HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Dying of Lyme disease: Case fatality rate nearly 100%

Support Forums
>
Lyme Disease
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 8/23/2014 3:10 AM (GMT 0)
Here is an interesting article I came across.


http://owndoc.com/lyme/dying-of-lyme-disease-case-fatality-rate-nearly-100/
Posted 8/23/2014 4:08 AM (GMT 0)
So case fatality rate 100% if you don't treat it? What about if if is treated? And what is 3rd stage Lyme disease? Is that after it is chronic for one year and becomes untreatable?

Ya I read that article before. There's nothing but more good news to find out about this disease everywhere you look.
Posted 8/23/2014 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
I actually felt better when I read PMA books, never watched TV, read the Bible, and spoke positive. Reading the forum everyday and other stuff about Lyme can be so depressing.

Lyme Pickle I would think we would have an advantage since we know the cause and are in treatment. I think within a few years there will be a cure or I think if we do the herbal treatments and just stick with it, hey we always have to take vitamins and other supplements to stay healthy so why not a few herbs to keep Lyme at bay. Are you really at 95% back to your normal self? That's great progress, awesome job with your protocol.
Posted 8/23/2014 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
Agreed Revive. The article states: "If you have Lyme Neuroborreliosis you will likely succumb to it eventually if you don’t receive proper, open-ended treatment.

Because the big problem is that the overwhelming majority of neuro-Lyme is misdiagnosed as something else.(I added the italics for emphasis.)

While I don't agree with the open-ended part is necessary for everyone, Neuroborreliosis has many of the same effects on the brain as Alzheimer's, which is fatal eventually as well.

But knowing what is causing the issue and getting treatment is key and will save the person's life. That's why it's so tragic when people get convinced that it's okay to live with PTLD or stay in denial about having Lyme disease.

Knowledge and treatment save lives.
Posted 8/23/2014 11:08 PM (GMT 0)
I took the article in a very positive way. I agree with Trav & Revive. The way it reads to me is, it's fatal (eventually) if you don't know what you're treating and receive appropriate treatment.
BUT...... Just simply breathing air is EVENTUALLY fatal since we are not immortal.
I believe thinking positive while dealing with this disease is a VERY important part of healing. I myself am going to start seeing a therapist or life coach to help me get through this soon. I'm not always positive and I let stress get the best of me so its certainly something I need to work on.
Posted 8/24/2014 10:45 AM (GMT 0)
Is there any way to figure out if you actually have neuro Lyme? (Especially in Canada haha, our tests are massively limited and it'd have to he something you could order out of the US)
I've been nervous about it for a while now, but I'm not sure if I even have it. Tick bite would have happened about six years ago, and I get brain fog but its only ever been REALLY bad a few times and that was while I was on birth control which messes me up a lot on its own. Usually my brain fog improves with detoxing or is just related to me being tired a lot. I get some tingling but I also have TMJ which makes lots of tinging sensations.

Also, stage three Lyme disease is chronic Lyme, from all I've been told. There is no stage after that.
Posted 8/24/2014 1:52 PM (GMT 0)
Life is fatal. I remind myself of that every day. A common cold can be fatal. A peanut butter sandwich. Walking across the street can be fatal.

The guy who started the ALS ice bucket challenge probably doesn't have much time left. Ironically, his perfectly healthy buddy who helped start the ice bucket challenge with him, just died in a boating accident. Even when you are in the best of health, you just never know. So we have to keep reality in check.

The point is don't stress about lyme too much. With treatment, you can get your health back.

I also think the point is to bring some awareness that lyme can be fatal. It's not a forget about it disease. If you have diabetes and it causes a heart attack that kills you, did you die from a heart attack or from diabetes? Lyme will never be listed as a primary cause of death and maybe that is the real issue, because then it's just not taken seriously in the medical world.
Posted 8/25/2014 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
Wow, this article is horrible. I can't tell who actually wrote it, though the person doesn't seem to be a medical professional. Yes, people die of Lyme and yes it's very important that the medical community acknowledge that and that the general public be aware of it. But people also recover from Lyme or at least go on to live full or relatively full lives. I get the intent of the article, but people like us who are fighting to get well also deserve for the subject be handled in a more delicate way.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply