tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post4775288274963314220..comments2023-04-23T00:16:48.148+01:00Comments on Questioning Answers: Tick, tick, tick...boomPaul Whiteleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14288851488012254897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-1444630550747739122012-10-26T08:28:25.808+01:002012-10-26T08:28:25.808+01:00Thanks for the comment Joanne.
My view on the pos...Thanks for the comment Joanne.<br /><br />My view on the possible involvement of ticks and Lyme disease is one of actually being quite open. Yes, I do use words like 'speculative' because at the moment, based on the available evidence, there are still quite a few gaps in the knowledge about how these factors can impact in conditions like autism. Paul Whiteleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288851488012254897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-31738511945231363982012-10-26T08:16:04.957+01:002012-10-26T08:16:04.957+01:00You dismiss tick borne illness in the usual way th...You dismiss tick borne illness in the usual way that most doctors do - sadly many of us were unaware that Lyme Disease or any other tick borne infection can be caught here in the UK. Hence it was not considered as a differential diagnosis even though I presented at surgery with bites, rashes, summer flu' and migrating arthralgias before a chronic arthritis and muscle weakness developed. <br /><br />Picking ticks off our dog here in Surrey had been a regular occurrence but with no thought for my own health.<br /><br />There is slightly more awareness now but that is more thanks to two UK charities Badauk and http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/<br /><br />It took 4 years for my GP to consider Lyme Disease after significant improvements on antibiotics - eventually on long term oral antibiotics I recovered.<br /><br />Interestingly even doctors and consultants in UK have difficulties getting proper and adequate care for Lyme Disease http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3250/rr/591128<br /><br />As science emerges it is clear that past opinions based on limited and selective science are being turned on their heads. We simply do not know enough about tick borne illnesses to decide what the optimum treatment is.<br />Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.com