Re: Galesville Officer Battles Back From Lyme Disease: he suffered such delirium that he didn't know who he was.


StubbyElvis wrote:

are there any advancements in testing on the horizon?

There was a highly-touted test that was developed a few years back that
was supposed to better or equal the current two-step testing procedure
(C6 ELISA), but it hasn't really taken hold in practice, so far as I
know, and it doesn't seem the CDC will recommend replacing the current
scheme anytime soon.

early detection
seems to be the key element from the things you've posted.

Exactly correct.

You are really talking about tests that rely on antibody production, so
for the very early stages of the disease, antibody production may not
be great enough to register results...and may never, in some
individuals.

For this reason, the diagnosis of Lyme disease is a "clinical
diagnosis", based upon observable signs and symptoms, history of rash
and/or tickbite...with supporting blood tests making that clinical
diagnosis more or less likely.

I dunno about all the death notices here recently...but I would not
under-estimate the possible severity of this disease...if I were a
"duck".

(In case you are not fully at running speed on this...a "duck" is
supposedly a "doc" who is not "LLMD"...a "Lyme-literate" physician. In
the bizarre world of "Lyme activists"...a "duck" hangsout at the "duck
motel"...a hospital...and people who talk like this are arguing with
the scientific researchers about the survival of the bacterium that
causes the disease).

And the problem is...that they consistently do, in fact.
(Under-estimate and downplay the severity, that is).

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