Lyme disease needs better tests, better answers
In an op-ed piece in a Connecticut newspaper, two scientists from the Global Lyme Alliance call for more NIH funding for Lyme disease research.
Hartford Courant, March 6, 2016
It’s now 35 years since a corkscrew-shaped bacterium was identified as the cause of Lyme disease. But we still have no safe and effective vaccine, no reliable diagnostic test and no adequate therapy.
What we do have is tens of thousands of lives annually devastated by significant health, personal and financial costs.
The National Institutes of Health, the leading funding body for biomedical research in this country, should scale up research funding for Lyme disease. In its absence, nonprofit organizations like ours have taken up the challenge, while hundreds of thousands suffer in misery from a spring fever that for some may not end. READ MORE.
Yeah I live in Truckee and the hospital staff here refuse 2 acknowledge Lyme disease. Now I’m in the late stage with stiff neck, giant lesions on my scalp, and worst flu symptoms ever. I flat out tell them what it is and please prescribe me some antibiotics but they wont and no absolutely nothing about Lyme disease. Super frustrating
Brian, recommend you see an ILADS-affiliated doctor. You may want to join the online support group CaliforniaLyme to find out about resources in your area. And here’s a list of info resources: https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-info-links/