Why isn’t there a working Vaccine for Lyme’s Disease yet?
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Heather B asked:
I know there was one that was being worked on, which is why the CDC had to write down very rigid (and only moderately accurate) guidelines for their Lyme diagnostic procedures, in order to quantify an illusive illness. It mimics Chronic Fatigue syndrome, FMS, even Alzheimers and Parkinson’s– and yet, when the original vaccine was found to _give_ people Lyme’s instead of prevent it (oops, scary!), it was shelved and nothing more came of that. Yes, I have a vested interest- I have Lyme’s disease, my children have it (passed through my womb when I was pregnant and undiagnosed). My continuing research scares me- Lyme’s is often underestimated and standard tests can be inaccurate or, worse, falsely negative, leaving undiagnosed people in pain and untreated for years or even decades. I was sick for sixteen years before I got a positive western blot, not uncommon for folks who who have chronic Lyme. (BTW, I got sick in the 80’s in SC, not a “Lyme State”)
You’re right, Spirocete’s ARE forms of bacteria, and one of the ways Lyme hides itself in the body by changing its form.
I know there was one that was being worked on, which is why the CDC had to write down very rigid (and only moderately accurate) guidelines for their Lyme diagnostic procedures, in order to quantify an illusive illness. It mimics Chronic Fatigue syndrome, FMS, even Alzheimers and Parkinson’s– and yet, when the original vaccine was found to _give_ people Lyme’s instead of prevent it (oops, scary!), it was shelved and nothing more came of that. Yes, I have a vested interest- I have Lyme’s disease, my children have it (passed through my womb when I was pregnant and undiagnosed). My continuing research scares me- Lyme’s is often underestimated and standard tests can be inaccurate or, worse, falsely negative, leaving undiagnosed people in pain and untreated for years or even decades. I was sick for sixteen years before I got a positive western blot, not uncommon for folks who who have chronic Lyme. (BTW, I got sick in the 80’s in SC, not a “Lyme State”)
You’re right, Spirocete’s ARE forms of bacteria, and one of the ways Lyme hides itself in the body by changing its form.
And There _was_ a vaccine, but it was found to cause symptoms. but why isn’t there work being done on an EFFECTIVE solution? Politics?
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