Lyme Aware

Understanding Lyme Disease

According to the CDC, almost 4,000 people were diagnosed with Lyme disease in Massachusetts alone last year; more than any other state. And Lyme disease is not simple to diagnose — it is often accompanied by other co-infections and chronic disease symptoms which make treatments almost impossible. After almost thirty years of studying the effects and complications of Lyme disease, Dr. Richard Horowitz lays out in his new book, Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving The Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease, his new 16 point differential diagnostic map for recognizing and successfully treating the often misdiagnosed disease. Dr. Horowitz is has a degree in internal medicine, which means that he has studied all medical subspecialties. “Its kind of like being a family doctor but I’m trained in all of the specialties; cardiology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, everything,” he says. Read more.