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Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic | 
 enlarge | Author: Pamela Weintraub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 4254
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0312378122
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.92
EAN: 9780312378127
ASIN: 0312378122
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
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A groundbreaking and controversial narrative investigation into the science, history, medical politics, and patient experience of Lyme disease told by a science journalist whose entire family contracted the disease. Pamela Weintraub paints a nuanced picture of the intense controversy and crippling uncertainty surrounding Lyme disease and sheds light on one of the angriest medical disputes raging today. She also reveals her personal odyssey through the land of Lyme after she, her husband and their two sons became seriously ill with the disease beginning in the 1990s. From the microbe causing the infection and the definition of the disease, to the length and type of treatment and the kind of practitioner needed, Lyme is a hotbed of contention. With a CDC-estimated 200,000-plus new cases of Lyme disease a year, it has surpassed both AIDS and TB as the fastest-spreading infectious disease in the U.S. Yet alarmingly, in many cases, because the disease often eludes blood tests and not all patients exhibit the classic "bulls-eye" rash and swollen joints, doctors are woefully unable or unwilling to diagnose Lyme. When that happens, once-treatable infections become chronic, inexorably disseminating to cause disabling conditions that may never be cured. Weintraub reveals why the Lyme epidemic has been allowed to explode, why patients are dismissed, and what can be done to raise awareness in the medical community and find a cure. The most comprehensive book ever written about the past, present and future of Lyme disease, this exposes the ticking clock of a raging epidemic.
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Very well done book. August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very well written and explains Lyme from its discovery to its presnet state of debate over treatment protocols. The information is presented in a intersting way so you can get this important data without getting bogged down in things that are irrelevant. As other reviewers have pointed out it does not list Alternative or adjuncitive treatments to antibiotics so any reader would have to seach elsewhere for this data. With that said "Cure Unknown" is an appropriate title for this book.
A Must Read August 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Cure Unknown" is a must read for those with Lyme disease, those diagnosed with CFS, FMS,MS and many other "mystery" illnesses. If your doctor says, "It is all in your head","There is no such thing as Chronic Lyme", please read this book. If you wonder why the medical profession and insurance companies want to pretend Lyme disease does not exist, read this book. Pamela Weintraub tells the real story behind Lyme disease and gives real hope to sufferers and those who care.
Fills a need in Lyme literature bookshelf August 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having written four books on Lyme disease myself, I was skeptical about this book -- do we really need *another* Lyme disease book? As Lyme books flood the market, I think many are asking this question.
However, after reading this book, I can say that it is a valuable and unique book. I think the best accomplishment of the book is to neatly and thoroughly tie together the current state of affairs in the "Lyme world." Many books have bits and pieces of the current situation, but this book captures the snapshot of Lyme politics, treatment, research, and advocacy, in a clean, entertaining, and well-written fashion.
Additionally, I think the book will be very useful to the "masses" - both the public and the thousands of conventional physicians practicing "non-Lyme literate" medicine. For the public, this book has been written and presented accurately and professionally and will offer a much needed wake up call and education on Lyme disease, even for the beginner. For the physicians, the book will allow them to "get their feet wet" in the Lyme world without resorting to more fringe, less accepted books and writings.
The one area where the book is lacking is broad coverage of treatment options and alternative therapies, but this is an acceptable limitation, since that is not why this book was written. For treatment information, both conventional and alternative, I suggest reading the other books available on the topic, including the four I have written, and, for example, the excellent co-infection books penned by James Schaller, M.D. (covering Babesiosis and Bartonella infections).
Still, even with limited coverage of treatments, the book yet presents some quite fascinating and novel information on a few advanced treatment strategies, one of which was used to heal both the author of the book and one of the most prominent Lyme-literate doctors in the country (this particular treatment, which uses pulsed application of the cephalosporin antibiotic Ceftin, is discussed in Chapter 44, titled "How I Cured My Own Lyme Disease").
Yes, after more than a dozen Lyme books released in the last year or two, this book is worth the paper, and should be read by anyone affected by tick-borne disease.
Bryan Rosner
Author, "The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments"
Website: LymeBook Dot Com
No alternative medicine August 4, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book, especially for those who don't want to leave the world of allopathic medicine. Her writing is excellent and it clearly lays out the problems of our medical system when confronting a new epidemic like lyme. Because this is so strictly allopathic, it is a good resource for doctors, and I wish every single one of them would read it!
The hidden weaknesses, in my mind after spending 3 years in the world of lyme recovery, are that there is no mention of the Bowen Q-ribb, the very best diagnostic tool of all for lyme; nor are there mentions of some of the amazingly successful herbal/nutritional protocols - namely Buhner's herbs and the lymestrategies salt/c protocol, which is what caused my recovery.
When the doctors fail you, you can either continue to fight for access to antibiotics that may be having unsatisfactory results anyways, or give up on MD's altogether and go the alternative route, where many are finding their way to health by learning to read their own bodies instead of listening to "experts". This book in no way tells that story, but it is a growing movement.
Brilliantly written; an engrossing journey through the mire of Lyme Diesease July 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book has to be the most comprehensive compilation of material available regarding this hidious and pandemic disease. Kudos to Pam Weintraub for not only overcoming her own duel with Lyme disease, but for putting this together in a chohesive, educational and sobering way. Brilliantly written - this book is a must read for anyone suspecting Lyme disease. As others have mentioned in their reviews, this book needs to be shared with doctors everywhere. I am giving my copy to my Internist (at his request) and purchasing another copy to share with my Cardiologist & Neurologist. Having been recently diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease & Babesiosis myself, I found this book oddly comforting from a patient' perspective. As anyone who has dealt with chronic Lyme already knows themselves, there is a madness involved within the medical community that a patient will endure before a diagnosis is ever reached. This book has provided me a veritable wealth of information.
Thank you Pam for your courage, perserverance and compassion in telling this story!
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