WHY is LYME DISEASE UNIQUE? (short answer)
Lyme is unique, first of all, because of the consequences of not treating it early. It is VERY important to be diagnosed quickly if you are bitten by a Bb (Burrelia Burdorferi=Lyme) infected tick. If you go on the proper antibiotics within the first couple of months, they will get rid of any Bb or co-infections, but once they get a foothold, they are very difficult to get rid of.Unfortunately, very few doctors are what we call “Lyme Literate Doctors” or LLMDs. They are NOT educated to recognize the early symptoms, and many of them will not even recognize the tell tale “bull’s eye” or Erythema chronicum migrans (EM) rash that a small percentage of infected people get in the earliest stages of the infection. This rash guarantees, without any further testing, that the cause is Bb, and can be immediately and quickly treated with antibiotics and eradicated usually within three to six weeks.
Other doctors that have a bit of knowledge of the disease are taught that unless the rash is present, the person does not have LD (Lyme Disease). This is what is presently claimed on the Wikipedia website, is absolutely false, and it is my opinion that the truth is being deliberately suppressed and withheld from doctors. The more this disease is studied by sound research, the lower the percentage goes for those LD infected patients who display the EM rash.