Topic: My friend showed a tick bite to her MD who did nothing and said come back in 6 weeks
TadichGrill
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This is the same clinic that misdiagnosed me for years and read my Elisa results wrong. What is the best way to try and educate all the family doctors out there that are not concerned with tick bites? I know the IDSA and the CDC have helped to cause this problem but what can we all do to try and fix this situation. This clinic is famous for ignoring and not diagnosing Lyme disease or testing correctly or telling people it is really a spider bite.
My friend showed me her tick bite today. The area still looks red and irritated. I told her to order an Igenex Western Blot and co-infection testing so promised to. Should she start some doxy anyway or herbs? I forget what Buhner says to take for a new bite.
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Try to find another Dr and before it goes away, take a picture of the bite. That way she has a record of it. Does she still have the tick? If she can't find a Dr who will treat her, start taking herbs but keep looking for a Dr. who will treat her.
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Tincup
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Having blood work done within the first month to 6 weeks is usually not recommended because the body doesn't have enough time to build up an adequate immune response that is measurable.
I would try to treat first.. ask questions later.
As for education... my best thought is to go to the press. If you can get them to help you can educate the public.
And some doctors actually can read too. Believe it or not!
The local paper did do an article on Lyme disease and interviewed the head MD who said he rarely sees Lyme disease. I guess he just sees a lot of spider bites instead and he knows he misdiagnosed me. He is in Lyme denial.
I plan to start a Lyme disease support group at our pharmacy and have the pharmacist invite the town's doctors to see a screening of UOS.
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Bravo, Tadich, about getting the town more educated. You could also download the Burrascano guidelines, and ILADS has more info for doctors.
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Leelee
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I think it would be a good idea to have your friend take a couple of pictures of the tick bite. I remember reading somewhere (Cure Unknown, maybe) that one doctor always photographed evidence along with the person's face so later on no one could call "foul play".
Good luck to your friend. I think she might want to try another doctor who will treat her based on the rash.
Also, good for you for starting a support group. That's a very positive thing to do.
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bettyg
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glad your friend showed you this! and you will help them.. xox
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TadichGrill
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Thanks Leelee I will pass on the photo information to my friend.
Thank you for all the reminders everyone. It is hard to remember what to do sometimes.
I am starting the support group due to need. Also the pharmacist asked me to start one. Lymie style it has not quite started yet but it is in the works. My area has a huge need for a support group. The pharmacist sees a large need in our area and without asking her for confidential information I sure she has many people coming to her with Lyme disease. She seems to know much more about the disease then our local doctors.
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Tadich, when you start the group, see if you can enlist everyone's help in getting the word out, in whatever ways they feel comfortable doing.
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TadichGrill
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No problem in a small town you just get a bull horn and stand in front of the bank and wave your arms around frantically or hand out candy or ice cream along with flyers that your friend Robin gives you. All joking aside the word will get out.
I can't find my copy of Healing Lyme in this pig stye so if anyone can find theirs I would like to know what herb to tell my friend to take for a tick bite and how much and for how long. She is a herbalist and will probably want to try herbs. I am giving her the info on doxy too. I just don't know the dose for Doxy either?
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Doxy 200 mg 2x/day.
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TadichGrill
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Thank you Dekrator48. If anyone can find their Healing Lyme book I still can not find mine.
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If you're near San francisco, there are plenty of LLMDs nearby for her to go see.
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