newsweek- My Fathers Mystery illness

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My Father's Mystery Illness

by Russ Juskalian, Newsweek Magazine, New York, NY

August 24, 2010

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/24/the-mysteries-of-lyme-disease.html

My father's journey down the Lyme-disease rabbit hole

started with a swollen wrist. An oblong rash appeared that

was hot to the touch, and sore, but he didn't remember

getting bitten by anything.

....

Even my father, an intelligent, highly rational person, has

grappled with the sorts of doubts associated with a

potential Lyme-disease diagnosis and positive Western Blot

results - despite hearing that he doesn't have an active

infection with the spirochete that causes the disease.

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http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/24/the-mysteries-of-lyme-disease.html

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