tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707770726760676731.post1081070968184804766..comments2024-02-25T19:33:19.408+00:00Comments on LOOKING AT LYME DISEASE - MSIDS: MICROBIOLOGIST FROM UK AT IOM WORKSHOPJoannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707770726760676731.post-2282375141158250952010-10-13T13:30:07.775+01:002010-10-13T13:30:07.775+01:00Thanks Anon
Yes I deliberately didn't give an ...Thanks Anon<br />Yes I deliberately didn't give an opinion on this post.<br />Sue O'Connell has been very entrenched in her beliefs and so will not change overnight but this was a promising start that she even wished to talk with Lyme Advocates and patients.<br /><br />There were many good points made at the IOM workshop most importantly that we are dealing with a Relapsing Fever Borrelia so not any simple bacterial infection, and so by it's very nature difficult to eradicate once it has got well established.<br /><br />Increased awareness in our media would be a very good first step and a simple one to do.<br /><br />I was 57 before I even heard that one could get Lyme Disease here in the UK even though I was aware you could get it in the USA.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707770726760676731.post-83813453674945057042010-10-13T10:20:40.515+01:002010-10-13T10:20:40.515+01:00It sounds as though Sue O'Connell still thinks...It sounds as though Sue O'Connell still thinks that ongoing symptoms in Lyme patients previously treated with a short course of antibiotics is not down to ongoing infection. She cannot discount this train of thought if she wants to work alongside lyme patients who see ongoing benefits from antibiotics and also the researchers who readily demonstrate persisting infection.<br />All things are possible and must be investigated thoroughly.There was a great quote from the IOM meeting yesterday, where one of the professors said something along the lines of "to be uncertain is to be uncomfortable but to be certain is to be ridiculous". I hope Sue O'Connell was listening- nothing is certainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com