair Crockett, who suffered from the anxiety disorder Lyme Disease, disappeared from his home in Brightlingsea on Thursday.
The 38-year-old's body was found in Thicks Wood at Alresford Creek at lunchtime on Saturday.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious. An inquest will be held at a later date. ----------------------------------
Here's where to comment and/or make a complaint to BBC.
Well, Lyme does cause anxiety and anxiety attacks.
Maybe the reporter just got mixed up, and doesn't realize that Lyme is caused by a bacteria.
Carol
Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :
Yes, but it is not an anxiety disorder in itself and if that is not pointed out to the BBC or the person who wrote it, they may further perpetuate that misinformation as fact.
Posted by northstar (Member # 7911) on :
mixed up is right! And that little error will now spread throughout the world because they did not bother to learn. N/
Edit: I sent them an email telling them it was a cns and full body spirochete infection, and gave them a link to ilads to check their facts.
Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :
That is why we must educate every day, and especially when an opportunity like this comes up to do it, which is why I have provided a link to do just that by commenting to the BBC on the article.
Posted by lymelass (Member # 9610) on :
I am shocked and saddened by this story of Alisdair's disappearance and death.
I have just received a message from EuroLyme that the local news in England completely omitted the mention of Lyme Disease from their report of Alisdair's death this evening.
The BBC have also erased the mention of Lyme Disease from their story as of this afternoon.
How can this be happening?
Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :
As of 1pm it was in the story, but with Lyme described as 'an anxiety disorder' - that article is pasted in my first post above, so it was mentioned, just incorrectly.
Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :
They have now removed with words Lyme disease, and now just says anxiety disorder.
We need to get them to understand what Lyme disease is.
Posted by lymelass (Member # 9610) on :
Okay guys, this was very confusing today but what happened was that there were two links for this story on the BBC Website.
The first link was written on Saturday 16th. It referred to Lyme Disease as an 'anxiety disorder'.
The second link was created on Sunday, September 17th. The information was corrected. It did read that Alasdair was suffering from Lyme Disease, "a bacterial infection".
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
The complete obit is either in medical or activism; I read it a short while ago posted by a newbie....it shows LYME there. Bettyg Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by lymelass: The second link was created on Sunday, September 17th. The information was corrected. It did read that Alasdair was suffering from Lyme Disease, "a bacterial infection".
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Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
This is really tradgic. Posted by Ann-OH (Member # 2020) on :
THE grieving widow of a leading academic who killed himself while suffering from a brain disease caused by a tiny insect bite yesterday called for better screening and detection of the condition.
Frances Crockett, widow of university professor Alasdair Crockett, from Fraserburgh, made the call as she revealed she had also contracted Lyme disease, which attacks the brain and nervous system.
Dr Crockett was found dead in woods a mile from his home at the weekend after leaving a suicide letter and apparently swallowing an overdose of the medication he took to control the illness.
His death comes as cases of the disease have been increasing in Scotland. In 1994, there was just a single case of Lyme disease confirmed in Scotland. But by 2004 the figure had risen to 86 and last year it reached 96. Mrs Crockett said yesterday that her husband had suffered progressive symptoms of Lyme Disease.
She said at the family's home in Brightlingsea, Essex: "Wherever it came from it affected him increasingly and while he sought treatment I believe it was not diagnosed until it was too late."
A spokeswoman for Lyme Disease Action said that caught early the illness can usually be treated with antibiotics but in rare cases it attacks the nervous system and leads to mental health problems.
Cecylia Malenczak, of LDA, said: "If left untreated it can lead to an extensive range of symptoms including headaches, neuralgia, twitching, heart pain, fatigue, depression, psychoses and violent behaviour.
"Victims can be misdiagnosed as suffering from ME or glandular fever but if left untreated as in Alasdair's case it becomes chronic and can lead sufferers to think there is no future for them."
Dr Crockett, 38, vanished from his �200,000 detached four-bed home last Thursday and his anxious wife notified police immediately.
The next day she received a letter posted by her husband in which he told her what he intended to do and where he could be found.
A search and rescue team supporting the police hunt found his body in woods on Saturday afternoon.
An inquest will be held but a spokesman for Essex police confirmed that officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with Dr Crockett's death.
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