"Despite the disconnect between valid scientific data and the content of these internet writings, Lyme advocacy groups have flourished, including in states that do not have endemic B. burgdorferi infection such as Colorado" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540629/
Children are often the victims of abuse by dangerous quacks who market themselves as Lyme literate, functional, or integrative.
In 2004, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dean Blumberg, MD, FAAP testified in Sacramento, California, where authentic #Lyme disease is rare:
Doctors and scientists in the UK report similar experiences to their American counterparts. Authentic #Lyme disease is uncommon in the UK. https://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2020/07/07/bjgpopen20X101050
The fake doctors who call themselves naturopaths are creating an epidemic of fake diagnoses. The fake diagnoses may leave real problems untreated and exacerbate mental health issues. Let's be clear: Real #Lyme does not cause psychiatric disorders. https://donotlink.it/JOL4k
Our list of international medical and scientific groups that support the scientific consensus about #Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment is now up to 124. https://lymescience.org/scientific-consensus/
Disturbingly, quacks who claim to be "Lyme literate" frequently abuse children. This paper describes the abuse of a teenager in Australia, where there is no endemic #Lyme disease but thousands of people have become victims of the chronic Lyme scam. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpc.13411
New: German guidelines were recently translated into English. 🇩🇪 Medical and scientific groups around the world 🌍 affirm the scientific consensus about #Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment. https://lymescience.org/german-lyme-disease-guidelines-neuroborreliosis-neuroborreliose/
A survey of discredited tests used to sell patients fake chronic #Lyme diagnoses https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(19)30388-X/fulltext
Chronic #Lyme conspiracy theorists: Doctors just love insurance companies, which is why they refuse to prescribe us cocktails of long term antimicrobial drugs
Doctors: 😂😂😂
Even the pseudoscience center of the NIH warns the public about fake #Lyme treatments. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/lyme-disease
Common misconceptions about #Lyme disease https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2812%2900875-3/fulltext
"I believe that this physician is taking advantage of the varied and sometimes vague symptoms of Lyme disease to make a lot of money off patients." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/magazine/what-to-do-about-a-physician-who-may-be-a-quack.html
Belief in the fake chronic #Lyme diagnosis spreads via social media. This victim admits that evangelicals on Instagram put the idea in her head.
Real problems, a dangerous rabbit hole of fake solutions. https://donotlink.it/Z9R1N
Disulfiram is a dangerous drug that has been heavily marketed by the chronic #Lyme cult as a treatment for their fake diagnosis. “Lyme literate” quacks have even abused children by prescribing it to them.
Here, read about 2 cases of disulfiram-ethanol reaction leading to watershed area #infarct in both patients and probable #ischemia in one. These cases emphasize the need for rigorous patient education before prescribing #disulfiram. https://bit.ly/3f6ovXu
Chronic Lyme conspiracy theorists in France lost their bogus lawsuit against two testing labs. They really hate it that the labs accurately told them they didn't have #Lyme disease. https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/ils-attaquaient-des-labos-sur-la-fiabilite-de-leurs-tests-94-patients-atteints-de-la-maladie-de-lyme-deboutes-20200702
Belief in chronic Lyme spreads through social media. Bee stinging is one of the more harmful rituals, which can cause anaphylaxis and death.
I bang on about the chaos of the TikTok algorithm but here we go. I have never before (knowingly) told it I want bees, Lyme disease or pseudoscience content. But here it finds me on my For You Page. And because I’ve watched it and saved it, it now may well serve me more.
Great news! Douglas Wine, the predatory chiropractor and owner of the scammy “Lyme Laser Centers of New England” surrendered his license after action by the chiropractic board. Thanks to @patientzeropod @nhpr @TaylorQuimby1 for exposing Wine’s scheme: https://www.patientzeropodcast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-5
Great article on the dangerous social phenomenon of “chronic #Lyme” quackery https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb8jby/if-you-think-you-have-chronic-lyme-disease-most-doctors-say-youre-wrong-1
Informative discussion about the alarming spread of medical misinformation and conspiracy theories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1X3X6Rturs
New: Article on factitious disorder by proxy, also called Munchausen syndrome by proxy and Medical Child Abuse.
Medical Child Abuse is rampant in chronic #Lyme pseudoscience groups.
“Lyme literate” quacks physically and psychologically abuse children. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/295258-overview?src=soc_fb_share