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ITV news Wales<\/strong> report, 8 Feb 2017: Thousands could have Lyme disease without knowing<\/a><\/p>\n

A campaign to raise awareness of Lyme disease has found that thousands of people could be living with the condition, having been diagnosed with something else.<\/p>\n

Lyme disease is spread to humans through infected ticks. The NHS says up to 3,000 people are diagnosed with the condition every year.<\/p>\n

It can be treated effectively if it\u2019s detected early enough, otherwise those with the disease may develop severe and long-lasting symptoms.<\/p>\n

The Fight Lyme Now<\/a> campaign surveyed Lyme disease sufferers across the UK.<\/p>\n

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It found almost one in five of those who had a laboratory test on the NHS tested positive for the \u2018infective agent\u2019 of Lyme disease after receiving a diagnosis of a different condition previously.<\/p>\n

Some of the alternative conditions people had been diagnosed with were chronic fatigue syndrome, psychiatric disorders, autoimmune diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease.<\/p>\n

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“The overall finding is that there are a lot of people out there with conditions that might actually be infected by the… I call it the sort of ‘signature agent’ of Lyme disease – and that\u2019s an organism called Borrelia.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Dr Chris Newton, Fight Lyme Now<\/p>\n

Read the full article for more about Lyme disease<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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