Four States Now Have Laws Protecting Lyme Literate Doctors.
This makes Massachusetts the fourth state with Connecticut, Rhode Island, and California.
The legislation provides the definition for Lyme disease which includes, “the presence in a patient of signs and symptoms compatible with acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi; or with late stage or persistent or chronic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, or with complications related to such an infection.” In addition, the legislation provides for updating the Lyme disease definition if other strains are found to cause Lyme disease.
Even more important, the legislation also legitimizes and defines the “clinical diagnosis” of Lyme disease. This may be based on knowledge obtained through medical history and physical examination only, or in conjunction with testing that provides supportive data for such clinical diagnosis, as determined by the treating physician rather than relying on the results of the unreliable Western Blot test – which even according to the CDC who determines the standard – catches only 10% (ten percent) of all Lyme disease tests presented.
As unbelievable as this sounds now, this new language is actually the original language the CDC developed itself for diagnosing Lyme disease. Possible benefits may include insurance companies having less ammunition to deny claims for extended antibiotics.
Any way you look at it – its good news!
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August 4th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Wonderful! Now we need on in Texas
August 4th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
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