Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a multisystem illness caused by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and the body’s immune response to the infection. The…
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Symptoms attributed to chronic Lyme disease are the bane of a rheumatologist’s existence. We often see patients referred for a variety of nonspecific complaints that do not resolve after antibiotic therapy, including the so-called post-Lyme disease syndrome.
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Antibiotics Fail to Treat Chronic Symptoms of Lyme Disease

(Reuters Health) – Twelve weeks of antibiotic therapy proved ineffective at combating the long-term symptoms seen in some people who have had Lyme disease, a new test of 280 sufferers found. (Citation source http://buff.ly/1Rs21R5)
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