...chronic Lyme disease ... Things that don’t exist.
What are you talking about. My dog got Lyme from a tick bite. Nearly paralyzed her back legs. You think she was faking a disability?!
By Sydney Lupkin
Mavis Kelly was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a few years ago, but after seeking out a "Lyme literate" doctor, she says she actually has chronic Lyme disease, which the doctor says is an indefinite bacterial infection that hides in the body and must be controlled with antibiotics and other therapies.
Gideon Baugher says he also has chronic Lyme, and he spent more than $35,000 on treatments last year alone.
But according to the majority of doctors and medical groups, there's no proof chronic Lyme disease is real, and they charge that the so-called "Lyme literate" doctors who diagnose and treat it with years of antibiotics and other unproven therapies are quacks, and that they're taking patients — and their wallets — for a ride.
"Many people who like to use the term 'chronic Lyme' feel that there's a hidden persistent infection that is long-term," said Dr. Paul Auwaerter, the clinical director of the division of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. "There's really a scarcity of data to back up that part of the proposition."
What's more, Auwaerter said he regularly sees patients who've spent $10,000 to $20,000 on antibiotics and herbal supplements prescribed by Lyme literate doctors who charge "concierge-style" prices. He often finds that they never had Lyme and had an entirely different health problem that wasn't being treated.... https://news.vice.com/article/if-you-think-you-have-chronic-lyme-disease-most-doctors-say-youre-wrong-1