A Disease Frequently Misdiagnosed
Katrina Tang, M.D., HMD, founder and Director of Research at the Sierra Integrative Medicine Clinic in Reno, Nevada, states that Lyme disease eludes many doctors because of its ability to mimic many other diseases. According to an informal study conducted by the American Lyme disease Alliance (ALDA), most patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are actually suffering from Lyme disease. In a study of 31 patients diagnosed with CFS, 28 patients, or 90.3%, were found to be ill as a result of Lyme.
Dr. Paul Fink, past president of the American Psychiatric Association, has acknowledged that Lyme disease can contribute to every psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic Symptoms Manual IV (DSM-IV). This manual is used to diagnose psychiatric conditions such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), antisocial personality, panic attacks, anorexia nervosa, autism and Aspergers syndrome (a form of autism) to name a few.
List of Conditions
Lyme Borreliosis causes, mimics, is manifested as, is misdiagnosed as or is a contributing factor to many conditions. The following list of over 300 conditions was compiled by means of a non exhaustive search of published scientific literature and includes:
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Abdominal pseudo-eventration
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA)
Acute Acral Ischemia
Acute conduction disorders
Acute coronary syndrome
Acute exogenous psychosis
Acute meningitis
Acute myelo-meningo-radiculitis
Acute peripheral facial palsy
Acute perimyocarditis
Acute pyogenic arthritis
Acute reversible diffuse conduction system disease
Acute transitory auriculoventricular block
Acute transverse myelitis
Acute urinary retention
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Algodystrophy
Allergic conditions
Allergic conjunctivitis
Alopecia
Alzheimer’s Disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Amyotrophy
Anamnesis
Anetoderma
Anorexia nervosa
Antepartum fever
Anxiety
Arrhythmia
Arthralgia
Arthritis
Asymmetrical hearing loss
Atraumatic spontaneous hemarthrosis
Atrioventricular block
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Bannwarth’s Syndrome
Behcet's disease
Bell’s Palsy
Benign cutaneous lymphocytoma
Benign lymphocytic infiltration (Jessner-Kanof)
Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome
Bilateral facial nerve palsy
Bilateral follicular conjunctivitis
Bilateral keratitis
Bilateral papilloedema
Biphasic meningoencephalitis
Bipolar Disorder
Brain Tumor
Brown recluse spider bite
Brown-Sequard syndrome
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Cardiac Disease
Cardiomegaly
Cardiomyopathy
Carditis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Catatonic syndrome
Cauda equina syndrome
Central vestibular syndrome
Cerebellitis
Cerebral atrophy
Cerebro-vascular disease
Cervical facet syndrome
Cheilitis granulomatosa
Chiasmal optic neuritis
Chorea
Choriocapillaritis
Chronic encephalomyelitis
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic muscle weakness
Chronic urticaria
Cerebellar ataxia
Cogan’s syndrome
Collagenosis
Complete flaccid paraplegia
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Concomitant neuroretinitis
Conduction disorder
Conus medullaris syndrome
Coronary aneurysm
Cortical blindness
Coxitis
Cranial Neuritis
Cranial polyneuritis
Craniopharyngioma
Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
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Dementia
Demyelinating disorders
Depression
Dermatomyositis
Diaphragmatic paralysis
Diffuse fasciitis
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Diplopia
Discopathy
Disseminated choroiditis
Dorsal epiduritis
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Encephalitis
Encephalomyelitis
Encephalopathy
Endogenous paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome
Eosinophilia
Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome)
Epilepsy
Epileptic crises
Episcleritis
Epstein Barr
Erythema chronicum migrans
Exanthema (local and generalized)
Extrapyramidal disorders
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Facial diplegia
Fascicular tachycardia
Fatal adult respiratory distress syndrome
Fetal death
Fever
Fibromyalgia
Fibrositis
Focal nodular myositis
Frontotemporal atrophy
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Generalised motor neuron disease
Geniculate neuralgia
Giant cell arteritis
Gonarthritis
Granuloma annulare
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
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HLA-B27 negative sacroiliitis
Headaches (severe)
Hearing loss
Heart block
Hemiparesis
Hemophagocytic syndrome
Hepatic disorders
Hepatitis
Herniated discs
Holmes-Adie syndrome
Horner's syndrome
Human necrotizing splenitis
Hydrocephalus
Hyperacusis
Hyperbilirubinemia
Hypothyroidism
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Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (IAPP)
Idiopathic facial paralysis
Infarction pain
Impaired Brainstem response
Infantile sclero-atrophic lichen
Infectious Mononucleosis
Infiltrating lymphadenosis benigna cutis
Inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid syndrome
Influenza
