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Guys! I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 72562" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Good ol' Borrelia burgdorferi, spreading joy and light wherever the tick takes it...</p><p></p><p>We have a problem with Lyme Disease in Australia - it's down to doctors who interpret the test too liberally, getting positive findings in just about everyone they test. And since they test everyone who reports in with symptoms of fatigue, weakness etc, there are a lot of people being diagnosed with Lyme in some parts of Australia. Funny, though - nobody has ever found Borrelia burgdorferi in Aussie ticks... but there ARE Borrelia strains which occur naturally in people, not causing any symptoms. Most people have a variant of Borrelia in the mouth, it seems... and golly gee, is it possible that being too broad in interpreting the blood test could be picking up antibodies to the body's natural load of Borrelia? Perish the thought!</p><p></p><p>And it's highly likely we have other nasty arbobviruses in Australia, we have so many other nasty things like that, why stop at macro-organisms?</p><p></p><p>Here's hoping the treatment kicks the bug out of your system so you get your bounce back. It's no fun. At least you live in the right country for a valid diagnosis!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 72562, member: 1991"] Good ol' Borrelia burgdorferi, spreading joy and light wherever the tick takes it... We have a problem with Lyme Disease in Australia - it's down to doctors who interpret the test too liberally, getting positive findings in just about everyone they test. And since they test everyone who reports in with symptoms of fatigue, weakness etc, there are a lot of people being diagnosed with Lyme in some parts of Australia. Funny, though - nobody has ever found Borrelia burgdorferi in Aussie ticks... but there ARE Borrelia strains which occur naturally in people, not causing any symptoms. Most people have a variant of Borrelia in the mouth, it seems... and golly gee, is it possible that being too broad in interpreting the blood test could be picking up antibodies to the body's natural load of Borrelia? Perish the thought! And it's highly likely we have other nasty arbobviruses in Australia, we have so many other nasty things like that, why stop at macro-organisms? Here's hoping the treatment kicks the bug out of your system so you get your bounce back. It's no fun. At least you live in the right country for a valid diagnosis! Marg [/QUOTE]
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