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UK Lyme Petition

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Patricia Cobbett
11 years ago

The current UK tests are not fit for purpose and Lyme disease often goes undiagnosed. Or the sick person is diagnosed with something else and left to suffer alone. The general public does not know the risks from Lyme Disease and are not aware that prompt treatment with antibiotics might save them from a lifetime of deteriorating health. I speak as someone who has been ill for 25 years and only discovered I was infected with Lyme Disease and co-infections 10 years ago.

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Steve Barnard
11 years ago

The treatment or should I say lack of treatment of Lyme disease is a global scandal.

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Steve Barnard
11 years ago

The treatment or should I say lack of treatment of Lyme disease is a global scandal.

Maxine Barnard

A serious disease with à serious lack of medical response, this needs to change urgently to allow those of us with Lyme to take control of our lives!

Jo

I have watched healthy, active people fade to poorly people unable to perform even basic tasks. This disease needs more recognition.

Anonymous

My best friend has finally just been diagnosed after several years of suffering. The lack of acknowledgement by the NHS and the current awareness of this debilitating disease has got to change!

GrahamStasiw

I have lymes disease but im still mobile ' I m lucky .

Lyndon Payne

Living in an area in which Ticks are an everyday hazard and where local Dr's do not automatically test for Lyme disease or the presence of Spirochetes leaves me very concerned.

Anonymous

My daughter was eventually diagnosed with Lyme after three and a half years.

Claudine Bultel

I have Lyme disease and been ill for 4 years. I can no longer work and now hat I am 37 years old it looks like it will take my chances of ever having a family away. I knew I was bitten by something and even suggested Lyme to the doctors. They all ignored me. It took 4 years before a test luckily came back positive for me to be taken seriously but I had to push for the test. I was told I suffered a somatoform disorder and then labelled with ME. This illness is ruining not just our lives but our partners lives too. I have lost friends, family members, all my money, I have no pension, won't be able to have children and not to mention all the emotional issues and stress that comes with being ill knowing that if the doctors listened to you in the first place and treated appropriately, then you could be living a happy and successful life right now. Chronic Lyme disease does exist and it's about time doctors are clued up on it, better testing was done and appropriate treatment was given. Doctors need to be able to diagnose clinically and offer treatment asap. It is absolute torture at times living in a body that is full of bacteria eating you from the inside. Being ignored is not acceptable and quite frankly inhumane and sinful.

Stuart Walker

Lyme Disease needs to be taken and treated seriously by the UK Government, national health service Atos and benefits agency. Stop ignoring this awful disease and all who directly or indirectly suffer because of it

Ann Burrows

My 12 year old grandson has had Lyme for almost 2 years and was in a wheelchair for 6 weeks but even then no diagnosis was made. My daughter was told in the beginning that he definitely did not have Lyme as it was not a problem in Surrey. One doctor even suggested that he was avoiding school! The family finally found a doctor who diagnosed Lyme Disease. My grandson is still seriously ill and we are all very worried about his future. More must be done to help with this terrible disease.

Sandie Evans

This disease must be recognised & treated promptly by GP's also the public should be made more aware to prevent infection from ticks.

Laura Robinson

I have chronic Lyme disease and it has turned my world upside down in just 2 and a half years. Something needs to be done!!

Heather north

Despite what NHS says 2weeks of antibiotics do not clear the symptoms. I still experience symptoms 4 years after confirmed diagnosis and treatment

Donna Perkins

my partner and sister both have Lyme disease setting needs to be done to save these life's , Too many people committing suicide because of this awful Disease we need help and we need it now please help!!

Linda Kay

please support this awful disease.. We need help ! And we need to educate people That have no clue about this

Julie Jackson

my daughter went two years misdiagnosed and now has chronic Lyme, the powers that be need to start to take notice of how many people this is really affecting before its to late.

John Wilson

It is time the NHS brought their knowledge and treatment of this disease into the 21st Century!

Tracey Cunningham

This disease is making people very ill and more needs to be done!

Eileen Nahum

My son has chronic Lyme which has been misdiagnosed for 14 years. More funding, recognition and education is needed to educate doctors and the public of the dangers of Lyme.

Robin Ward

I have been active in the UK outdoors for over four decades. In that time I have witnessed a huge increase in the number of ticks. Two of my friends have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease and are experiencing serious repercussions to their quality of life. Much more needs to be done by our NHS to tackle this horrendous problem.

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jen collier

seeing my friend struggle with this disease and no dr knowing how to treat her in this day and age is shocking

kate turbyfield

I waa diagnosed 2 years ago and i have recently relapsed but now fighting for more treatment. ...this needs to be recognised

karen holder

My sister is effected. I'm shocked there is no understanding, treatment or even acknowledgement of this awful disease by doctors. Treatmemt and even cures available now for cancer and leukemia but nothing for this horrendous disease which effects and destroys ones body and in turn life. So sad. So frustrating. Someone needs to stand up and do something!

Anonymous

I've just had a positive blood test and I'm frankly daunted by the likelihood I won't get adequate treatment on the NHS. I have already used all my savings trying to treat autoimmune diseases I know now were caused by Lyme.

Anonymous

First hand experience of Lymes disease. Needs more recognition!

Anonymous

It is absolute disgrace that patients suffering the devastating effects of Lyme disease are met with such a lack of care and treatment by the NHS (yes, the 'wonderful' NHS). Not only that, are made to feel that they must be mentally ill as the (inadequate and inappropriate) blood tests fail to reveal current Lyme when it has moved into the post-Lyme co-infection phase. Young people's lives have been devastated by this illness and continue to be so. Even the local VET surgery has a large poster warning about the danger to DOGS, but NOTHING for humans (despite the fact that in Sweden, for example, children are all vaccinated against Lyme). It's a disgrace.

Anonymous

It is surprising that this debilitating disease has still not attracted enough attention and research and that as a result there is still no satisfactory treatment available.

Michael Paul

Do something before it's a major crisis

dominique keeling

This disease is a killer if left untreated. We should alert all GPS

Marcela Montoya-Turnill

A friend of mine was not diagnosed properly and early by his GP therefore the disease spread and by the time it was finally diagnosed it was too late! We need to stop denying we have a huge problem in the U.K.! So we need: recognition that there is a problem, acknowledgement and awareness that Lyme disease exists and it is affecting the population, education to prevent new cases and to inform the medical collective and the public (publicity campaigns), commitment through funding of serious research and adequate treatment of Lyme disease sufferers starting in the UK´s NHS in collaboration with Universities & Research Institutions to find solutions and to stop the spread of this disease. We also need to know and ask for advice to other collectives worldwide because I know that in the U.S.A. local doctors (i.e.: in Kansas) are aware and detect cases of Lyme disease early enough and apply an adequate early treatment that prevents the disease from developing and spreading throughout the body.

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This disease which is ruining people's lives and which has been ignored for years, must now be taken seriously by Governments worldwide.

charlotte Bridge

Please GMC wake up to this epidemic!

Anonymous

For the seriousness of this disease it needs to be looked at more seriously.. Ask the Canadians they are advanced in their research

Ofelia Diaz

This disease should be supported by the NHS, governments are expending millions in wars and munitions why not to used those millions to support all kind of diseases and vulnerable people, planting trees and education? The planet would be a happier place.

Ellen Connett

Excellent petition that is applicable for every country. Victims and their families need help NOW.

John Graham

Lyme Disease needs investment in research, training for medical staff and education NOW!

Mrs. Laurette Anne Bachmann

I know three families who are fighting to get proper treatment here and in the USA.

Norma Mariouw-Smit

Tracing the origins and finding a cure for this horrible disease may well turn out to be the most urgent Medical need of this century. We should especially concentrate on confirming beyond doubt that it all in fact DID start with the biological weapons researches carried out on Plum Island - and also verification of the claim that it might be the cause of MS, ME, Parkinsons, Arthritis, Syphillis, `Heart Failure - AND Alzheimers, (which all sound a bit far-fetched...)

Damien Thomas

An urgent response to this awful disease is vital.

Annie Hewitt

It is a scandal that so little is being done to recognize and treat this disease.

