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What kind of doctor is treating your Lyme disease?
What kind of doctor is treating your Lyme disease?
My LLMD studied Lyme after he got out of medical school and did much research. He's a brilliant man who believes in combining alternative medicine with standard medicine.
I guess mine is the most Odd. My Lyme doctor is Also my OB/GYN.
He got into Lyme treatment, because his wife and Daughter had it, and there was no one to treat them. I live in Texas, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area, and besides my doctor, I don't know of anyone else that treats Lyme here. There may be others, but no one even thought that what I had was Lyme. I was told Texas Does not have Lyme disease. Ha! for that one!
He got into Lyme treatment, because his wife and Daughter had it, and there was no one to treat them. I live in Texas, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area, and besides my doctor, I don't know of anyone else that treats Lyme here. There may be others, but no one even thought that what I had was Lyme. I was told Texas Does not have Lyme disease. Ha! for that one!
You are correct. My LLMD is a GP who decided to specialize in Lyme. But I don't see him for non-Lyme issues, I still have my "regular" GP for that. So I guess I didn't see how to fit my situation into the above options.
It's not a separate branch of medicine, but LLMD's often operate differently. For example, many do not participate in insurance, and may also take other measures to stay below the radar, since they are often criticized or even prosecuted for their Lyme treatments.
It's not a separate branch of medicine, but LLMD's often operate differently. For example, many do not participate in insurance, and may also take other measures to stay below the radar, since they are often criticized or even prosecuted for their Lyme treatments.
I think you are correct for the most part. The LLMD I saw was an internal medicine doctor who had an interest in lyme. He treated me before. I am now being treated for "pathogens"by a physical medicine/rehab specialist. I do have a friend however who is being treated by an ID who is a lyme literate and I believe a member of ILADS. I would say though that the vast majority are treated by general doctors or internal medicine who have a lyme interest.
I live in Oregon and "LLMDs" don't exist in the city where I live. From my understanding LLMDs are just general doctors who have treated Lyme more often than others, and that it's not a specific area of focus in medicine. Is that incorrect? The only person in in the city where i live who treats Lyme is a naturopathic doctor; hence the reason I included that in the mix.
Other. I see an LLMD who is an ILADS member. I'm a bit surprised that is not an option in the poll?
I don't think any of the categories of doctor listed above would Rx long term antibiotic therapy for Lyme and co-infections, as they would tend to go with IDSA guidelines for diagnosis and treatment instead. (That is, the two-tier testing, then if and only if CDC positive for Lyme, a single, relatively short course of antibiotics.)
Except for naturopathic doctors, I don't know how they would go about treating Lyme.
I don't think any of the categories of doctor listed above would Rx long term antibiotic therapy for Lyme and co-infections, as they would tend to go with IDSA guidelines for diagnosis and treatment instead. (That is, the two-tier testing, then if and only if CDC positive for Lyme, a single, relatively short course of antibiotics.)
Except for naturopathic doctors, I don't know how they would go about treating Lyme.
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