Undiagnosed Conditions

[livingwith]

I am 54 and very frustrated. I was diagnosed as having Scleroderma from my Rheumatologist in LA. I now have been living in Wa. for 2 1/2 years and have been to many doctors here and they call this MCTD. They know I have Raynauds and Sjogren’s Syndrone. I have all sorts of GI problems, chest pain terrible body pain, migraines extremely dry skin. I have a postitive ANA with a Speckled Pattern. I just had a Breast Reduction because of alot of weight gain in this area from meds. I was having...Read the full article

[GuestOne]

Hello,


You may want to study Lyme disease. It does occur in Washington contrary to popular belief.

Contact your state board of public health, ask for the epidemiology division. Ask them to send you ALL the Lyme case counts. When you get this information, look at the number of cases of Lyme disease in your county. If the number is two or greater, then your county is considered endemic by the CDC. See the CDC's case definition for Lyme disease, specifically the definition of an endemic county. It only takes two cases of Lyme in one county for the county to be considered endemic for this disease.


184 Lyme symptoms
http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=021063

Symptom list and discussion
http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=043100

Symptoms of Lyme Disease medical references to symptoms
http://www.lymeinfo.net/medical/LDSymptoms.pdf

Nerve Damage Due to Lyme Disease
http://thehumansideoflyme.net/index.php

Lymenet Medical Discussion Board
http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php/forum/1/30/0

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
http://www.ilads.org/

Canadian Lyme Disease Association lots of good information
http://www.canlyme.com/

California Lyme Disease Association
http://www.lymedisease.org/
http://calda.webexone.com/login.asp?loc=&link=

Lyme Disease Association see the number of cases in Washington
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/Maps/index.html#

Lyme Disease in Washington WA support group, statistics, and facts
http://www.lymememorial.org/State_Stats/State_Statistics_Washington.htm

Lyme disease videos:

Under Our Skin by Andy Abrahams & Open Eye Pictures
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/entertainment/

San Francisco Lyme Disease TV Talk Show
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7379547551496279899&q=lyme+disease&total=265&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5

Excellent video on Lyme Controversy- ABC News in Virginia
http://cfc.wset.com/external.cfm?p=lyme&menu=news

[stulchinsky]

Hello, this is a forum moderator responding. In addition to the contributions of others in this forum, you can find physician-developed and -monitored information on Lyme Disease symptoms here: http://www.podiatrychannel.com/lymedisease/index.shtml.

You can also read the stories of others dealing with Lyme Disease at this link: http://livingwith.podiatrychannel.com/lyme-disease/.

Best wishes to you all.

[GuestOne]

Thank you for the information.

I was pleasantly surprised at the accuracy of the information on the Lyme disease information.