Sue Gladstone

Lyme disease has destroyed the lives of so many in the UK including that of a young friend of mine. When sufferers reach the end of the road with the NHS there is absolutely nothing on offer to them, thus all hope is gone. Unless, of course, they can afford to go to Germany for private treatment. Lyme disease is a ticking time bomb. No government can afford to ignore the increasing number of sufferers. Money has to be found to find research and effective treatment.

Sue Gladstone

Lyme disease has destroyed the lives of so many in the UK including that of a young friend of mine. When sufferers reach the end of the road with the NHS there is absolutely nothing on offer to them, thus all hope is gone. Unless, of course, they can afford to go to Germany for private treatment. Lyme disease is a ticking time bomb. No government can afford to ignore the increasing number of sufferers. Money has to be found to find research and effective treatment.

Vanessa Boyd

I have suspected Lyme disease after 15 years of being extremely poorly, on a downward spiral. Due to lack of awareness, poor diagnosis techniques and complete disregard of serious symptoms, I now have severe neurological problems which I can only hope are not permanent.

rose howell

I think many people who are diagnosed with me, fibromyalgia and arthritis and many more incurable diseases may have lyme disease. It is about time doctors learnt about this debilitating disease.. also money needs to be made available for researching a cure (not a big pharma 'cure').the present antibiotic idea is useless...

Anonymous

Its outrageous that UK GPs and even specialists - as we have found- barely know what Lymmes disease is, and if they do, do their best to deny that it could be here in UK!!!! In other Erupoean countries Lymmes is treated seriously and it should also be here! Wake up UK doctors - this is a major issue with HUGE and lifelongconsequences if not treated imediately!

Anonymous

Having heard about the plight of a friend's son who has been so cruelly afflicted with this horrible disease, I am delighted to be given the opportunity to support this petition.

Lorna Bramley

having suffered for nearly 20 years, I am losing hope that anything will change. There seems to be so much resistance from the British Medical powers that be, to look at the peer reviewed science. Persister Cells exist, period.

Kathryn Solly

My friend is 19 and has Lyme disease. They say he has 2-3 years to live. At this rate, he will not be able to see himself married, having children, or any of the world in its entirety. I refuse to let him die knowing that there is the slightest thing I can do. UK needs to wake up and realise that this disease is a problem.

Anonymous

It's a disgrace that we have so little to offer (confirmed) lyme disease sufferers in this country. My adult son has been struck down by this debilitating parasitic illness and there is no treatment available after the initial four weeks. One has to search the world for help.

Cindy Magyar

Good luck! Shame they put their heads in the sand!!

Karston

I hope change comes!

allister weir

Action on lime disease needed now!!

Stephen Roger Dyer

NHS Lyme therapy is using insensitive testing and inadequate intervention. This is leaving many undiagnosed and suffering debilitating chronic Lyme. Something needs to be done. This petition asks for the basic steps to be instituted to deliver good clinical practise in line with what medical research into this condition is telling us.

Jacqueline Moran

Please help us, we need to and have the right to be treated.

Vanda Percival

I contracted Lymes disease while on holiday in Maine . Uk doctors refused to recognise it as such , luckily as a pharmacist I was able to insist on immediate antibiotic treatment . When I was told by a consultant when in isolation in hospital that I should stop them , I ignored him and continued so probably saved my own life .

Gretchen Cameron

I was first infected in 1990, but went undiagnosed until 1997. I went to Mayo Clinic, but they are not Lyme literate, and only diagnosed me with many other diseases which were merely symptoms of the underlying Lymes. I went to many infectious disease specialists and other specialized doctors who also failed to diagnose the Lymes. Doctors need to be trained and educated to save lives and finances. The area in which we live is already at crisis level. All of my family has been diagnosed with Lymes disease, but have had great difficulty in getting treated. Please help.

Karen Galpin

Educating GPs on recognising, diagnosing, testing for and treating Lyme is desperately needed in the UK. The current shortage of lyme literature medical professionals is shameful.

elaine dalgoutte

Hello, brillant list of demands i agree,And i am total;y fed up with nhs.I gave up after 4 years once my overlooked 4 posives were found,By chance by a neurologist diggning in my medical records. i was refered back to same blind infectious disease idiot,Who wrote me with wrong result..4 years of being infected until this idiot gave me 1 month doxicilan,He retested me and still sent me packing with posive bloods. And told my GPS THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING IF LYMES OR POST CAUSED MY ILLNESS AS THERE IS NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST./ post lymes is when youve received enough treatment then your bloods are negative, I still showed positive. I am now using a wheelchair suffer muscle weakness arms legs. overwhelming brain zombied up slurred drunken exhaustion.Has me in bed more hours in day than up.AQll usual chronic muscle joint pain,sensory pasaia. all list of other syptoms. Iv just tested posive for Anaplasma, Im ppp off as its year 9.why do us lymes have to look into all our tests oyrselfs. The nhs got fedup up until 2010 4 years of me attending with lists wanting tests. You are meant to go away and accept being unwell never mind your getting worse. il be shipping bloods to germany this week to run more coinfections.Problem is if i find more i can not afford to search for private treatment.iv already visited a ILADS member in england,i libe scotland,he promised me longterm antibiotcs in his emails.He new i can not repeadly see him i can not afford to.He could have PDF hIS CONTRACT THAT SAID YOU HAVE TO VISIT EVERY MONTH. My husband and type 1 diabetice son,Traveled by car with a make shift bed in back of adapted vehicle So i could lir flat out.due to pain.We spilt trip up over 3 days there 2 back total 5 night in hotel fuel costs ect meals in hotel... Hoerrendous trip of my in out toilets enroute that do not have raised toilet seats His bill for seeing him was £300 he wanted me in there 6 hours a further 300.A 3 hour session was to much i was close to pasing out with exhaust

VIVIEN LEE

My Son has finally been diagnosed with Lymes disease which he contracted in Perth Western Australia. We paid for the tests privately because this disease is not recognised by the Australian Authorities He has been on a cocktail of antiobiotics for 9 months now but with no significant improvement.. He was a a fit young man 5years ago and is now very disabled and in constant pain this disease is impacting every part of his life

Anonymous

After myself having Lyme Disease for several years, its clear something needs to be done to education doctors in the diagnosis and early treatment of the disease.

Tim Esparon

We also have startef a Scottish version as health is devolved. It would be good to join forces. Please email back. Best wishea Tim

gillian mckenna

Why is it ok to refuse me such life changing treatment? Would you accept this for you or your loved ones?

Stephen Spinks

I have been increasingly ill since being bitten by a tick over a year ago and have been ignored by the useless nhs.

Joslin

Support

Candice

Supportall the way

chelsea

Agree with this. Good luck

AlanDunn

my wife has suffered from lyme disease for many years no health professional in the uk recognised or believed the symptoms

rachel walton

I think i have lymes and no one will help me

Anonymous

for improved testing and treatments

Anna Wolfenden

Educate all GPs and neurologists! More training, more medical awareness and patient care. More and more people are getting sicker and sicker and misunderstood.

Anonymous

People need reliable tests and prompt treatment and neither is happening.

C Cavers

Infected for 6 years now. Totally inadequate response from Health Service, both in treatment and knowledge. We need a specialised unit with a full understanding of the various aspects of this disease, and the capability to deliver proper long term treatment.

Anonymous

Please please take this more seriously and increase awareness among Gp's getting people diagnosed correctly and quickly, enabling successful early treatment

Charlie Morgan

I was tested for Lyme disease. . Negative. But suffering from Peripheral Neuropathy.

