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There was a time when medicine was an art. The relationship with a patient was one of trust developed over time. The Physician and Nurse practiced the art of medicine using tools of observation, a relationship with the patient, and subsequently developed a diagnosis based on evidence from a variety of sources.
Today the push toward “evidence based medicine” has degraded this practice of the art of medicine.
Physicians and Nurse Practitioners have become “providers” who are pushed by HMO’s and fear of lawsuits.
Medicine has become a job, not an art.
The arrogance of ‘experts’ becomes the only “evidence” with limited studies. This is not a diagnosis. Evidence should not be limited studies taken out of context. Evidence should be a combination of the patient’s symptoms, the physicians experience and the
published studies. In the end the diagnosis is a healing art.
Lyme disease is an example of the failure of “evidence based medicine”.
The following is an abstract from a recent article in the Research Journal of Infectious Diseases:
Lyme disease remains a controversial illness. The controversy is based on a profound disagreement over the existence of
persistent infection with the Lyme spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, and the ability of this persistent infection to cause
chronic symptoms in patients who are untreated or undertreated for the initial spirochetal disease.
In this article, we summarize evidence from animal models, human studies and in vitro experiments that support persistent spirochetal
infection as the cause of chronic Lyme disease. Specifically, the role of cysts and biofilms in this process is outlined, and the need for better treatment options for patients with chronic Lyme disease is defined.
Raphael B. Stricker1* and Lorraine Johnson1 2013
(sorry link no longer available- below is another article)
Lyme Disease: The next Decade
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