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  1. May 16, 2024 · "You wouldn't believe the extent of the burning, fiery pain that sits in my back," Gray says. ... Jiatong Lu Like many people coping with chronic Lyme disease, Gray faces hefty medical bills and ...

  2. Aug 28, 2019 · Some people believe their Lyme disease symptoms persist for years, even after treatment—but here's why many doctors don't believe chronic Lyme disease exists.

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  4. Jun 18, 2018 · The blood test the CDC recommends to diagnose Lyme checks for an immune response to the bacteria, not for the Borrelia itself. That’s why the test can be negative if the disease is present for less than a month. It takes at least a couple of weeks to mount an immune response that would turn the test positive.

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  5. May 9, 2024 · Meanwhile, the economic burden of Lyme disease in the U.S. is between $345 million and $968 million each year. And the average patient cost is about $1,200 per infection. Patients with later stages of Lyme disease have double the costs, according to the CDC. This makes prevention and early diagnosis key to reducing illness and cutting costs.

  6. Chronic Lyme Disease Symptom Severity. In LDo’s chronic Lyme disease survey, over 75% of patients reported at least one symptom as severe or very severe and 63% reported two or more such symptoms. (Johnson 2014) Find out more about LDo peer-reviewed published surveys. The chart below shows the severity of ten common chronic Lyme symptoms.

  7. The term “chronic Lyme disease” (CLD) has been used to describe people with different illnesses. While the term is sometimes used to describe illness in patients with Lyme disease, it has also been used to describe symptoms in people who have no clinical or diagnostic evidence of a current or past infection with B. burgdorferi . Because of ...

  8. Key points. Following antibiotic treatment, about 5-10% of people with Lyme disease have prolonged symptoms of fatigue, body aches, or difficulty thinking as a result of their infection. Why some patients with Lyme disease develop these symptoms is not known; however, these symptoms have also been reported following other types of infections.

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