Description:

An impactful real life education on a silent epidemic affecting hundreds of thousands of people all across the globe, as told by its patients from the U.S., Canada and 11 other countries. Gain insight into the politics, government, insurance and medical denial surrounding Lyme disease. Learn why patients are ignored, and intimate details describing life with chronic illness no one will acknowledge. Topics include history, faulty diagnostic testing, politics, co-infections, the "herxheimer" effect, "Munchausen's", patient responsibility, prevention, pediatric and geriatric infection, and surprising disease transmission. Foreword by Dr. Joseph Burrascano, Jr., a leading expert in Lyme disease research and treatment. Standard Edition. 332 pages. Color photos. Approx 13 mb