Posted February 1, 2013. From The Cape Cod Times: The final draft report of a special state commission on Lyme disease will not include a health official’s controversial skepticism about chronic Lyme, commission members say.
Dr. Lauren A. Smith, interim commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, upset Lyme Disease Commission members with a letter earlier this month questioning the validity of diagnoses of chronic Lyme.
A major reason the Lyme Disease Commission was established in April was to address the long-term suffering of patients infected with the disease carried by deer ticks, said Dr. Sam Donta of Falmouth, a commission member and infectious disease specialist.
Smith’s Jan. 8 letter to state Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick, chairman of the special commission, “says there is no such thing as chronic Lyme,” Donta said.
“She has no experience with Lyme disease,” Donta said. “I don’t know where she got her information from.”
The dispute between the interim DPH commissioner and the state commission has fueled an ongoing battle between those who believe the bacteria that causes Lyme disease can persist, even undetected, in patients, and those who claim that lingering symptoms are related to some other disease process……
Isn’t it sad there is such controversy? Some doctors will not treat Lyme disease and Lyme symptoms beyond a few weeks. They believe that if you go beyond a few weeks, danger to the body ensues. Since I am somebody who took antibiotics for one year, thank goodness my doctor didn’t share that belief! The proof is in the pudding! I’m a lot healthier and stronger than a lot of the doctors who think long term treatment is so detrimental.
If you have Lyme disease and Lyme symptoms, be sure to seek out a reputable LLMD and get treatment for as long as it takes to get you well!! Don’t buy the “Chronic Lyme Disease Doesn’t Exist” argument. Here’s the real deal: If you don’t treat your Lyme disease and Lyme symptoms long enough, you will become a chronic patient. Be aggressive with your treatment. Kill those suckers once and for all!
Chronic Lyme disease and Lyme Symptoms
