A letter for Patients to take to Practitioners who do not acknowledge Lyme Disease

This letter is a tool for Lyme disease patients to take charge of their own health and advocate for themselves. By providing information on the disease and resources for further education, this letter aims to bridge the gap between patients and their healthcare providers and promote greater understanding and recognition of Lyme disease.

Sometimes when patients are dismissed, they are understandably angry and do not communicate well with practitioners about why they should learn more about Lyme Disease.

This letter was written by an LLMD for doctors to try to have them understand that Lyme Disease education is essential and where doctors can go to learn more to help patients.

This may seem like a small step, but creating an opening for incorrect/ uneducated doctors is a huge gateway to changing their minds and making future solutions available for people with Lyme Disease.

Please download the letter and email it or take it to any practitioner who has been less than helpful on your Lyme journey to help change the future.

If you have a practitioner who is interested in learning more about Lyme, here are two places we recommend to doctors to get started:

• The Lyme Academy - helps practioners quickly and easily learn about screening, early stage treatments, testing, and comprehensive diagnosis. Their platform offers doctor to doctor education via a virtual platform that makes it easy to learn more and get patients better, faster.

• ILADS- the leading medical society devoted to the treatment of Lyme and associated diseases. ILADS is a nonprofit, international, multidisciplinary medical society dedicated to the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and associated diseases.