LYME DISEASE (Chronic)

YES LYME DISEASE EXISTS IN AUSTRALIA

Dr Mayne has always had an intense interest in the early initial infection that goes on to cause Chronic Lyme Disease. This interest was sharpened by the dermatology diploma he did in 2005 in terms of early recognition of the disease and also the unique skin manifestation that can occur much later in the disease.

In October 2009 he was approached by a patient who was quite desperate with an advanced presentation after 102 tick bites in one day some 9 months before. Her treatment (specialist directed) was failing after some initial success.  Could he help? Could he take on the task of up skilling himself in this sad neglected area of medicine in Australia, where most medicos dont believe the disease exists?

The many pages to follow explore these questions with remarkable findings for both patients and doctors. For the latter this will be mainly for the medical gatekeeper, the patients GP. It is not intended that a patient will necessarily be able to understand the information presented within for doctors. 

LYME DISEASE - FOR PATIENTS

LYME DISEASE - FOR DOCTORS

These pages will be under development from 1st March 2010 for many months with the patient pages given priority