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led to a series of complications over that three - month span.
Months lata* Kaitlin still suffers “post-Lyme syndrome" days with painful joints; headaches and fatigue, according to her mother.
No accurate test
“A big problem is that there is not an accurate test for Lyme," said Brooke Miller M.D., head of a private practice in Luray. “We usually prescribe antibiotics based an the symptoms, not necessarily a positive blood test." According to the National Lyme Disease Association, the tests most doctors rely on miss 44 out of 100 patients suffering from Lyme - a disease nicknamed the “Great Imitator" because its symptoms mimic so many other conditions.
The Food and Drug Administration has published articles about the potential for misdiagnosis of Lyme disease based on the commonly marketed blood tests that detect antibodies to spirochete organisms that cause the disease. A positive test result does not necessarily indicate infection, and a patient with active Lyme may have a negative test result.
Edward Wilman
Edward Wilman fell victim to misdiagnosis in July 2004. He removed a deer tick in the shower right after
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