Death Data Show No Links To Lyme Disease

Death Data Show No Links To Lyme Disease

Journal analyzed 1.2 million state records of causes

When Suzanne Brand of Clinton Corners contracted Lyme disease in 1994, a doctor suggested she had an illness that other sufferers say they have also been tagged with: multiple sclerosis. She disagreed, and a Lyme test proved her right. Brand believes that Lyme disease cases — and deaths — go uncounted, labeled instead as syndromes like Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and MS. “It’s been hidden for a long time,” said Brand, 75, and many other Lyme disease physicians and patients agree. Read more.