Petition for Lyme treatment

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Hi,

 

Hope you all are hunkered down to enjoy all this beautiful snow!

 

As you may or may not know my sister has chronic Lyme disease. Her disease was undiagnosed for over a year and now she is desperately trying to get appropriate and effective treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment guidelines for Lyme desperately need to be reformed.

 

Lyme disease is at epidemic levels, posing a significant threat to public health. Lyme can lead to chronic and debilitating effects if not properly treated. Lyme is leaving masses of people in progressive states of illness and financial ruin. The Infectious Diseases Society of America's treatment guidelines are to blame, they promote the idea that Lyme is a simple, rare illness that is easily cured with 30 days of antibiotics. This is not true. Insurance companies are denying payments for medications even when deemed medically necessary after 30 days. Doctors who treat Lyme patients are being investigated and prosecuted for not conforming to such guidelines. Please sign this petition to reform IDSA guidelines and allow doctors NOT Insurance companies, to decide what is medically necessary.

 

I hope you will consider signing this petition. Both my sister and I thank you!!!

 

Hugs and be well,

Martha

 

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reform-infectious-disease-society-america-treatment-guidelines-lyme-disease/Pj9jG0pX