This stupid country just lets people fucking die and get disabled everyday. I’m sick of it. My tax dollars just go to killing and dismembering people abroad. Fuck fuck fuck.
This stupid country just lets people fucking die and get disabled everyday. I’m sick of it. My tax dollars just go to killing and dismembering people abroad. Fuck fuck fuck.
Lyme’s symptoms mimick other things like Alzheimer’s and fibromyalgia, making diagnosis difficult some times. Sometimes you need a ‘Lyme Literate Medical Doctor’ who specializes in tick borne illnesses to diagnose Lyme’s.
Early stage Lyme’s is treatable with NSAIDS and doxycycline antibiotics, comrade. According to a family member who is a FNP in Lyme territory, even the later symptoms are treatable.
I’m genuinely asking, is it a failing of Uncle Sam or a failing of medical science? I get the impression it isnt the government but I’m also a pretty dumb kind of guy so
iirc fibromyalgia isn’t a specific thing either, just “lol chronic pain we can’t figure out” but the insurance companies need a formal category to pay out
Yeah. Fibromyalgia is “you have pain, we don’t think you’re just drug seeking, we’re not investigating any further.”
I just skimmed a Harvard Health article that broke it down to a failing of the economic system, which in turn led to a medical failing due to lack of research / lack of time to diagnose. The article ends by saying that the organization of affected people and local doctors could lead to increased care.
Harvard Health article