Fiona

I have recently spent a large amount of money on private tests when the NHS actively discourages you saying you'd be very ill with Lyme and leaves you with years of being off work ill. I do have some positive tests to go off and I'm at the early stages of getting advice and treatment.

pauline

lyme is not understaood but the sufferer understand s it well so please listen when we tell you how ill we are

Cherie Brooks

I have been feeling exceptionally ill for several years and I have spent thousands of pounds on private doctors, private tests, supplements etc. I can hardly function each and every day. Every day is a living hell with the most horrendous symptoms. I am now disabled and on disability. I lost my career three years ago because I was just too unwell to continue. I am on benefits and finances are difficult. I found out only this year that I have lyme by comparing my so called 'negative' lyme tests results to others and referring to a USA Lyme doctor. I have all the clinical symptoms of late stage neurological lyme disease and recovery if at all possible will take years if I am very very lucky. The disease has caused other diseases and horrendous health and mobility problems. It has ruined my life and yet if testing was more comprehensive and had been carried out when I first presented my symptoms, then I would still be healthy, at work and enjoying my life. I am now housebound, lonely and people do not understand this disease, especially the NHS. I know of people who have said that their cured cancer was a 'walk in the park' compared to lyme disease. Lyme is a slow, painful killer and yet unrecognised. Awareness should be given to GP's so that clinical diagnosis can be made in addition to more extensive testing. My life is now like hell on earth (severe headaches, dizziness, weight loss, whole body bone, joint and muscle pain, stomach issues, depression, anxiety, panic, numbness in the hands, feet, well all over. I am isolated and no one, absolutely no one I know, especially the doctors and consultants, understands. I was sent to see a psychiatrist and I know of many lyme suffers who have been sent to see psychiatrists. Being sent to see a psychiatrist for these symptoms is crazy in itself. Lyme is a dustbin disease and I was palmed off with fibromyalgia (which I do have also), chronic fatigue (which I do have also) but these symptoms come from lyme.

Maxine Deeks

My son has been ill for 2 years with our doctor putting it down to IBS or ME but we persevered and through a private nutritionist had the blood tests come back positive for Lymes. So annoyed my son has lost 2 years of his life and had been housebound because misdiagnosed.

Hilary Thomas

I am a Nutritional Therapist & I am seeing more & more patients with Lyme Disease & most GPs here in the UK say that it doesn't even exist! The one test that is offered on the NHS is totally inadequate to diagnose Lyme, when 4 tests are needed that are only available privately, & yet GPs discount the private tests! GPs will not even test unless a possible Lyme patient unless the pateint has a bullseye rash, & yet Lyme can be present WITHOUT the bullseye rash! Even if Lyme is diagnosed then the NHS does not offer suitable treatment & so many patients can't afford to have Lyme treated privately, it is absolutely appalling

Julia Seymour

WHY! This is a bacteria not a game! Would you ignore Malaria, MRSA, HIV, Ebola, Meningitis, Syphilis....NO!!! So where is your duty of care to all those suffering from LYMES DISEASE? Time for change to enhance the future and put the past to shame.

Catherine Moroz

My own experience was proof that there is a lack of education among GPs...and diagnostic tests (Bartonella testing ceased in July)

Fiona Muldoon

I've had a formal diagnosis since 2014 but my GP refuses to accept my symptoms are Lymes related and sure they're RA. So I was recently seen by rheumatologist who is sure it's Lymes. I'm now waiting to be seen by the infectious diseases team. GP's are very uneducated in Lymes and more has to be done. So good luck!

Mary Donaldson

I have had Lyme since 2008 tick bite Scotland. Saw Dr 5 days after bite. Refused me treatment and wanted blood test. Eventually 2 was doxycycline. 2 months later full blown Nueroberellios, paralysis meningitis. Saw Dr D Newcastle said 3+ years and I was seriously ill. He retired after 2 yrs and unfortuneatley I was reinfected with 2nd tick bite. See Dr in Beverley. I retired in 2009 from career as registered Dental Nurse withNHS!!!! Sold my house to payfor treatment. Ended up homeless in temporary accommodation with people just out of jail threatening to kill me. Lost my health, work, savings, nearly died 3times. In hospital numerous times now told my obs fine but so weak I am collapsing in front of them and told to see a psychologist. I said if you had an axe in your head for 2weeks and was told it was not there how would you feel!!! Drives you nuts. Aaaaargh. I am now in Sheltered Amenity Housing with pull cords. Riddled with damp....black spores everywhere, can't stop coughing as have severe asthma, throwing up, itchy skin asthma wouldn't put a dog in it and left basically to rot and die. Sheltered support worker a bully. Gone to environmental Health and fire department as no smoke detectors in place and slugs slimming up black walls in toilet. My son and daughter have gone through this with me but my dementia cognitive problems rages etc difficult for them to cope with. Extreme fatigue muscle weakness etc I can hardly walk or function most days also doubly incontenant!!!!! My daughter is very concerned for me and she is having my first Grandchild December a little girl I have seen in scans. We both know for now my dream of helping and caring for this Grandchild will not happen as I am too ill still have para lady's some times have to phone her to talk me home as I can't remember how to. Aaaargh I want my life back. Asked Dr to refer me to Raigmore Inverness for antibiotic drip she was screaming and shouting at me to get out of her surgery.... More abuse. Plan fr

Mark MacDonald

Unbelievable NHS inaction

Helen Chaplinhe

l lost my hearing in one ear and suffer with tinnitus.Fussy brain@ lots more.Had 2 bad bites one lasted 1 year .given antibiotics.Dint test positive 4 lymes.docs not interested.I still very ill.

Linda Maddison

We need a more accurate test, such as the one used at IGeneX, Inc.

Howard Webb

My son made me aware of Lyme disease as he does a lot of outdoor stuff, camping climbing and walking in the Lake District & Scotland. He suffered flu like symptoms for 2 years, joint pain, sleep disorder and ME type effects. He is convinced he suffered undiagnosed Lyme disease and is still having problems after 8 years

Laura Cocking

I am yet another person diagnosed with Lyme with no help from the NHS.

des fisher

HELP

Paul Rudkin

I have been bitten often, over may years and even had to dig them out of my arm days later. I have the long term symptoms but my GP denies that I could have the disease. Why is this attitude allowed in the NHS?

Daan de Witt

I have a friend that has been suffering for 3 years with Lymes disease without any help from the NHS!!!

Stephen granger

Got Lyme's so signed happily :) Suffering daily :(

Pamela Spychalski

My daughter has just been diagnosed with Lyme after suffering with ME for 5 years. By dream is to see everyone with ME to be tested properly.

Jean Fairlie

I really hope this and the change.org petitions are successful. I have suffered the lasting damage of misdiagnosed LD for 10 years and had so many doctors scoff at whether there is any connection to LD simply I believe from what they have been taught- if anything - and that they have no idea just how bad this disease is.

Anonymous

I have lymes and cannot get the correct treatment via the Nhs. A three week course is not long enough, all lymeys know this. Therefore I'm pretty much doomed.

Anonymous

My son lost 6 years of his life in bed with Lyme Disease. The NHS wouldn't help or acknowledge his illness because he had a negative test result although we had taken him to them to remove a tick from his body months earlier. We were unaware of Lyme Disease & the doctor whom removed the tick didn't warn us of it. He become very ill with flu like symptoms at the beginning of his illness which started 2 months after being bitten. He was continuously diagnosed with ME by different doctors/hospitals. We eventually found out about Lyme Disease on line four years into his illness & had him tested in labs in USA & Germany privately. He tested positive in all 3. NHS still wouldn't accept or treat him as their test & re-test still showed a negative result. We had no option than to search for a private doctor whom understood the disease & he prescribed long term antibiotics until all symptoms had ceased which took two years. He has now fully recovered. We just couldn't believe how we were treated throughout this dreadful ordeal by the NHS & how it cost us several thousand pounds to cure him. The NHS urgently need to train all doctors to understand this awful illness & take it seriously. They need clinics with specialist doctors, and most important a reliable test in place of the current test, in the meantime treat all patients like my son with a history of a tick bite & showing symptoms.

Soraya Ohl

I contracted Lyme disease in Australia and we have here the same problems with testing. Only a few doctors know about the disease and when they get informed from a patient, they won't act because of their ignorance and false pride. They wouldn't even ask for advice by other doctors. It is also well known that the Australian Government doesn't recognize the Lyme disease as present danger in the country although alone in Western Australia, more than 5,000 persons already contracted the Lyme disease. If it would at least prevent in pharmacies and by doctors how to behave before and after going for a walk in a Park (like they do Germany), families would know how to protect themselves and could act faster in the case of a tick bite. The other thing is that to get a vaccination against TBE is very costly (because coming from overseas, especially from Germany); one needs at the beginning two shots which costs per shot AU$240 which means AU$480/person. This vaccination protects you only for two years! Families can't afford those expenses. If the product would have been produced in Australia and in mass, it wouldn't be so expensive and a whole population could at least be protected against TBE. Doctors should do more research on Internet to know more about this disease, listen to their patients and look for information about companies which are trying to develop a medicine. Too many people in the world are now too sick to be ignored. They become social cases which is an enormous expense for all government, so please, ACT!

