Lyme Disease Association of Tennessee

Prophetic last words: "The stuff I've been going through in my brain--ugh" A popular Bay Area radio host often spoke of his struggles with Lyme disease. A month ago, he went missing. And now his body was found in San Francisco Bay.

Sad news for the lyme community.... It is with great sadness that I share that Dr. Charles Ray Jones, pediatric Lyme specialist, passed away this morning in his 93rd year. Dr. Jones was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of children with Lyme disease. He taught many physicians how to treat children with tickborne infections. He was not only a talented physician, but an amazing human being.

How to send a tick for testing…3 easy steps below. And Why?? Human tick infection testing is VERY, VERY inaccurate and not all infections are treated the same. Testing the tick is cheaper and very accurate💚

Tick Submission Guidelines - Universal Tick Test - Ticknology It’s easy! Simply remove and save your tick in a Ziploc bag, order a Universal Tick Test online and then send us your specimen using supplies from home.

Day 1: Lyme disease is called “The Great Imitator”, mimicking well over 300 diseases. Most people never get a proper diagnosis and continue their life being misdiagnosed. If you want a “proper” diagnosis please use IGeneX, Armin Labs, and DNA Connexions. Do not go to an Infectious Disease Dr., if you can obtain one get an LLMD($). The criteria testing and guidelines for the CDC is FRAUD.
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-What were you diagnosed with until you found out it was untreated Lyme disease❓
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-If you are diagnosed with one of these listed or similar, have you ever been tested for Lyme and coinfections?

https://lymewarrior.us/lyme-warrior-blog/new-lyme-codes-and-what-they-mean-for-lyme-disease-patients

New LYME Codes and What they Mean for Lyme Disease Patients — Lyme Warrior The WHO is responsible for issuing The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes to help globally classify and control diseases. The new Lyme codes are called ICD-11, and they came into effect on the 1st of January 2022. The original Lyme codes, ICD-10, did not recognize chronic Lyme or o

Currently fighting chronic disease and septic arthritis, this patient says Lyme deserves more than “mediocre attention.”

https://www.lymedisease.org/patient-story-casey-fillian/

Currently fighting chronic disease and septic arthritis, this patient says Lyme deserves more than “mediocre attention.” https://www.lymedisease.org/patient-story-casey-fillian/

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Asst. HHS Secretary Levine keynotes Congressional Lyme Series event Dr. Rachel Levine, the Assistant Secretary for Health, discussed the LymeX project. It's a public-private partnership between HHS and the Cohen Foundation.

The IDSA has removed one inaccurate publication from its website. (Now, if they'd just do that to the Lyme guidelines!)

IDSA removes inaccurate Lyme document from website After a complaint filed by a patient group, the IDSA has removed "Ten Facts You Should Know About Lyme Disease" from its website.

In a small study, 9 out of 10 had antibodies to tick-borne infections. And nine out of 10 had evidence of brain inflammation.

Study detects tick-borne illness in teens hospitalized for depression In a small study, nine of 10 had antibodies to tick-borne infections. And nine of 10 had evidence of autoimmune encephalitis--brain inflammation.