Lyme Disease
Dr. Coleman is an expert in the treatment of chronic Lyme disease. Personalized, multidisciplinary approach is crucial to the successful treatment of this multi system illness.
Chronic Lyme disease is a systemic illness with a ..wide range of symptoms that are consistently or intermittently present for at least six months.
The illness is caused by infection with any of multiple strains of the Borrelia burgdoferi bacteria and many times is complicated with coexisting confections (Babesia, Bartonella, Erlichia, Mycoplasma, Clamydia, viruses,and parasites).
Treatment of chronic Lyme disease is a complex task, journey, involving patients/doctor’s partnership in order to succeed.
Obstacles in diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease:
Chronic Lyme disease is a systemic illness with a ..wide range of symptoms that are consistently or intermittently present for at least six months.
The illness is caused by infection with any of multiple strains of the Borrelia burgdoferi bacteria and many times is complicated with coexisting confections (Babesia, Bartonella, Erlichia, Mycoplasma, Clamydia, viruses,and parasites).
Treatment of chronic Lyme disease is a complex task, journey, involving patients/doctor’s partnership in order to succeed.
Obstacles in diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease:
- Frequently unrecognized tick bites (50% of Patients are not aware of tick bite)
- Nonspecific, often common clinical symptoms: eg fatigue chronic, joint pain, nonspecific neurological symptoms, psychiatric disorders, immunological disorders, GI symptoms etc.
- Frequently absent EM rash (Erythema migrans) - Bull eyes rash, up to 50% of Pt miss the EM rash
- Confounding features of confections
- Poor diagnostic sensitivity
- Dogma often minimizing the real potential of diagnosis
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