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Post by Admin/ Traveler on Dec 10, 2018 18:14:47 GMT
Trav here - this happens to be about one of my many rants. Just how can they effectively calculate the dangers if not all states even report the number of positive tests??? I know that Arkansas is one of those states that does NOT (accurately) record the number of cases of Lyme that have a CDC positive test. Another View: State statistics don’t fully reflect impact of Lyme disease The problem is much more serious than public health officials and doctors are willing to admit. Thank you for your Nov. 13 article on the decline in reported cases of Lyme disease. Any attention to this debilitating disease is helpful to all who suffer from its symptoms. However, the one word that needs to be stressed is “reported.” Any Lyme-literate doctor or person knows full well that the actual number of Lyme cases in Maine is hundreds of times larger than those that are “reported.” In Maine, the tests for the disease are woefully inaccurate and do not indicate the true expanse of the effects on Mainers.
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Post by alyeska on Dec 20, 2018 8:52:40 GMT
Trav here - this happens to be about one of my many rants. Just how can they effectively calculate the dangers if not all states even report the number of positive tests??? I know that Arkansas is one of those states that does NOT (accurately) record the number of cases of Lyme that have a CDC positive test. Another View: State statistics don’t fully reflect impact of Lyme disease The problem is much more serious than public health officials and doctors are willing to admit. Thank you for your Nov. 13 article on the decline in reported cases of Lyme disease. Any attention to this debilitating disease is helpful to all who suffer from its symptoms. However, the one word that needs to be stressed is “reported.” Any Lyme-literate doctor or person knows full well that the actual number of Lyme cases in Maine is hundreds of times larger than those that are “reported.” In Maine, the tests for the disease are woefully inaccurate and do not indicate the true expanse of the effects on Mainers. Thank you for your Nov. 13 article on the decline in reported cases of Lyme disease. Any attention to this debilitating disease is helpful to all who suffer from its symptoms. However, the one word that needs to be stressed is “reported.” Any Lyme-literate doctor or person knows full well that the actual number of Lyme cases in Maine is hundreds of times larger than those that are “reported.” In Maine, the tests for the disease are woefully inaccurate and do not indicate the true expanse of the effects on Mainers. Heck, yeah! Even the CDC got this part right! Anyone who knows anything about Lyme understands that it’s under-reported and that thousands of people are misdiagnosed. I just found out that a guy we know just died at age 63 from Parkinson’s. We didn’t even know he was sick, just that he’d started using a cane. From the symptoms, it sure sounded like Lyme! If I knew the family better, I would have called them and suggested they get Lyme testing and treatment just to see if it helped. I can’t believe he died! Of course they won’t get an autopsy and look for Lyme either. There are just so many many people out there who have no knowledge of this disease and so many doctors who don’t even think to look for it. I feel like we have this giant secret that everyone needs to know, and no one is listening. Ergh... so frustrating!!!
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