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| Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic | 
 enlarge | Author: Pamela Weintraub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 4985
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0312378122
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.92
EAN: 9780312378127
ASIN: 0312378122
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
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A Must Read for All Parents June 18, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'm not a doctor, nor a medical researcher. But I am a parent who's been fighting for the life of my teenage daughter who has now been diagnosed with Lyme Disease + 2 co-infections. I have a biology degree and have been through a lot of illnesses myself, but I've never seen anything like the story of Lyme. This book is a must-read for all parents. It is a fact-based narrative that tells it like it is, from the political in-fighting in the medical community to the important research that's not getting the attention it should. And the stories it tells about those infected with Lyme are mesmerizing. We fight for a diagnosis, then we fight for treatment. If my family wasn't living this story ourselves, I'd think this was a Stephen King novel.
Amazing June 12, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Incredibly well written and answers many questions of why Lyme Disease is such a problem all across the US and world.
The Doctors, medical societies, health departments, and government who should be there to protect our citizens has failed us on so many levels. Pam put's it together and tells us some of the stories and why.
The argument over Lyme Disease should have been resolved over 20 years ago when they first discovered this disease in significant numbers of people.
Today it continues to be the most political, misrepresented, undiagnosed and devastating disease that you can get from otherwise living a health active lifestyle. It's as easy to get as small tick bite, yet as hard to get help as if your swimming with a shark.
They used to say "You don't get Lyme, until you GET Lyme". Now people can get Lyme by Reading Pam's Book.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! July 5, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I am so thankful to Pamela Weintraub for writing this book because it has helped me navigate the murky waters of lyme in the last two weeks as we seek treatment for our 11-year-old son who was just diagnosed. Even though we went directly to a lyme-literate doctor for help based on advice from our naturopathic doctor we got a real whiff of what Pamela Weintraub refers to as "the land of lyme" during the last week. I was much better prepared to help my son because of this book.
I am appalled that something this serious and this widespread is not being given more press and that children continue to go off to camps (where my son and another classmate picked up lyme disease) where camp staff, parents and teachers are blithely unaware of the very serious risks posed by ticks. I am simply in awe of Weintraub who was able to write such a riveting and scholarly book after all she and her family has been through. Great job! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
An invaluable Gift! June 14, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
With the up close and personal experiences of a patient and the objectivity of a science writer, Pam Weintraub has brought order out of the topsy-turvy world of Lyme land. Not only does her big picture narration make sense, it is engaging and readable.
She avoided what could have been a temptation to engage in attack-mode-advocacy, which would have further polarized the existing camps in the Lyme and academic communities. She did not go down the conspiracy path. She did not psychologize the suffering of Lyme patients. Instead, she stayed with the facts. Treatment of Lyme disease is extraordinarily expensive. The treatment is not always successful and can be dangerous. The cure is unknown. But there is more to the story.
Her discussion of a comment by psychiatrist Dr Bransfield illustrates. A Lyme patient, different than the "run-of the mill" bipolar disorder patient responded well to IV Rocephin. After reading this book one could also conclude that Lyme patients with autism, MS and ALS are different from the "run-of-the-mill" autism, MS and ALS patients.
Lyme and associated infections are not easily treated and can be chronic. Bipolar disorder, autism, MS, and ALS are sometimes linked directly with Lyme disease and associated infections. Her narrative of dramatic "cures" of such diseases through treatment of--may I say--chronic Lyme disease is compelling. It suggests that an understanding of the complex interplay between microbes, genetic variability, and epigenetics is required for effective assessment and treatment. As long as Lyme disease remains a simplistic easy to treat malady, those suffering from it will continue to be ignored by mainstream medicine only to suffer chronic illness, and, in the case of ALS, death.
Weintraub has given both sides of the Lyme debate an invaluable gift.
David Moyer, author, Too Good to be True? Nutrients Quiet the Unquiet Brain--A Four Generation Bipolar Odyssey
THE Reference Manual for Lyme June 18, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Pamela Weintraub presents an exhaustive account of the history, treatment options, and controvosy of Lyme disease and includes doctors, patients, drugs, court cases, and the latest scientific evidence (up to Spring 2008).
I have a large stack of books on my bedside table I'm currently reading but read this book cover to cover in 2 days. I couldn't put it down.
This is a must read for anyone affected by Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and ALS.
This is NOT a biased, opinion-based, personal account about one family's struggle with Lyme but a thorough, clear, fact-filled reference manual. Anyone seeking treatment for themselves or family members should read this first.
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