11 year old is interviewed on CBC radio about her battle with Lyme disease.
Aired: July 15, 2020
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[ CanLyme note: “Although rare”, yet they state in the same breath that “sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme disease might be an under-recognized entity”. In other words, they have no idea because in the past decades they have not been looking and nor was Lyme disease considered in similar sudden cardiac deaths. The standard…
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Congratulations and are thanks to the Manitoba physicians that stuck with this case. This case indicates how serious and debilitating Lyme can be, how the disease can metamorphose and how easily it could be dismissed by AMMI trained physicians. Emily is young and and stands a good chance of recovery because of her younger healthier immune system which should be able to take over. It is all to easy for doctors to throw cases like this onto the compost pile of psychiatric disorders.