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I have "Chronic Lyme disease", does that mean that it will just come back on and off my whole life? I also have Bart and just read it can become chronic. How does it become chronic and what does that mean and can i stop it from becoming chronic?
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My interpretation of chronic lyme is that you have had it for a long period of time and are at a point where you have symptoms that effect your quality of life in one way or another. A majority of chronic lyme patients suffer a great deal from different symptoms. Hopefully everyone will also give their opinions soon.
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It depends.
If you talk to a Duck who believes in chronic lyme, he will tell you that you have symptoms that are "damage" for the previous infection and you are screwed for life.
If you talk to people like us and LLMD's, there are some people who think you can get rid of it and be symptom free. There are others who think you can put it into remission and my have relapses.
I don't think anybody knows for sure, but some people think they know for sure
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