Pediatric Lyme disease: over- or under-diagnosed?(Townsend's New York Observer)(Disease/Disorder overview)

From: Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

In July 2004, the Lyme Disease Association (LDA) published my book-length report Lyme Disease Update. One chapter digested studies in medical journals on the difficulties in diagnosing Lyme, and it contained case histories of children with persistent infection. Because symptoms of Lyme can mimic symptoms of numerous other conditions, doctors had first diagnosed a few of these children with look-alike illnesses. The Lyme Disease Update elsewhere referred to similar cases, where parents bumped into roadblocks in their search for doctors unafraid to diagnose and treat pediatric Lyme. ...

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