Lyme disease victims testify at Statehouse about lack of proper treatment – News – The State Journal-Register – Springfield, IL

Springfield-area residents testified before an Illinois Senate committee Tuesday to bring awareness to the lack of adequate care they say they received for Lyme disease.And with the mild winter Illinois just went through, there could be even more ticks to spread the disease.Nathan Gwillim of Springfield told the committee he was bitten by a tick in 2011 and was misdiagnosed for two years.“I was bit and I didn’t really think anything of it. I hadn’t really heard of Lyme

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Lyme disease can be devastating. With severe cases people may no longer be able to work. It is difficult to get Social Security Disability when you have this condition because many times the doctors are not able to make an accurate diagnosis.