Emma Golding

This really needs to be addressed. So many people are relegated to the scrapheap of the chronically disabled because of the lack of treatment and/or correct protocols.

Lori Brown

Lyme is real and it is killing people...

Billie Conger

help us get better..open your eyes

Marlene

It's a serious condition ,that needs attention .

Pamela Spychalski

My daughter has been misdiagnosed for five years, missed uni ,lost friends. Been in constant pain and fatigue.

michaela hall

Totally agree...

Julie brown

I've signed this petition To help a friend who is very ill with Lymes Started 18 months ago Nhs do not except results from Germany So no medical given She is still suffering Told she was depressed And imagined her symptoms

Vicky Millward

Doctors need more training in tick borne diseases!

Anonymous

Family have had this. They were aware and got quick diagnosis but most people are unaware.

Deb collins

Thus far, the UK authorities have acted in gross negligence by continuing to deny the issue of Lyme Borreliosis, causing extreme suffering to patients in the UK. This should cease immediately.

Cathy Howie

This is a basic human rights issue. Too many are being left terribly sick and with no appropriate care. There is no excuse.

Ella Robinson

By becoming aware of Lyme disease we will be able to stop the Lyme disease and stop disability . Many people are ignorant of ticks , by educating public we are making nation much healthier.

tom rousseau

God bless the sick people

Jacinta Westcott

It is a terrible disease and persons suffering need help.

rachel

I have been ill and UNTREATED for over 18 years. It has ruined my life and that of my family.

Jenny Spencer

Hubby has lyme. Sick since 1999. So hard to find drs who can help.

Mark Herridge

21 years with Lyme and the NHS PHE should be ashamed

Sian Evans

My BABY got Lyme at 10 months old. The diagnosis was near-impossible to get, the treatment was vague and to this day I have no idea if he is cured or not. He is 8 now and not well a lot of the time. Dont let this happen to another child!

Cherie Brooks

Lyme disease is a debilitating, life threatening disease which is hard to diagnose and treat. Tests are unreliable, doctors are unaware of symptoms, guidelines are inadequate and suffers how to deal with the consequences which most often results in incapacitating, painful chronic illnesses. Many 'victims' are lyme disease are diagnosed with CFS, ME, Fibromyalgia, Depression and treated incorrectly leaving the disease to progress to most likely fatal states. Awareness has only just come to light but diagnosis and treatment needs to dramatically change and be seen as high priority. Chronic, late stage lyme is a living hell.........imagine hell, well that's lyme and that's no understatement.

Tracey

I had bullseye rash in 97 and went undiagnosed. Ill health ever since.

Katharina Arnold

Fight!

Tracy brannon

Doctors need to start thinking outside their medical training box this disease is real!

Jennifer Wiseman

I'm supporting Borreliosis patients in UK because they, as we in Australia, suffer on many levels. We are denied recognition and adequate treatment and left to lead a hideous existence.

Anonymous

Where's the public enquiry into this government cover up?

Mrs p Binsted

This disease is as serious as Ebola to the sufferers!

Claudia Klos-Engels

I also fight many years with lyme disease.

beverley spriggs

Please can we have accurate blood testing for detection of this disease and adequate treatment from nhs for eradication of lyme disease.

Horst Boesing

I got Lyme in 1992 and I got several times the wrong diagnosis until 2007 after a meningitis that nearly killed me. After this several antibiotic tratments. It's better since 2013.

Horst Boesing

I got Lyme in 1992 and I got several times the wrong diagnosis until 2007 after a meningitis that nearly killed me. After this several antibiotic tratments. It's better since 2013.

Peter Owen

This is a WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC and lives need to saved from future tick bites and ongoing treatment offered to those already affected

Denise Sage

This is far more widespread than has been recognised. I know too many people who were given late diagnosis. It must be recognised & treated more quickly.

Rosemary F

If I knew then what I have learned since I became ill and tested positive for Lyme disease, I would not be debilitated with this infection now. It needs to be treated immediately with enough antibiotic, for long enough to eradicate the infection and stop it from spreading and entrenching.

stuart

This is an urgent and critical need: to draw attention to Lyme, honor science evidence based medicine and help patients recover.

Brigitte Mordan-Grimm

Such an important cause!

Peter Mordan

Please can the NHS tackle the problem of Lyme, and not simply turn a blind eye.

Mandy D'Ambrosi Worcester UK

Time to heal the sick not kill them. We need caring professionals to help us. Not many out there it seems??

Anonymous

Time to change!

Hilde Nürnberger

Borreliose unterzeichnung

Jules Sutton

Please Take Lyme Desease seriuosly.

Christel Schneider -Schulte

Maureen Wilson

Signed in support of our Australian family

klaus Brutsch

Neuroborreliose

Mrs p Binsted

Please support and help those who suffer!

Ann-Marie Heap

I have Lyme disease and have been misdiagnosed for over 12 months , my symptoms are severe now , with no support from my doctor .

Olga Warren

Better tests, treatment and diagnosis

Maria Burger

Better tests, treatment and diagnosis

Margaret Deakin

As the mother of a daughter with this dreadful disease I welcome the petition.I hope and pray it makes a difference and saves others from going through what she has experienced.

Nick Barringer

I had to pay for private testing and subsequent treatment for Lyme in Germany as the UK test shows that I don't have Lyme. Disgraceful

Anonymous

Very important that this is taken seriously and antibiotics given as a matter of course following a bite

Lorraine quattrone

We need more doctors learning about Lyme disease & we need a vacine!

Anonymous

hopefully things will change soon in terms of treating and diagnosing lyme disease. There are many people out there who needs more help and support in the battle with this disease in very different ways, medically, finacially and emotionally

Alan Thorne

Lyme disease must be better diagnosed with better test and treatments other than antibiotics be researched

Patricia Genner

Doctors need to take on board the fact that one course of antibiotics does NOT mean all the Lyme bacteria have been killed.

Tania winbourne

This disease is killing me and tearing apart my family and I can't get any help! I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!

Anonymous

I am suffering so much since youth, This is not a life but living hell.

Garry Lynes

My test came back negative as many do with the nhs teat was bitten and been suffering for 5 months had chest infection for the last 6 weeks and had no treatment what so ever doc just says it's a virus total rubbishy

Lorraine murray

I have been clinically diagnosed, my Lyme disease Test was negative! But I'm sure I'm not alone. Hope we can get better testing in uk

Vicky Sweetlove

I have had Lyme for 14 years and nobody believes you I have researched it since 2008 when I had a mini stroke became electro sensitive and got Chronic Fatigue over the last 7 years I have become so ill I am now disabled and my walking is getting worse I need a GP who will support me and prescribe antibiotics as when I had a 3 week course I got better but you need a longer time on them for a cure

Anonymous

It is time to do something about the awareness of lyme.. It is not something to undermine, it can easily be forgotten.. There should also be more research to it, what do we actually know now? ... Exactly that is what I mean.

Norman Francis

NHS attitude to Lyme is a disgrace.

Michael Romanos

I have a loved one with suspected Lyme but NHS tests are insensitive and miss 50% of cases. Serious research needs to be funded so we are not forced to choose between orthodoxy and fringe medicine.

Anonymous

My GP will not test me, insists Lyme only lasts 2-3 weeks and it is very rare in the UK. I have been diagnosed with Fibromyagia and Arthritis and several other health problems after many visits to different doctors as well as being treated like a hypochondriac, if he would only see that these complaints could be caused by Lyme Disease I might just have time to get well before it's too late. It's rare in the UK because doctors don't know about it. Why aren't they being bombarded with information?

