>The testing and treatment of tick borne pathogens is a fine line between politics, science and empathy is because many people have been treated poorly by the medical industry. The majority of the symptoms are ignored by physicians or misdiagnosed. In many cases, co-infections or existing immuno-suppressive conditions are ignored by physicians. That's happened to a number of people I know.
My aunt eventually lost her job and had to sell her Austin home after mounting medical bills due to misdiagnosed Lyme disease. She had an early false negative for the disease and spent years chasing "chronic fatigue" cures because there was no explanation for her illness. Once she decided she had chronic fatigue I doubt it did anything to her credibility with the rank and file medical community as that seems to be a generic bucket for a whole raft of symptoms.
She was eventually tested again for Lyme which was positive but by that time it had devastated her financially and physically. She has permanent heart damage, blood pressure issues, regularly suffers minor seizures and has zero energy.
My aunt eventually lost her job and had to sell her Austin home after mounting medical bills due to misdiagnosed Lyme disease. She had an early false negative for the disease and spent years chasing "chronic fatigue" cures because there was no explanation for her illness. Once she decided she had chronic fatigue I doubt it did anything to her credibility with the rank and file medical community as that seems to be a generic bucket for a whole raft of symptoms.
She was eventually tested again for Lyme which was positive but by that time it had devastated her financially and physically. She has permanent heart damage, blood pressure issues, regularly suffers minor seizures and has zero energy.