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Linda’s comments:  These types of stories make me mad as hell….This poor woman suffered unnecessarily thanks to IDSA and the medical boards….This statement along >>>>“He wouldn’t give me a test for it,” she said. “He said my symptoms weren’t Lyme.”<<<<is criminal in my book, but we have the CDC, IDSA and the medical boards to thank for this kind of thinking from doctors….THIS MUST STOP…WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS MENTALITITY….

Link: http://www.kccommunitynews.com/miami-county-friday-community-living/28257976/detail.html

Excerpt:

Kathryn Puvogel never saw the tick that infected her, but she felt the effects of its bite long afterward — losing her job, most of her health and much of what she knew of as her life.

Human leptospirosis can be a difficult infection to describe, as the
symptoms can vary dramatically between patients. Some symptoms are
extremely common, but only a small number of patients will experience
the severe life-threatening illness known as Weil’s disease. The
severity of the infection depends on the age and general health of the
patient, plus the serovar (strain) of bacteria involved and the number
of bacteria that entered the patient’s body. Continued