Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United
States, with more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. However,
doctors are deeply divided on how to diagnose and treat it, giving
rise to the controversy known as the "Lyme Wars." Firmly entrenched
camps have emerged, causing physicians, patient communities, and
insurance providers to be pitted against one another in a struggle
to define Lyme disease and its clinical challenges. Health care
providers may not be aware of its diverse manifestations or the
limitations of diagnostic tests. Meanwhile, patients have felt
dismissed by their doctors and confused by the conflicting opinions
and dubious self-help information found online. In this
authoritative book, the Columbia University Medical Center
physicians Brian A. Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky explain that,
despite the vexing "Lyme Wars," there is cause for both doctors and
patients to be optimistic. The past decade's advances in precision
medicine and biotechnology are reshaping our understanding of Lyme
disease and accelerating the discovery of new tools to diagnose and
treat it, such that the great divide previously separating medical
communities is now being bridged. Drawing on both extensive
clinical experience and cutting-edge research, Fallon, Sotsky, and
their colleagues present these paradigm-shifting breakthroughs in
language accessible to both sides. They clearly explain the
immunologic, infectious, and neurologic basis of chronic symptoms,
the cognitive and psychological impact of the disease, as well as
current and emerging diagnostic tests, treatments, and prevention
strategies. Written for the educated patient and health care
provider seeking to learn more, Conquering Lyme Disease gives an
up-to-the-minute overview of the science that is transforming the
way we address this complex illness. It argues forcefully that the
expanding plague of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases can be
confronted successfully and may soon even be reversed.
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