Nantucket study

[Guest guest]

The Nantucket study on Lyme disease, reported on by Boston Herald's

Lalasandra, is a masterpiece. See for yourself in ls of Internal

Medicine, Dec. 21, 1999

(www.acponline.org/journals/annals/21dec99/shadick.htm). The title is

" Musculoskeletal and Neurologic Outcomes in Patients with Previously Treated

Lyme Disease. "

Their conclusion is: " Because persons with previous Lyme disease exhibited

no sequelae on physical examination and neurocognitive tests a mean of 6

years after infection, musculoskeletal and neurocognitive outcomes seem to

be favorable. However, long-term impairment of functional status can

occur. " Is this contradictory or what?

Yes, there is a clear trend in continuing symptoms, but these people did not

pass our tests! Those tests are inappropriate. Would they be used in any

other infectious disease to determine continuing infection or to measure the

outcome?

This is a biased study funded by tax payers (an NIH grant). At least 3 of

the authors have previously collaborated with Dr. Steere who denies there is

continuing infection. Of the 22 Lyme-related references cited, 12 are

Steere articles, another 3 deal with " post Lyme syndrome " etc. Not a single

reference is to any of the studies which show the spirochete being found

after treatment.

And Dr. Steere is thanked for reviewing the manuscript!

I rest my case.

Anyone who didn't see the Boston Herald's Dec. 22 (by Lasalandra

again) can check it out at

http://www.bostonherald.com/guestbook/all/mlasalandra.htm.

I am reposting this because many people were off net during the holidays.

The residents of Nantucket Island are also thanked for their participation.

I doubt if they, in return, are thankful about the results of this study.