Dr. Burrascano’s Diagnostic Hints and Treatment Guideline

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   D Machado on July 27, 2011 at 8:20 pm

   As I’m writing this (and scrambling to research Lyme Disease and the best way to diagnose it) my husband of almost 43 years is laying in hospital with a fever, severe head/neck/shoulder ache, achy joints and seems to be over the severe vomiting he suffered throughout yesterday and into today. His spinal fluid showed some white blood cells indicating an infection (Lyme Meningitis?).

   His PCP immediately put him on Doxycyclene?) yesterday but when called this morning (due to escolating severity of symptoms) told my husband to go to the emergency room at a local hospital in RI and that he would call there ahead for him.

   I’m hoping that the doctor on staff is ‘Lyme Disease Educated’ and that with a general concensious of doctors in hospital and his PCP that they will be able to treat my husband correctly.

   Note: A member of our family lives very close to URI which is a ‘hot spot’ for Deer/Black Legged Ticks. We lived there for 2 months last summer when moving from Scituate RI (another tick infested area in RI) to East Providence. My husband did have a deer tick bite over 10 years ago with a rash and was put on Doxycyclene. He was bitten again within the last 3 months but thought that the tick had not been adheared for more than a couple of hours.

   Your site is very helpful to those of us that hold hope in finding information on this dredded disease.

   Thank you.

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     Danielle on July 27, 2011 at 10:40 pm

     So sorry to hear about your husband and I pray he finds the proper help! Turn The Corner is an amazing Lyme disease foundation that supports the research, education, awareness, etc. of Lyme disease and will help you try to locate an LLMD near you for free: “Turn the Corner volunteers proudly answer inquiries from Lyme patients throughout the world and provide free, information about Lyme-Literate medical professionals in your area.” Here is the link http://turnthecorner.org/content/selection-proper-physicians

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