July 1, 2016.
After meeting with patients with Lyme disease, the Minister of Health announced a national plan to fight the disease.
The government wants to fight the disease
Wednesday June 29, the Ministry of Health announced that a major national plan would be launched, next September, for “ strengthen prevention Against Lyme disease, ” consolidate its diagnosis, improve the care of people who have it and involve all stakeholders in this fight “. In 2014, the number of new cases in France was estimated at nearly 27,000.
Getting diagnosed as early as possible is essential. ” The earlier Lyme is detected, the more its effects are suppressed “, Explains Marie-Claude Perrin, president of the association Lyme sans Frontières (LSF)” On the other hand, if the diseases are allowed to evolve, the pathologies can be particularly disabling. “. ” When you’re not lucky enough to be correctly diagnosed, it’s years of medical wandering She adds.
The government challenged by associations
Many associations had drawn the government’s attention to poor management of this disease, as well as the unreliability of diagnostic tests. Complaints should also be filed in the coming weeks against pharmaceutical companies that market these defective tests.
” If the person is not receiving antibiotic treatment, neurological signs or damage to the joints or more rarely other organs may appear a few weeks or months after the bite “, Warns the Ministry of Health on its website.
Lyme disease is transmitted through a tick bite. Corn for the disease to develop, the tick must be infected with bacteria of the spirochete family. To find out if you have been bitten by an infected tick, look at the site of your bite to see if a red plaque forms and remains visible 30 days after the bite. If so, go see your doctor quickly.
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