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English: Chronic Lyme disease: A scam that should be condemned! Original en anglais: Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2019 Auteurs Dr. Marc Gentilini, Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, parasitologie, santé publique, Académie nationale de médecine, Paris, France Dr. François Bricaire, Maladies infectieuses … Continued
Reprinted from Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2019 (PDF download) Authors Dr. Marc Gentilini, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, parasitology, public health, National Academy of Medicine, Paris, France Dr. François Bricaire, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, internal medicine, National Academy of Medicine, Paris, … Continued
The psychology of chronic Lyme beliefs
She still wouldn’t leave her “Lyme literate” doctor.
This doctor’s patients had a 100% false positive rate for Lyme disease
The Poughkeepsie Journal spread conspiracy theories about Lyme disease for years, facilitated by long time “Chronic Lyme” propagandist Mary Beth Pfeiffer. On June 15, 2013, the Journal published the following response by Dr. Lyle Petersen to one of Pfeiffer’s articles. … Continued
“The term chronic Lyme disease is controversial and often misleading.”
Scientific data do not support claims regarding the existence of a chronic form of Lyme disease.
Les données scientifiques ne soutiennent pas prétentions quant à l’existence d’une forme chronique de la maladie de Lyme.
But the group changed its mind!
Educational articles, written for a lay audience.
Why are incompetent “Lyme literate” practitioners so appealing?
The testing is accurate even without looking at these bands!
Minnesota doctors debunk “chronic Lyme”
The story of one patient who believed she had chronic Lyme disease.
Where does the grace period come from?
What may have begun as legitimate public advocacy about a new infectious agent has itself become a threat to public health.
Stories of two children who received unnecessary diagnoses and prescriptions.