Justine shuttleworth

This is really urgent

Rachel Badham

I'm in limbo land at the minute. My GP is not listening to me & my bizarre symptoms which have steadily worsened over 2 years. She wants to put me on anti-depressants! I'm now forced to go privately & see a neurologist too tested for MS, or what I suspect Late stage Lymes. I hope to get to the bottom of this debilitating, life changing nightmare eventually. The Government & the NHS need to start listening to us- Please do the correct testing. Look more closely at people diagnosed with CFS, ME, MS, Depression etc, Some may be misdiagnosed & enduring needless suffering. I really hope this petition is a success. Thank you Rachel

annie cocker

This devastating illness is very misunderstood and misdiagnosed. The petition is vital to help change the world wide ignorance of the disease and associated conditions. It has savaged a whole family of a close friend. Please help this criminal neglect to STOP.

Gleide Reid

We have to find a way to find a cure for Lyme.

William Cairney

Please take action on this

Simon Serridge

I've been living with lymes desease for 6 years now and it's not been fun and there needs to be more done to help us get well again and get better tested.

Lars Lehmann

Please improve lyme disease test kits with better senitivity and specificity (ELIZA and WesternBlot are to bad to screen an active late lyme disease illness). Please improve or found therapy options for late disease illness (the currenty situation is insupportable).

Andreas Fischer

http://onlyme-aktion.org/ http://www.borreliose-nachrichten.de/ http://www.borreliose-verschwiegene-epidemie.de/hier-geht-s-zum-alten-blog/

Jules Young

I support all of the points raised. I would also like to see children being educated about ticks. Everybody should know how to safely remove a tick!

William Magneson

20 year old Lyme disease carrier,

Anonymous

Recently diagnosed with chronic lyme disease

Lucia Asturias

Lyme Disease is real and people are unnecessarily suffering, ignored or misdiagnosed. Please take us seriously -we want our lives back!

Alison Bird

Change needs to come soon

Anonymous

New & better blòod tests needed urgently... Clinical diagnosis accepted. Treatment started immediately & for much longer until symptoms subside. If symptoms re-appear then re start treatment to avoid long term disability. Set up lyme disease specialist clinics where patients get the care & attention they have been denied for so long.

des fisher

HELP

Anonymous

So many people are desperate for help as they have been ill for many years. Lives ruined

Jules Young

People are being left to rot, this is at best medical negligence, at worst murder. It is time that Accurate and Accredited tests were made available on the NHS, for both Borrelia and all of the co-infections, it is time the medical profession was properly educated on the signs/symptoms. It is time proper treatment is offered to victims. It is time that GP's be allowed to treat their patients, it is time that nice guidelines were in place (not in 2018). It is time A&E, Medics, Schools, Children and Adults were educated about tick removal. It is time proper stats be collated to track sufferers, both in terms of infection method and recovery (ie; symptoms returning years after infection treated). It is time up to date research be accepted, ie transmission thru mosquito, invitro, STD, fleas, bed bugs etc. It is time the Government campaigned to highlight the dangers. Festival Organisers and Owners of Camping sites, should alert to the dangers, signs on public footpaths etc. It is time those receiving a diagnosis of ME, MS, Fibromyalgia, ALS, Parkinsons, Dementia etc be tested to rule out Lyme Disease.

Anonymous

I was bitten by a tick last spring and it took over 4 mths to get any antibiotics from my gp. Despite having bullseye rash.

Maria Robinson

My sister has chronic lyme and has been misdiagnosed for 12 years ! Nobody should have to go through this hell and have to travel abroad to be treated

nichola wall

i have lyme it has taken me years to be tested i had to go and have a private blood test in germany

Lorna Bramley

After seeing the HPE warning about the danger of/and the necessity of treatment for Babesiosis, I am mystified that the human population have not been told about the same danger to themselves. After 20 yrs of suffering Lyme and associated diseases, including Baberiosis, I am still waiting treatment from the NHS. This is despite a NHS positive test in 1996. Perhaps I need to see a Vet?

Sylvia Thorogood

This disease needs recognition NOW.

Adelaide Lane

My grandaughter is suffering with this terrible disease and the nhs is doing nothing to support her. How can she be expected to pay for her drugs when she cannot work

Anonymous

More awareness in the UK. Better training for doctors.

Jeannie Davidson

Suspected Lyme since September 2015. Bitten in Sussex/Dorset. No diagnosis or treatment yet.

Graham Anderson

Lyme needs to be more though about by the heads of the NHS....

Dan

This system needs to change now. It is proven in other countries so why not in the UK?

Vivienne Toman

Had Lyme disease in 2010 and still suffering relapses - GPs need to be better trained and the UK should be doing more to publicise dangers of tick bites.

Judy lanteigne

This disease is horrible and needs to be recognised as such and given attention by health services.

Suzanne Pankhurst

May have already signed this; but that's what having a "Lyme Brain" does to and for you.

Nigel Thomas

Need action now

Vivienne Toman

Diagnosed 6 years ago and still suffering relapses.

Rollo skinner

It's time the establishment woke up to pandemic!!

Janette johnston

After being bitten by a tick only yesterday I am well aware of the devastation this disease can cause

Anna Wolfenden

Horrendous disease. Wake up NHS.

Stephen Wolfenden

More training please for GPs to recognise the symptoms of this vile disease.

Nikki Wilson

More awareness and better treatment so I don't have to see my sister suffer and lose her life.

Carolyn McKay

UK Lyme sufferers need better tests , treatment and recognition that LYME and CHRONIC LYME exists , WAKE up NHS !

John Hutchings

MAKE LYME DISEASE KNOW TO ALL MEDICAL STAFF

Angela Lucas

Essential: improved medical education of the existence of Lyme Disease & it's complexity; recognition & acceptance by all health bodies of Lyme Disease worldwide; improved testing & treatments; & respect not dismissal for patients presenting with associated symptoms but lacking positive test results.!

Caroline Dickson

We need to stand united and strong the British public need to pull together where I'm from in England it has become an epidermic I know so many people that are ill and cannot get treated and as for the government they already know that lines is here it's one big cover-up and the people of Britain need to uncover it stands Strong Britain and fight

Joel Baker

Our NHS funds the US pharmaceutical companies who want long term loyal customers. They are not looking for quick cures, but medication which keeps customers coming back for as long as possible. Long term chronic Lyme sufferer, lied to by NHS

Anonymous

I've just had a positive Lyme tests and have no idea what to do or expect

Claire Lumsden

More people need to be tested for Lyme disease, with a more adequate NHS test.

Lorna Bushell

I find this very disturbing, and obviously needs more investigation and public awareness of symptoms in surgeries.

Neil Alger

Our 12 year old daughter contracted Lyme Disease just over a year ago. It was only after I saw the Lyme Disease Action people on television and recognised the bulls eye rash she had on her arm that we were able to point the doctors in the right direction. Even then it has been an up hill battle to get them to accept Lyme.

wendi laflin

My daughter has a diagnosis of Lyme Disease but because it was not an NHS diagnosis her GP is refusing to prescribe any drugs for her as he says that she has not got LYME! She is getting treatment from America - the cost of this is horrendous, The NHS response is just awful.

roy laflin

The current treatment of Lyme Disease in the UK is deplorable. My daughter is a sufferer and it has had a devastating effect on her life. The government in the Uk needs to wake up and get this sorted.

Anonymous

My friends daughter has Lyme disease and it is very upsetting.

Rebekah Knight

Action is needed now.

Julie Jaina

We met Ellie and her Mum in.Bath today. It was pouring with rain but they were still out there getting the message across so that others don't have to suffer as long as Ellie did before they get a diagnosis. Thank you both for your persistence and hard work.

peter cheacker

stuck with lyme disesase since autumn 2009 went chronic in spring 2010 after numerpus bitings over many countryside visits, life became a hell!

Janet Johnson

I have had Lyme disease now for five years without more help I fear for my future

Phil martin

Add you support now please

James

Yesterday, while visiting Bath, I met a mum and her daughter who were raising awareness about Lyme disease. I was very well informed and wish them and the awareness campaign success for better testing/treatment and support.

