Just listened to the Lyme disease episode of Science vs and while I'm generally a fan of the show, this one was pretty excruciating to listen to
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The real issue was that after the first 2 minutes, they had not a single medical expert on the show. Which seems to me the worst kind of nonsense
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@skepticalraptor has an excellent summation of Lyme/Chronic Lyme/PTLDS here: https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/chronic-lyme-disease-scientific-evidence-supporting/#The_CDC_and_chronic_Lyme_disease_myths …Show this thread
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The last patient I saw who was convinced he had a chronic Lyme actually had a colon cancer when I sent him for investigation of his anemia. By branding themselves as chronic Lyme & seeking prolonged antibiotic treatment, they end up neglecting real underlying illnesses.
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