Common misdiagnoses
Lyme victims are commonly misdiagnosed with other illnesses, such as:
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Early ALS
- Early Alzheimers disease
- Encephalitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Fifth’s disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux disease
- Infectious Arthritis
- Interstitial Cystis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Lupus
- Ménières Syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Prostatitis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Psychiatric disorders (bipolar, depression, etc.)
- Raynaud’s Syndrome
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Sleep disorders
- Thyroid disease
- Various other illnesses
Learn how to talk to your doctor to avoid being misdiagnosed.