Colin Butler

My son contracted Lyme Disease from a sheep tick in Denmark, and was fortunate to survive the meningitis form only because of prompt and expert treatment by hospitals in Jutland.

Katie Saunders

After 17 years of my life destroyed by lyme disease it's about time that myself and other victims get access to adequate testing and treatment. Lyme kills!

Marlene-Nancy Gard

Tick bite MI + 6 stents. TIA x 4. Now cerebral/peripheral neuropathy. Aural/optic nerve atrophy. 18 months. Retired SRN. NOT believed. What next. Only death and still without a diagnosis!

Jen obrien

Please help

Melody

My partner has had his life forever changed by this debilitating, crippling and degenerative disease.

Britta holland

Our 15 year old son has a diagnosis of Lyme disease from a specialist German clinic, including blood tests showing co-infections and chronic fatigue viruses. This is on top of my having flagged the symptoms of Lyme disease (I have it too) for over a year in writing to the medical profession. The NHS are currently saying there is nothing wrong with him and on top of that trying to block treatment we could get for him abroad.

Janice Haddon

I have Chronic Lyme Disease. It is the most debilitating & painful illness. More needs to be done for proper testing, diagnosis & research into treatment.

Jade Allen

Please change

terry Stanley

Not sure it is lyme disease I have but I am acutely aware of the very poor awareness and testing methods in the UK. May go to a German lab for tests but will I get treatment within UK NHS if positive?

Jim Borritt

Action is required as this is hidden problem that is growing. Like Lyme Disease itself, it is not something that can be left in the hope it works out

Anonymous

'A plague of ignorance regarding the ignorance of a plague' Scott Taylor

Mauro Bollani

In my experience, there are strongly opinionated consultants in key positions inside the NHS that prevent an open-minded approach to the problem of Lyme disease. Whether for self-interest or simply myopic, they totally rely on tests for the diagnosis and claim that the infection is easily curable. In this way, they stop any progress, and a tiny microbe without a brain is winning the battle.

Veronica MacLarnon

Yes I support this petition.

Vanessa Oman

Diagnosis in this country is impossible. There is no Lyme specialist. How ridiculous is that? What are we supposed to do?

Amanda Smith

This is a devastating disease which devastates lives. Research and services are needed urgently.

Linda West

Have suffered with lyme disease for 7 years,now have dibilatating arthritis.Live in East coast of Scotland.NHS just as ignorant here.

Carina gibson

People need to be aware

Kathleen Martone

19 yrs. with Chronic Lyme & Co-Infections.

tom savage

10 years and still fighting

Laurie Feldman

Tick-borne diseases need to be taken seriously. ILADS is an important organization for physicians and healthcare providers to obtain up to date information. I am being treated for Lyme and Babesia and am slowly getting better, after being on meds for 1.5 years. Accurate knowledge and informed doctors and patients are key. Don't give up !

Anonymous

Fighting Lyme since 1992. But I won't give up!

Terry Moseley

The costs to the individual and to the country and the economy are huge, so action has to be taken now.

William Nicol

I have Lyme disease, it's a nightmare

Maya

People need help with this awful disease Please take notice

Clare Hamilton

It's a living hell.

Julian Walker

My ex wife was diagnosed to have Lyme disease ... and this may have been the cause of her paranoia and delusions which led her to divorce me after 35 years of happy marriage. We need to learn more about the psychological implications of this dreadful disease.

leaf sutherland

So many of my friends have suffered from, this and some of them are still not well

Richard Paget

This has had a devastating impact on friends' lives

susan gardias

I have a friend with lymes so I know bad it is

Linda Everett

I have had Lyme Disease and, a few years after, I now have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I had Bell's Palsy and double vision in my long distance sight before my Lyme Disease was diagnosed. I only had antibiotics for 2 weeks after diagnosis.

Mrs V Darlington

Welcome this petition and that the Lyme Disease is brought more to the attention of the general public

Anonymous

My son is debilitated by this terrible illness. Why do we ignore it?

Valerie Majeika

Isn't it about time this disease was taken seriously, so many many people are suffering, our grandson being one of them.

Leanna Moore

Ridiculous that we can be so behind in knowledge and awareness of a disease which affects so many.

Selina Stone

Amen

David Griffin

This disease is very easily caught from ticks.

Liz Richardson

another Lymie in Scotland

CJ harper

Good luck!

Anonymous

This is a disgrace that the NHS is blocking treatment ,especially as they are paying for it.

Sylvia Fox

Research and treatment of this disease will save us valuable resources in the long term as well as improving the life of many.

denise lee

Horrible ignored illness that is not readily understood and correctly diagnosable under the present day NHS Guidelines using Western Blot and ELISA tests.

Marilyn Saunders

This needs addresing and soon.

Sheila Quinton

Funds must be made available for diagnosis of this disease which is increasing in the UK.

Lorna Bramley

Ignorance of Medics and Government is totally unacceptable. I have had 20 yrs of Lyme Disease, with a NHS positive test. Still not treated...how many more years do I have to wait before you learn as much as me about TIck Bourne Infections. Disgraceful.

Anonymous

My mother 75 git bitten in garden in Goring by sea last month.lucky we recognised the bite and she's getting treatment. I always used to walk in Richmond Park and I've never seen a tick warning sign.

Anonymous

I got Lymes desease several years ago It was almost two years before it got diognosed after numerous tests it was a new GP at our surgery had the insight to conduct a series of test I syimperthise with any one who has this desease, debalitating chronic pain not being able to walk and sevear fatege It left me with joint and short term memory problems also internal organ damage

Carol Savage

My mother has Lymes. I had to tell GPs how to treat after researching on internet. She has ongoing symptoms, with no medical support.

JONATHAN OAKTON

I have Lymes since 1995. Also have "red eye" symptoms not mentioned in text. American Lab and Private doctor cost me £300 for tests and £200 for consultation..... the best money I ever spent. Now coping with the disease and taking Doxycycllin . I can now lift my arms and walk upstairs !! I did a Daily Mail article some years ago.. my name should provide a search . I am proud to sign this petition . Good luck to anyone who suffers from this horrible disease ,or ME/MS or any other misdiagnosis.!

Barry Crosbie

I have had positive test carried out in America but UK will not treat me, this has been going on for some 15 yrs so so painful. I get morphine but nobody will treat me as I get Negative results in UK testing

Steven Hunt

I fell in early in Jan 2014 with what I now know to be 'very typical' Lyme symptoms. 5 months on, after mentioning Lyme to my GP, I was tested by NHS - negative result. After almost 2 years of suffering I sought a further test at Arminlabs in Germany - positive result of 2 Borrelia strains and 2 coinfections. Currently on Doxycycline and Azithromycin (9 months). While symptoms are suppressed, I can still sense them and I suffer the 'monthly' detrioations as usual.

Andrea Smith

My 9 year old daughter was seen 3 times by our Heath Practice before Lymes was diagnosed - there is just not enough knowledge of the disease in the HNS

Jodie Melling

I felt like my UK dr dismissed my problem because he had never seen it in the UK when there is a lot of research to show that it's all over the UK.

Janine haley

I have Lyme's iv had no support from my doctors ..iv been for so many test n the specialiss I see ask me what is Lyme's n expect me to tell them ..its disgraceful how doctors don't have a clue about this serious illness or they wish to ignore as they don't want to pay for patients on the nhs

Anonymous

Why are we knowingly being left to die? You wouldn't allow this with any other treatable infectious disease.

Claire

I was bitten in April 2015 and my bullseye rash wasn't recognised and it took 5mths to get 10 days doxycycline.

Rhiannon Feiryred

I've been infected at least 3 times, I also have bartonella and doubtless other nasties too. I have had treatment which is ongoing, but I'm far from cured.

amanda

Many people are suffering unnecessarily, we need better awareness and testing .

Anonymous

6yr old Son got Lyme from tick in Fermanagh Northern Ireland

Sandy Halliday

Sensitive tests for Lyme Disease in the UK are notoriously lacking. The test I had done at a lab in London was negative but two I had done in America were positive. I had to have them done privately because, although my doctor requested an NHS test, the lab refused it as I did not remember having a bull's eye rash. Only approximately 50% of people being bitten by ticks get a bull's eye rash. Doctors need to be made aware of the latest knowledge, research and treatment as many people do not get better on the short course of antibiotics that they currentlly prescribe.

