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~LYME DISEASE: THE "BEST KEPT SECRET"~

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~Minnesota Lymefighter's Advocacy ~

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a Chapter of the

"Lyme Disease United Coalition"

Section 501(c)(3) Non-Profit

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ALL I'LL EVER DO, WILL BE "IN MEMORY OF YOU". MY DEAR, SWEET SISTER. MY BEST FRIEND, LESLIE.

MINNESOTA LYMEFIGHTER'S ADVOCACY
A CHAPTER OF THE "LYME DISEASE UNITED COALITION"
111 Ridge Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
ph: 218.829.LYME.(5963)
info@lymefighters.org

~LYME DISEASE/AN OVERVIEW~

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~WITH DEEPEST GRATITUDE~
TO:WILLY BURGDORFER, PhD

-DISCOVERER OF LYME DISEASE IN THE USA IN THE YEAR 1982-

-NAMED BORRELIA BURGDOFERI- (IN HONOR OF HIM)

THANK-YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR YOUR COMPASSION; DEDICATION & BRILLIANCE!!

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Brown University, located in Providence Rhode Island, provides a very thorough historical account of "Lyme Disease."

~Lyme Disease is a cyclic disease which has chronic, multi-systemic, neuropsychiatric manifestations. (1) It causes functional, chemical, and structural changes to the brain and alters almost every organ system of the body. It is caused by the spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected deer ticks. (2) In 1975 Lyme Disease was classified as a new disease in response to approximately 50 cases of pediatric arthritis in the town of Lyme, Connecticut. These cases were originally diagnosed as "Lyme Arthritis," until the unique symptomology indicated a different etiology. This was not the first reported incidence of Lyme, as it had been documented as early as 1883 by Alfred Buchwald, but it paved the way for further research into the disease.

Since 1975, the prevalence of the disease has increased many fold, but so has our understanding of it. The determination of the causative agent of the disease, Borrelia Burgdorferi, and its vector, the Ixodes tick, has led to the development of various medical interventions and vaccine approaches. As our understanding of the disease deepens, the pros- pects for vaccine development become more numerous and more promising.

~Above-Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D., Hard at work~

~FIRST: GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE~ (WILLY BURGDORFER-DISCOVERER OF LYME DISEASE IN USA)

Timeline of important events in the history of Lyme Disease
Year	Event
1883	The first recorded case of Lyme Disease is described by Alfred Buchwald. He described it as a degenerative skin disorder now known as ACA (acrodermatitis chronica atorphicans).
1909	Arvid Afzelius presents his research on expanding ring like lesion (erythema migrans) associated with what would become known as Lyme Disease.
1921	Arvid Afzelius publishes his work and speculates on the origin of the disease as the Ixodes Scapularis tick and connects the disease with joint problems.
1922	The disease is found to be associated with neurological problems.
1930	The disease is found to also cause psychiatric problems.
1934	Appearance of EM or ACA is associated with benign lymphocytomas.
	Arthritic symptoms are reported in connection with the disease.
1970	Rudolph Scrimenti, professor of dermatology publishes reports of the rash .
1975	Allen C. Steere, Yale, investigates a group of rashes and swollen joints in Lyme, Connecticut. Scrimenti publishes about his treatment of the rash with penicillin.
1976	A clustering of cases of the disease is reported in a Naval Medical Hospital in Connecticut.
1977	Steere et. Al misdiagnoses Lyme Disease as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and names the condition Lyme Arthritis.
1982	The etiological agent of the disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, is discovered by Dr. Willy Burgdorfer.
1983	Treatment of Lyme disease with oral and intravenous antibiotics begins and clinicians define the three stages of Lyme Disease.
1986	Skeptics denounce the existence of Lyme Disease.
1988	Lyme Disease Foundation (LDF) Founded.
1997	Borrelia burgdorferi genome sequenced by TIGR.
1999	Smith Kline Beecham receive FDA approval and place LYMErix vaccine on the market.
2002	LYMErix vaccine removed from market.

~BELOW: UPDATED HISTORY CHART~

2000	The IDSA, Infectious Disease Society of America releases guidelines that are not beneficial to Lyme patients. Insurance companies use these guidelines to deny tretment to patients who desperately need it.
2002	LYMErix vaccine is removed from the market after thousands of people became ill- or developed permanent Lyme arthritis after receiving the vaccine.
2002-2003	The OPMC begins its harrassment of Lyme treating doctors trying to take away their licences. This began with the investigations of Drs Perry Orens and Joseph Burrascano. Two chronic Lyme treating physicians from New York. Dr. Burrascano's trial lasted 6 years- he was successful. Dr. Orens lost his licensce. This is still going on today to other Lyme treating doctors.

2004	ILADS puts out their own guidelines for treating chronic lyme disease, which includes using long term antibiotics and treating a patient until they are better..
2005	Dr. Charles Ray Jones, the only pediatric Lyme doctor- who has treated over 10,000 children with Lyme disease is told he is on trial by the Connecticut state medical board. This trial is still in process.
2006	The Infectious disease Society of America releases even more strict guidelines- this time saying that there is NO chronic lyme disease. This outrages patients and the doctors who are treating them. Patients respond by writing letters to congress, signing petitions, and there was a rally at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY- where three of the doctors who wrote the new guidlelines work- the chief author of these guidelines- Dr. Gary Wormser, also works there. Patients came from as far as California, Texas, and Florida to protest.

~OPEN EYE PICTURES GREAT LYME OVERVIEW~(FROM THE PRODUCER'S OF "UNDER OUR SKIN")

~ANGELFIRE'S GREAT HISTORY UPDATE~

~UNDER THE EIGHTBALL~

~PLEASE VIEW THIS POWERFUL TRAILER~

http://www.undertheeightball.com/

In 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating mists of

"Infectious Aerosols"

for testing on animals........

"AND PEOPLE!"

Employees called it the eightball.

On the Nightmare Trail of Lyme Disease.

~NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWS~

"UNDER THE EIGHTBALL"
(CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ)
'Under the Eightball' - MOVIE REVIEW - ~The Los Angeles Times~
(CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ REVIEW)

MINNESOTA LYMEFIGHTER'S ADVOCACY
A CHAPTER OF THE "LYME DISEASE UNITED COALITION"
111 Ridge Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
ph: 218.829.LYME.(5963)
info@lymefighters.org