Dr Miller is an experienced retired Mayo clinic trained physician who practiced Internal Medicine and Rheumatology in San Antonio for 40 years and worked as clinical faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Centre as Full Professor. This short and informative 4-part series is certainly a worthwhile watch. He became interested in Lyme disease after his daughter in law was diagnosed with MS/ALS at the age of 43 and as he started to ask questions and connect the dots - he started to dig further into the clinical and scientific literature. He discovered that she was actually suffering from Lyme disease even though her Lyme test was reported as negative. He delves into the issues surrounding the current Lyme testing - used both in the US and in Canada - which is a two step process and is failing many patients resulting in misdiagnosis. The first step is an ELISA test - if this test is negative, the second test isn't done and the patient is declared to be negative. Dr Miller reviews the reasons why the Lyme testing is inadequate and more comprehensive testing needs to be done with an understanding of how to properly interpret the findings. He has become vocal in speaking out and educating other doctors and frontline practitioners about what he discovered as a means of preventing other patients from being misdiagnosed. Dr. Miller is an amazing physician with a desire to reach out and help as many others as possible - which indeed is what we all must do when we discover important truths that have the potential to impact the lives and futures of many.
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12/3/2017 07:02:56 pm
My daughter was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease within the past five years. She has struggled to find practitioners who are Lyme literate in The San Francisco Bay area I look forward to learning as much as I can about this insidious disease.
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Erin Mccormack
5/13/2020 04:27:30 pm
Would lymes disease show up, automatically, in a spinal tap?
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Mare
5/8/2023 09:17:54 am
Sadly not necessarily as according to https://www.columbia-lyme.org/diagnosis from which the following statement is excerpted... "Unfortunately culturing Lyme disease is nearly impossible after the initial infection because the spirochete doesn't stay in the blood or spinal fluid very long.".
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Terrie Wainwright
7/23/2020 01:50:10 pm
Hi,
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Linda
10/5/2023 07:06:27 pm
If you're open to alternative approaches, Dr. Marty Ross treats people.
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3/15/2024 01:33:18 pm
Thank you for your information on Lyme disease. My husband has had Lyme 3 times. When recently tested, we were told he continues to have latent Lyme disease and no medication can change it. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease several years ago that has affected his walking, balance, and memory. I was hoping you could direct me to a doctor/hospital in Massachusetts that could give him the medication he needs to rid himself of the Lyme disease and hopefully the Parkinson's.
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Elvira Gentile
4/6/2024 04:50:09 am
Thank you Dr Miller for your offer to speak to my husband’s doctor. He choose not to but did another Lyme test. Then suggested an infectious disease doctor.
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