Mark Winder

Needless suffering through lack of understanding should not be tolerated.

Karen Smith

Four out five in my family diagnosed with Lyme and Co, we get no help whatsoever so we have no choice but to go abroad, we need better testing and treatment .

Madeline Lindsay

My Husband has been so Sick with Lyme disease for eight years and hasent had any help from the NHS. Had to go private.

Sally Fricker

My son has been ill with this condition for over a year. the lack of knowledge about Lyme in the medical profession in the UK, especially when it is not picked up quickly, is startling. Please take this petition, and the increase in Lyme Disease in this country, seriously

Mary mcinerney

Please improve access to diagnosis and treatment

Deirdre

We MUST take this disease more seriously. People are suffering needlessly, and then being let down by the system.

Susan Buchanan

I had Lyme disease a few years ago but was lucky enough to catch it on time, I had the rash and self diagnosed as I am very internet savvy, which a young trainee GP confirmed so took myself off to see a Lyme specialist doctor in Cardiff. Because of this I got Doxycycline at appropriate levels , and for long enough, to get me through it. I was lucky to have the wherewithal to pay for the treatment. al GPs should have special training for Lyme disease.

Monica Crooks

Please please do something as soon as possible to help sufferers of Lyme and co infections before more people end up living a life disabled unnecessary

Nikki Kulin

This needs to be addressed urgently to save unnecessary suffering

Sally Merry

Lyme disease is just brushed off by GPs, they need to be brought up to date. Better testing is needed, ELISA and Western Blot are not reliable for diagnosis.

Anonymous

Please make the public more aware of Lymes disease and how to test for it/what to do. I know people affected by this.

Anonymous

Horrendous disease. So many victims go undiagnosed.

Kerry

I have known and heard of many people affected by this disease. Not being properly diagnosed and treated only adds to the suffering.

Kathryn Walker

This a serious, potentially crippling or even fatal disease. Currently, there is no expertise for treating it in the UK. In Europe and beyond, medical care is woefully inadequate. People are suffering acutely. Things have GOT to change NOW.

Mary B Devereux

My Grandson (now aged 32 years) was bitten by three Ticks in 2015. He contracted Glandular Fever in August 2015and has been off sick ever since, now with M.E. His Tick Tests proved negative, where do we go from here?

Karen jones

I was aware of the danger of this disease in areas around where we live. We need to increase awareness of its existence and better treatment procedures

Paul Dowswell

I have signed because this condition needs urgent attention.

Gail Hughes

My son was bitten by Ticks in Sept 2014.. He has been I'll with ME since August 2015.. He had been married a year and was working as an assistant psychologist.. They say he has the Glandular Fever virus and not Lyme disease but I worry that he may have Lyme disease as well.. He had one Tick in him for over 24 hours. It's devastating.. He has not been well enough to work since..

Pam Whittington

Thank you for this petition.

Fiona Williams

Iv been suffering for years, with no help from medics who are just not knowledgeable to deal with this illness. Im lucky I have an understanding GP, but hrs not lyme literate so my illnrss gets worse as time goes by.

Jade thomson

I have lyme disease and I've found it so hard to be believed and treated by the nhs. I have private Armin lab results but the nhs won't acknowledge them. I'm very ill and suffering everyday and so is all my family seeing me this way 3 years is a long time to be sick and receiving no help fromantic anyone regarding treatment. I have no money to pay for private treatment that the private doctors say I need urgently so what am I and thousands of others supposed to do!!? We need nhs testing to be more accurate and reliable and we need proper treatment options available because without these so many lives are being destroyed by lyme disease and co infections. So please help change this for the better.

Tracey Galway

My son who has been diagnosed in the USA has had no recognition here in the uk nor treatment dispite seeing several doctors this has been going on since 2009 he is now 26 years old! Nobody will take on his care in the nhs.....

Liz Stratton

My husband had Lyme Disease a few years ago, his leg is still slightly swollen and causes problems.

Helen Fricker

This disease will get more prevalent in the UK as climate changes. We need to find out more about it now.

victoria davidson

this disease is overlooked and a silent killer i want healthchecks made routinely available

Sam

Sooner GP's/big pharma puppets accept this is real and not in our heads the better...unfortunately there is no profit in a cure

Mary Tossell

It is a worldwide problem

Miroslava Jurco

A neighbour of mine has been affected, illnes went undiagnosed for a year. His life is pretty much in ruins: could not keep up with school and dropped out, no energy, tired, unwell, depressed. Please support education about this illness.

Susan Smith

My sister has just been diagnosed

Brenda Stewart

More awareness needed of the risks from tick bites, better methods needed to diagnose Lyme disease

Helen Gadd

Time to deal with this awful disease and get a proper NHS system in place

Martin Islip

My sign is a 39 year old gardener and has been diagnosed with Lyme disease after 7 months of ME like symptoms. He cannot work. The GP and neurologist are excellent but generally the NHS needs to be more aware of the disease and provide proper testing. It will save money in the long run.

Maureen bryan

Please take this seriously

Melanie Archer

Homeopathy is an important and effective addition to the traditional treatments for this (or any) disease. While traditional medicine often focusses on treating the symptoms, homeopathy assits the body's immune system to heal itself. Put together, the two approaches can be extremely effective. This has certainly been my own experience. It is worth noting that homeopathy is relatively inexpensive, unpatented, and only required until the patient recovers. This is in sharp contrast to the expensive wares peddled by the pharmeceutical industry. No wonder they atempt to dismiss it as worthless fakery and are loath to fund tests that would prove its worth.

Karen Rowbotham

It is time to develop effective diagnostic tests for UK citizens.

nick laws

A disease that can completely disable a persons ability to function and lead a normal life is still undiagnosed, misunderstood and lacks vital resources. This needs to change

Andrew Collenette

Bitten in my back garden and have lost use of both hands for a period of three months so far. Previously exceedingly fit and healthy.

Angie de la rosa

My son and i have Chronic Lyme disease and we are struggling from one minute to the next. I also have a 15 year old with multiple vascular anomalies and idiopathic anaphylaxis and i am his main carer! Lyme is like being dead alive but dead you don't have more pain and suffering with Lyme you do! Please help us!!! Angie De La Rosa

Melanie Jordan

Borelliose-Patients won't stop. It's a crippling disease. Everyone can get it. Doctors often fail their patients and get unkind. This is a This can't stay the Standard of civilized society. Please help.

Anonymous

There's more than 300 plus strains around the world now why are nhs only testing two strains...

Josh Powell

Been sick from Lymes disease for 7 years. Had to get a test in Germany to get a positive and 2 negative tested from NHS.. Ive been referred to about 8 specialists, all a waste of time. Ive spent about 4500 pounds on private healthcare and still am not any closer to being cured.

Claire

I have Lyme disease, negative nhs tests x2 and two different private positive tests. I had the bullseye rash misdiagnosed. I shouldn't need any tests to receive treatment. Diagnosis is meant to be clinical. As a result I don't receive any treatment and am suffering financially and more importantly so is my health. This affects me and my two dependent children.

dave

Lyme for 10 years.

Terry hillsdon

I believe I have lymes and about to try to get tested at port on down

emma may

Had undiagnosed Lyme for 35 years. Tick attached to hand when I was ten.

John Wilkes

I'm signing because a friend of mine had a tick bite 4 years ago, and has had all kinds of health problems since then!

Anita jarrett-eddolls

3years left untreated, had to pay for treatment from my own funds

Steve Manser

I believe I have Lyme after being bitten by a tick in September 2016 and then on the 3rd October I developed flue like symptoms with heaven legs and aches pains in neck and back, these symptoms remain with me today, test negative under the current testing system for Lyme

Anonymous

a tick in September 2016 and then on the 3rd October I developed flue like symptoms with heaven legs and aches pains in neck and back, these symptoms remain with me today, test negative under the current testing system for Lyme

Rebecca O'Brien

This must be the only country in the developed world that doesn't have a clue.

sally murfitt

Better and more reliable diagnosis for Lyme is essential

Kathryn Walker

People are crippled in pain, struggling from hour to hour, desperate for help with a disease that is being denied. Change is urgently needed.

