BFIS GAZETTE issue 1 | Page 18

What does Lyme cause? Lyme can cause many things. It can cause other diseases such as parkinson's disease, it can also cause neurological issues and severe arthritis. It isn ´t proven yet, but in my opinion Lyme is only the start of other severe diseases that can eventually lead to death. The symptoms included with lyme are often different depending how severe your case of lyme is. In lyme you will find yourself having headaches, dizziness, joint pain and swelling, blurred vision, weakness, and if you have it severe you can get spasms, skin rashes, and severe arthritis. There are many other symptoms depending on your type of Lyme. Does Lyme disease have a cure? Many people get treated for lyme disease today and are told that they no longer carry lyme. But Lyme often reappears later on in life, and in some opinions, it never really leaves you. For other people it's easier to tell weather there case of lyme has ever gone away; such as people with chronic lyme. When you are diagnosed with chronic lyme it means that your case of lyme will never fully go away/will never be cured. Some doctors don't believe that chronic lyme exists and when told by a patient that they have chronic lyme they often ignore it and claim that they have a cure anyway. This often causes patients to think that their lyme has gone away when it should still be treated. When you leave lyme disease alone instead of treating it it does not get better, in fact, it only gets worse. If you are diagnosed with lyme make sure to get it treated immediately, then you have more of a chance of curing it before it gets severe. Fighting lyme Being a carrier of lyme disease myself, I and many other people have dedicated so much of their time to fighting lyme. I myself had to leave school for a certain amount of time in order to treat it. Coming up with a cure to lyme to make it go away for good has been very hard. Mostly because the internet as well as doctors are not reliable; for most of them haven't experienced it themselves. Because many people are often given false information telling them that lyme goes away, there hasn't been a proven cure that has helped for everyone including myself. Lyme lingers. If more doctors and patients knew about this, as well as believed it, we would be a lot further in finding a cure. With informative articles like this, we can spread awareness throughout our country.