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You are technically right, but I find this pedantry counterproductive. When someone is simply frustrated by their lack of options to alleviate their suffering,
by chefandy 7y ago
You are technically right, but I find this pedantry counterproductive. When someone is simply frustrated by their lack of options to alleviate their suffering, inserting yourself solely to make sure they're using the rightest possible terminology while ignoring their actual point a) doesn't add anything of value to the discussion, unless the distinctions between any of these terms can materially advance the discussion, b) is plainly dismissive of people's distress, and c) probably incorrectly assumes that they don't actually know what they're talking about when many people who are experiencing the alleged long-term side effects of Lyme, such as my wife, use that word as colloquial umbrella term to describe their symptoms. They've probably read more about it than you have, but writing out "fatigue and post-treatment Lyme syndrome" gets old.
- cpncrunch 7y agoThe problem is that most of these people who are diagnosed by "chronic lyme" actually have CFS (according to multiple studies). So, it's unlikely that any lyme treatments will work for these patients. As for CFS, many people do fully recover from that (I have myself, for example). But going down the chronic lyme rabbit hole is unlikely to bring any kind of relief.