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 LymeDisease Chat
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Welcome to the LymeDisease Chat & Message Boards.
You can use this site for:
Posting messages to other visitors who may have LymeDisease.
Ask questions to be answered by LymeDisease chat peers.
Inform others of your experiences with LymeDisease.
Tell others what treatments have worked for you.
Read the latest LymeDisease treatment information
and news.
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New Treatment Guidelines for Lyme Disease
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
(ILADS) has published new guidelines for diagnosing
and treating Lyme disease, to help physicians combat
the fastest growing vector-borne disease in the United
States.
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The Bowen Institute's Diagnostic Test for Lyme Disease:
Bowen Research & Training Institute, Inc. has developed a research project to identify the presence of the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) antigen, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Bb is difficult to detect by most laboratory methods in use today. Through our research we have developed a new test, the "Rapid Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi" (RIBb). The Bb antigen is identified by the presence of fluorescing structures upon microscopy.
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The Climb Back From Lyme: Struggling for Diagnosis & Treatment
"I woke up one morning and could hardly turn my neck," said Rita Losee. "I had unbelievable stiffness in my neck. And exhaustion." A career nurse, Losee knew she might be experiencing symptoms of Lyme disease. She immediately saw a local doctor and her diagnosis was confirmed.
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Woman Diagnosed With Lyme Disease After 34 Years of Wrong Diagnoses of CFS & FM
Betty Gordon said she has been fighting for years to have the Lyme diagnosis, but unless a definite rash is noted, the tests are far from accurate. She has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome since age 21. She was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome 11 years ago, but the symptoms go back at least 30 years.
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Lyme Disease: Mimic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Spurs Woman to Educate Others
It all started back on a hot day back in 1998, when Tina Jolly, 45, felt a numbness in her arms and legs. Figuring it was just the heat and humidity, she didn't think much of it, that is, until it wouldn't go away. Eventually a prickly sensation invaded her feet and exhaustion swept through her body, so she decided it was now time to seek help.
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Researchers Identify Protein Crucial for Survival of Lyme-Disease Bacterium
When the tick-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease lacks a specific protein that responds to an incoming meal of blood, it is unable to be transmitted from the tick to a new animal host, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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