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It's not a syndrome. It's a spirochetal disease that has frequent co-infections, none of which is a syndrome.
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Bartenderbonnie
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Fine, but I would suggest syndrome is far too often assigned by the medical community as a default mechanism for clusters of symptoms whose cause is unknown.
So why invite a potential problem when we know the causative agents involved in TBD's?
Moreover, I would point out that this approach places us one step farther from clarity. I am reminded of the idea I disagree with of when testing CSF of Lyme patients, looking for the AI instead of ELISA or WB - see what I mean? One step removed from clarity.
I appreciate what he is attempting here. He is trying to capture the idea that this is a package deal. That is usually true these days, as in, what, 75% last time I checked?
The difficulty as I see it is that each disease or parasite or whatever is a discrete agent, and each discrete agent may demand its own peculiar therapy, ie, you won't throw a single therapy protocol at this so called syndrome.
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Fine, but I would suggest syndrome is far too often assigned by the medical community as a default mechanism for clusters of symptoms whose cause is unknown.
So why invite a potential problem when we know the causative agents involved in TBD's?
- Exactly
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