Guest guest Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Cheryl wrote: > From: " C. Orlowski " <cheryl@...> > I am a strong believer in prophylactic treatment of tick bites. > HOWEVER, two doxycycline is not hitting the infection hard. In fact, I am > concerned that these 2 pills will just knock down the bacterial level, > while not eradicating the infection, thereby developing into chronic Lyme. > The participants in the study were only followed for 6 weeks. How many > will get (mis)diagnosed many months (years?) later with other conditions > because they did not demonstrate the early signs as a result of this > inadequate treatment? > > Hope that helps to explain the concerns. Yes, thanks. Six weeks, that is unreal! I was probably infected around April or May last year--a pure guess, had two sinus infections and fatigue, but not truly sick, nor having any symptoms that could point to Lyme until late August. That would be at least four months. Of course, with no buggabo or rash, I couldn't have gotten anything. I did have antibiotics for one sinus infection, so that didn't stop the Lyme infection, apparently. I cannot believe the shockingly bad scientific methods we are witnessing from the front row. My ten year old cousins could and would design much better studies for their science fair than this. I've still not posted about it yet, as I wanted to gather my thoughts further, but I had this idea for a massive, internet-based *self-reported* fact-gathering study of as many people as possible, who've been touched by this. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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