Teenage Girl in our area died from Erlichiosis - Lyme Disease Message Board

KeyLyme · 08-31-2007, 06:01 PM

I read a sad story today that a local girl died from Erlichiosis. They didn't know what killed her until they did the autopsy. She was ony 15. Talk about tragic.

My pharmacist said that he's seeing a ton of Lyme Disease people at his pharmacy this year. Things are getting out of control.

Aquaticgirl · 08-31-2007, 06:06 PM

That is very sad. There really needs to be more spotlight on tick-bourne diseases. Maybe that girl could have been treated.

KeyLyme · 08-31-2007, 06:26 PM

Yes, her death was completely uneccessary. If they would have figured out she had Erlichiosis, they could have treated her and she'd be alive today. I can't imagine the torture her parents are going through right now.

jojo · 08-31-2007, 06:35 PM

This just does not need to be happening!

Prayer's to the family!

sarah92202 · 08-31-2007, 08:21 PM

this is so sad, my son is that age and I can't imagine how I would feel if he had died from untreated Lyme or it's co-infections. And it still scares me everyday that he is not completely well yet. It also just drives me crazy that that Wormser made it seem like Lyme is such an easily treated disease, that all you have to do is go to your doctor and get on 4 weeks of ABX's and then you are fine, this is such crap!! most doctors don't even consider Lyme, let alone treat people for it. You know there are thousands of people walking around with Lyme that have no idea what is wrong with them, and even if they mention Lyme to their doc's, the doc's blow it off. I'm having my son retested for co-infections next month, he was tested through IGeneX and Quest for co-infectionsand all were negative, but maybe there just weren't any antibodies floating around in those samples. It is so scary.
KeyLyme are you going to take your kids to see Dr. J? sarah