Lyme Disease: Australia's Hidden Epidemic

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Australia’s ‘hidden epidemic’: Woman left unable to walk and speak after her Lyme disease went undiagnosed for 26 YEARS… because government refuses to acknowledge it as a ‘notifiable disease’

Rebecca Vary suffered from Lyme disease undiagnosed for 26 years
She was left unable to walk, suffered from extreme fatigue and was losing her ability to speak for long periods of time
Ms Vary was forced to travel to Germany to seek treatment as the Australian government does not recognise it can be caught here
Maddie Bridgman also went to Germany for treatment after a test conducted overseas confirmed she had the disease
The nursing student, who suffered from up to 11 seizures a day and couldn’t walk, was told by a nurse: ‘you’re making this up, stop shaking’
The Lyme Disease Association of Australia estimates 300,000 Australians are currently living with illness, which is usually transferred by ticks

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