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Lyme disease overdiagnosis epidemic

Only 3% confirmed Lyme disease: False positives galore
1 Sep 2025

Only 3% confirmed Lyme disease: False positives galore

by LymeScience Editor | posted in: Document repository, Science vs myths, Stories | 0

A fraudulent microscopy technique was disturbingly common

Doctor and scientist commentaries, fraud, inappropriate prescribing, Lyme disease overdiagnosis epidemic, quackery, testing, treatments, Türkiye (Turkey)
UK doctors find most Lyme concerns unwarranted, again
18 Aug 2024

UK doctors find most Lyme concerns unwarranted, again

by LymeScience Editor | posted in: Document repository, Science vs myths | 0

More data shows the Lyme disease overdiagnosis epidemic

diagnosis, Doctor and scientist commentaries, false positive diagnoses, Lyme disease overdiagnosis epidemic, UK

Useful Pages

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  • How “Chronic Lyme” Recruits
  • Doctor/Scientist Commentaries
  • The Harms of “Lyme Anxiety”
  • Lyme Misdiagnosis Illustrated
  • Scientific Papers
  • Former Quacks Speak Out
  • March for Science Ejects Harmful Cult

Recent Posts

  • Only 3% confirmed Lyme disease: False positives galore
  • Your child does not have chronic Lyme disease
  • The Biological and Social Phenomenon of Lyme Disease: 1993 review
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  • Document Repository
  • UK doctors find most Lyme concerns unwarranted, again
  • How Dr. Google is Impacting Parental Medical Decision Making
  • “Lyme literate” doctor scam: A couple’s horrific experience
  • ILADS Clifford Fetters conned a dying cancer patient, says complaint
  • Geoffrey Ames: Sexual misconduct and quackery
  • Chronic Lyme quackery causes liver damage
  • ILADS method should not be used, says Polish Health Ministry
  • Doctor describes “Pseudo-Lyme disease” in 1995
  • Why Chronic Lyme is based on ideology, not science
  • French National Academy of Medicine condemns Lyme disinformation
  • “Chronic Lyme” patient dies after refusing lupus treatment
  • FDA cites IgeneX for problematic testing
  • “Media-inspired panic” about Lyme documented in 1989
  • Fairy dust cleanse: How to create a health scam
  • Our favorites from Dr. Glaucomflecken
  • CDC: Why PCR/DNA direct testing isn’t used for Lyme diagnosis
  • Mother falsely claimed son was harmed by vaccines, Lyme disease, leaky gut, heavy metals, EMFs, gluten, and more
  • Geeta Shroff/Nutech MediWorld: Exploiting hope with discredited stem cell treatments
  • No credible evidence supports rumors about stretch marks
  • Anti-vax doctor Paul Thomas surrenders license after gross negligence, mistreating children
  • Doctor explains “The Grace of Denial”
  • Teenager develops psychosis after abuse with antibiotics and disulfiram
  • Lyme misdiagnosis story from 1991
  • My mom has MS. Facebook convinced her she had “chronic Lyme”.
  • Chronic illness support group bans Lyme misinformation to protect patients
  • Pediatrician discusses alarming “chronic Lyme” abuse of a young boy
  • Chronic Lyme diagnosis and treatment lead to abuse of teenage boy
  • So-Called “Special” Issues of Journals: Big Money for Gold OA Publishers
  • FDA warns of child abuse with MMS bleach
  • UK watchdog condemns ILADS propaganda
  • UK warns about inappropriate Lyme disease testing
  • Experts: How Lyme disease became a scapegoat
  • Experts review “Chronic Lyme Disease”
  • Chronic Lyme drugs cause life-threatening skin detachment
  • Lyme literate child abuser disciplined twice
  • False Lyme diagnoses documented by military doctors
  • ILADS doctor disciplined after “Lyme” patient dies of Cancer
  • NIH discusses IgeneX unreliability for Lyme testing
  • On Lyme, 20+ German Medical Groups Agree
  • David C. Wright: Disciplined after mistreated patient gets C. diff
  • Journalist mom explains appeal and dangers of chronic Lyme
  • “Lyme Literate” Martin D. Fried: Felony Drug Conviction
  • Fewer deaths in Lyme patients than typical Americans, a year after diagnosis
  • Lyme continuing education (CME, CEU) for medical professionals
  • Samento/Cat’s Claw: Chronic Lyme Snake Oil

About LymeScience

The CDC and medical organizations around the world have warned of false and misleading information about curable tick-borne infections like Lyme disease.

Such misinformation is being spread by so-called “Lyme literate” doctors and “Lyme warriors” who promote themselves as patient advocates while doing a disservice to patients.

Victims of misinformation may come to believe they have multiple sham infections such as “chronic Lyme”, “chronic tick-borne Bartonella”, “chronic Babesia”, “toxic mold illness”, and Morgellons. Often, they are also falsely told they are immunocompromised.

Families are spending enormous amounts of time and money on quackery in desperate attempts to treat unrecognized infections, when something else is causing the symptoms.

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