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis
Intracerebral haemorrhage
Intracranial aneurysm
Intracranial hypertension
Intracranial mass lesions
Intrauterine growth retardation
Iritis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Isolated acute myocarditis
Isolated lymphadenopathy
Isolated neuritis of the sciatic nerve
Isolated oculomotor nerve paralysis
Isolated posterior cord syndrome
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Jaundice
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Keratitis
Keratoconus
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Left sided sudden hemiparesis
Lichen sclerosus
Livedo racemosa
Lofgren's syndrome
Lupus
Lymphadenosis benigna cutis
Lymphocytoma cutis
Lymphoma
Lumboradicular syndrome
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Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Memory impairment
Meningeal lymphoma
Meningitis
Meningoencephalomyelitis
Meningoencephalomyeloradiculoneuritis
Meningoradiculitis
Migraines
Mono-arthritis
Monolateral chorioretinitis
Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome (MAS)
Morning glory syndrome
Morphea
Motor neuron syndrome
Multiple mononeuropathy
Multiple Sclerosis
Myelopathy
Myofascial pain syndrome
Myositis
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Neonatal respiratory distress
Neuromyotonia
Nodular panniculitis
Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
Oculomotor paralysis
Oligoarthritis
Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
Nodular fasciitis
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Optic atrophy
Optic disk edema
Organic mood syndrome
Optic nerve lesion
Otoneurological Disorders
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Panuveitis
Papillitis
Paralysis of abdominal muscles
Paraneoplastic polyneuropathy
Paranoia
Parkinsonism
Parotitis
Pars plana vitrectopy
Parsonage and Turner syndrome
Peripheral facial palsy
Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral vascular disorder
Pericarditis
Perimyocarditis
Persistent atrioventricular block
Pigment epitheliitis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Polyneuritis cranialis
Polyneuropathy
Polysymptomatic autoimmune disorder
Porphyrinuria
Posterior scleritis
Primary lymphoma of the nervous system
Presenile dementia
Progressive cerebral infarction
Progressive facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome)
Progressive stroke
Progressive supranuclear paralysis
Prolonged pyrexia
Propriospinal myoclonus
Pseudo tumor Cerebrae
Pseudolymphoma
Pseudoneoplastic weight loss
Psychosomatic disorders
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Radiculoneuritis
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (pleocytosis)
Raynaud's syndrome
Recurrent paralysis
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Reiter's Syndrome
Respiratory failure
Restless legs syndrome
Retinal pigment epithelium detachment
Retinal vasculitis
Reversible dementia
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rhombencephalitis
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Sacro-iliitis infection
SAPHO syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Schizophrenia
Schoenlein-Henoch purpura
Scleroderma
Secondary syphilis
Seizure Disorders
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Septal panniculitis
Septic arthritis
Seventh nerve paralysis
Sick sinus syndrome
Spontaneous brain hemorrhage
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stiff-man syndrome
Still's disease
Stroke
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
Subacute multiple-site osteomyelitis
Subacute organic psychosyndrome
Subacute multiple-site osteomyelitis
Subacute presenile dementia
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Sudden deafness
Sudden hemiparesis
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Sudeck's atrophy
Synovitis
Syphilis
Symmetric Polyarthritis
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Temporal arteritis
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
Thrombocytopenic purpura
Thyroiditis
Tourette's syndrome
Transient Ischemic Attack
Transient left ventricular dysfunction
Trigeminal Neuralgia
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Unilateral interstitial keratitis
Unilateral papillitis
Urticaria
Uveitis
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Vasculitic neuropathy
Vasculitic mononeuritis multiplex
Vasculitis
Ventricular asystole
Vertigo
Vestibular neuronitis
Vitreous clouding.
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An article entitled Hidden Plague. Forget about SARS. Lyme disease is spreading steadily, and some experts say it can elude the standard cure was published in People Magazine on June 16, 2003. The article tells the story of a patient suffering from Lyme disease who was misdiagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), an incurable disease that is fatal within 5 years of onset. Dr. Whitaker states that nearly every patient she has tested who is suffering from Parkinson’s Disease has tested positive for Borrelia. Professor Luis Romero, MD, PhD reports three patients that had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease years ago to be 99% reversed using Pentacyclic Alkaloid Chemotype Uncaria tomentosa.
