Dr Cameron highlights the issues with dismissing Lyme disease:
'According to Dr. Shapiro, Yale Medical Center’s pediatric infectious disease clinic reviewed its own patient database, focusing on cases made through outside referrals. The study found that more than half of the referrals were for patients suspected of having Lyme disease. However, 80-90% of those patients were deemed to not have ‘active Lyme disease,’ says Dr. Shapiro, but were instead diagnosed with medically unexplained symptoms or MUS.
Dr. Shapiro claims that 80-90% of the clinic patients did not have active Lyme disease. However, there is no way to ascertain if the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) infection is active or not in a patient. The statement is misleading, if not also inaccurate.'
'According to Dr. Shapiro, Yale Medical Center’s pediatric infectious disease clinic reviewed its own patient database, focusing on cases made through outside referrals. The study found that more than half of the referrals were for patients suspected of having Lyme disease. However, 80-90% of those patients were deemed to not have ‘active Lyme disease,’ says Dr. Shapiro, but were instead diagnosed with medically unexplained symptoms or MUS.
Dr. Shapiro claims that 80-90% of the clinic patients did not have active Lyme disease. However, there is no way to ascertain if the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) infection is active or not in a patient. The statement is misleading, if not also inaccurate.'
