The Mystery of Lyme Disease, Part 1
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Why do some patients have persistent symptoms, despite antibiotic therapy? Dr. Brian Fallon, Director of the Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Behavioral Medicine, and Director of the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia University, discusses PTLS (Post-Treatment Lyme Disease). What are the 4 major causes of PTLS? What symptoms do PTLS sufferers complain of? Are they always due to persistent infection? Why is Lyme testing unreliable? Do long-term antibiotics consistently relieve the symptoms of chronic Lyme sufferers? What progress is being made toward better treatments and tests? Is there a role for integrative treatments of Lyme Disease? Why is Lyme Disease research so under-funded? Click HERE for part 2. |
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