Michelle M
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Kinda hard to understand your question, Adam.
Their practices certainly don't do much to stop lyme unless you're very lucky.
Depending which IDSA duck you "luck" into, here's some of their hurdles, most of which are hooey:
1. Been bitten? So what. Wait for symptoms. 2. Got a rash? So what. Could be just an allergic reaction to the tick saliva. Doesn't look "classic" enough for me. 3. Sorry - your area isn't "endemic" enough. 4. Wrong kind of tick; can't be lyme (like a doctor is an entomologist -- hah!!!) 5. Here's 200mg a day of doxy for 10 days (not enough). After that, it's "post lyme syndrome." 6. Co-infections? What's that? 7. Co-infections? Those are rare. We don't test for those. 8. Here's one doxy as a preventative. Have a great day. You'll be fine. 9. Your ELISA is negative. You couldn't possibly have lyme.
I'm not making any of these up. They're all derived from actual statements made to patients and/or past or present Guidelines of the IDSA... The Idiot Doctor Society of America.
Michelle
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Some people do fully recover by following the IDSA recommendations. Maybe even the majority of people with early Lyme disease. The problem is that 20%? or 40% do not, and go on to develop a serious persistent infection.
Increasing the dosage of doxy and the duration of treatment, the failure rate could be reduced, sparing many people years of suffering.
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quote:Originally posted by Walnut: Increasing the dosage of doxy and the duration of treatment, the failure rate could be reduced, sparing many people years of suffering.
Absolutely! A few simple changes would save so many from so much misery!!
The IDSA is either aware of the inadequate dosage and doesn't care, or they are VERY IGNORANT!!
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adamm
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To me, this is the strongest evidence of a
conspiracy to propagate this disease.
What else could their motivation for doing this possibly
be? Seriously--can anyone think of another explanation?
By the way...I THINK I read somewhere that the Clintons are
Bilderbergers. If this is the case, I'm not sure how worked up I'd
get about Dodd's Lyme bill.
Anyone with a less sinister explanation... please post!
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CD57
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Yes, the Clintons (both) are Bilderbergers, as is Bush. My husband is totally into this stuff. At first I pooh-poohed it, but now I'm not so sure. Watch "America's Ruling Class" for some interesting info.
I think it's a question of mis-education of docs. My GP, for example, who was my first stop, was completely uneducated with regards to Lyme. They just aren't taught about it. She is very concerned and wanted to help, but it honestly just didn't cross her mind to test me for it, much less treat me for it. When I went back a year ago and told her she was shocked.
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