tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010368813638032407.post6910897298582679671..comments2023-10-08T06:22:08.767-04:00Comments on MS Views and News: Multiple sclerosis is Lyme disease: Anatomy of a cover-upStuart http://www.blogger.com/profile/14853421273383452873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010368813638032407.post-3346040565621297942013-03-08T19:15:50.934-05:002013-03-08T19:15:50.934-05:00I have to say that Lyme Disease is one condition t...I have to say that Lyme Disease is one condition that is almost always "ruled out" as a cause of symptoms before giving a diagnosis of MS ...at least in the past 5 years. We had a huge rash of people being undiagnosed around that time just because Lyme was so much in the news and symptoms were so similar.<br /><br />As far as the bacterial theories and treatment of MS with antibiotics long term...it certainly had its proponents in the past decade but now that diagnostic practices have been fine tuned and more and more people are being diagnosed at (or having the diagnosis confirmed) MS Centers, the arguments in this lengthy treatise are not particularly pertinent or true.<br /><br />That being said, if anyone is not responding to MS therapies after a year of treatment with no missed doses, it is certainly reasonable to get another opinion. It is also not at all unreasonable to ask your primary care doc or neurologist about Lyme and ask to have a titre done to see if antibodies are present (meaning you have had it or been exposed to it).<br /><br />Cherie C Binns RN BS MSCNCheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708942287141868467noreply@blogger.com