Paula Glenville

I have Lyme Disease & co-infections, I've never had any treatment over 8 years since my tick bite here in Coventry. I'm house bound and very sick, and need the government to change their policy towards treatment and proper diagnosis, before a lot more people die of this horrible disease!

sharon woodrow

please take notice of Lyme disease and let the UK have testing and treatment available to everyone.

Benjamin

Get it done

Peter Hill

We must all support each other even though health is a devolved issue in Scotland

H field

I have Lyme disease and have no hope of treatment.

Susan Redfern

My son is a Lyme sufferer

Maxine Deeks

My son has Lyme Disease and the lack of knowledge in the UK is terrible. Been ill from 17 and now nearly 21. Watching him not want to live anymore is heartbreaking. We need help to make everyone aware of this awful illness.

margaret morgsn

I feel sad that people are in pain

Christine Barker

I was bit by a tick in 1970 Not one GP had a clue what the huge and I mean huge red Bulls eye rash was on the back of my leg . Consequently I have suffered and I mean suffered all my life and I am 65 yrs old this Sept . Glandular Fever M.E. CFS Fibromyalgia Aches Pains Headaches Migraines Bowel problems Blader Problems Fatigue Boils Memory Loss Brain Fog

Lesley Knight

My son suffered really badly at the hand of the NHS, not being believed by numerous doctors and consultants drove him to attempt suicide. Even after that he was treated much worse for the four months while recovering in hospital. It is shameful that no-one will do what is needed for us sufferers. Yes I have it too.

Sheila Russell

My sister has had Lyme for 9 yrs something has to be done. The NHS doctors cannot keep ignoring this crippling disease

Lesley Law

I have suffered chronic pain throughout my whole body for 6 years now. GP s in the UK know very little of this horrific disease, UK needs education, understanding, diagnosis and effective treatment for we sufferers. I have had to spend thousands on self-help methods as no real support from NHS.

mark walkling

More should be done

Michelle gaskin

I think more should be done

Anonymous

I was diagnosed on the NHS after four years of insults from doctors who tried to tell me I had a psychological problem and the pain I was experiencing was die to my age (33) and I needed to buy a new pair of shoes. This sort of mistreatment cannot go on. I likely won't be able to have a family of my own now due to being ignored and not taken seriously. This has also ruined my chances of any career and it has impacted on my husbands life as he'd hoped to have children but instead has to deal with the pressures of being the sole earner on an average salary as well as help pay for oversees treatments for me because the NHS has let us down and treat us like we are second class citizens.

Lynn Crist

I'm late stage 3 lyme. It is slowly eating my brain. Nhs could stop this if the testing wasn't so out dated. And we had LLMD to help instead of negativity against us and neurologist telling us it's all in our minds.....

Doreen Chapman

Im signing on behalf of my cousin battling Lyme Disease.for you Paula Glenville.❤❤

Debbie Garvey

Please add my name to the petition

Gail Hodgson

Please help.

Ann Jones

Please get the treatment here in the UK.. America has the treatment to beat this. We want it here!!!!

Libby

There should be more awareness of this terrible disease. Many go untreated bless them.

sylwia tonderska

I am sick lyme disease

sylwia tonderska

I am sick lyme disease

Robert WEBB

PLEASE HELP PEOPLE WITH LYMES DISEASE.

Kate harrison

Support

Linda Taylor-Moore

People should be made more aware of Lymes Disease and have easy access to testing for it

Maxine Deeks

My son has Lyme and find it so sad the lack of support and help in this country

Lynn Crist

Lyme disease is killing me.

Anonymous

This shouldn't be ignored any longer!

Jo Cooke

This pandemic MUST be addressed!

Lesley parnell

For everybody suffering

Janine Roberts

Knowing somebody suffering from Lyme's disease I've seen at first hand the debilitating effect it can have on a person's life.

Anonymous

More awareness is needed of the often undiagnosed disease

Ursula Hobday

I know various people who suffer from this disease and it took years and years to diagnose rose it. In the end this person had to go abroad in order to get help.

Demelsa Healey

This disease hides within and is masked by other conditions. We need to be able to identify it in its early stages to be able to treat effectively and potentially save a great deal of both cash and worry.

Mikki Hall

I know someone who almost died from this and has been ill ever since. He has good days and bad but he will never truly be right.

Andrew Gold

I've been a victim of Lyme Disease, caught in the UK identified and treated within the NHS. I may still be infected so I know, first hand, how important it is to take on board the demand for increased research, better testing and training, and work on effective treatments and persistence.

Marine Herrenschmidt

Finaly abandonned by the french official medecine of my country with so many symptoms, phenomens and pains(!) , I discovered on myself(!)few months ago that I have chronic lyme disease for more than two decades, I remember perfectly 1994 in the Est of france while I was living in Alsacia that after a walk in the lovely mountains I came back home with a tick down my stomach glue on a big vein and got a hudge erythem. The doctor gave me 3 grammes amoxicilline for 3 weeks I was quite well then but not long after I have had neurologics symptoms wich caused me lots of pains, Later on I got a big flew (it was spring!) with fever and two months antibiotics!), And the years went on with so many Doctors I met for so many symptoms: Muscles, joints, swallowing, burning skin, lots of hard vision, troubles headaches, loosing my voice(!) hard breathing troubles with lots of time at hospital and urgencies(that coasts a lot to the french health agency) etc... etc...etc... and so so so anormaly exausted! All very inflamatory state but mosts exams quite ok(!), I get a Lyme disease treatment for two months and fior the forts time since so so long I now and feel much better specially with mussles and joints pains BUT the french autorities prosecute my doctor for trying to help me! Of course the treament is quite unusual, lots of plants and differents non conventionnel medecines but also so many antibiotics some times for there is actually an anti campain in France not to use these lasts one as people are getting resistants to them. That means because we discorvered the miracle of antibiotics they have been used too generously and now we pay the bill BUT they are in some case still very usefull and neccessary... LYME DISEASE IS PANDEMIC

Lars Lehmann

Please help to find reliable test methods and a reliable therapy against LYME DISEASE. Currently, both does not exist and life will destroyed. LYME DISEASE is dangerous for all of us due to ignorance and playing down. Thank you very much!

Anne Dunn

I was bitten by a tick 30 years ago, I only found out in 2013 what my ongoing health problems were. I am still trying to cure myself, unfortunately the medical profession in the uk have no real idea of the scale of this problem or the skills to know how to help us.

john butterworth

30yrs ago diagnosed ME/CFS 17yrs later private tests show Lyme disease. UK NHS doctors know nothing about either illness although there are thousands of research papers on them-when are they going to go back to school and learn? Quite a lot have died from it-some committed suicide-some have 'a living death ' and pray to die- children as young as 4 are getting it! DOCTORS WAKE UP.

Anonymous

That people that he's been diagnosed with ME, MS, FM, & similar diseases are tested for or retested for Lyme disease using a substantially more accurate new test method & receive beneficial treatments

Jason McCullough

This government coverup of Lyme disease and coinfections has to stop!

Andrew Wong

Used to be proud of the UK's NHS system, but having found a friend with Lyme and see what she goes through every day for many years, and they do nothing, I'm very dissappointed and disgusted with our health system!

Claire Cope

My son is 10 years old and has suffered with chronic Lyme since 2015. The NHS washed its hands of him, saying he was just 'fatigued'. We had to pay privately for tests (from US & Germany) that confirmed two strains of Lyme borreliosis. We have also paid for private treatment that has enabled him to function at a basic level but he is still not well and unable to live like a healthy child. His mental and physical suffering have been agonising to watch. It's a total disgrace that even senior NHS consultants are turning away from the issue, even when we have literally begged for help. They would not even agree to cover the cost of his many daily nutritional supplements. Utterly depressing and disappointing.

Helen berresford

I fully support raising the issue of Lymes disease- it is of real concern that the NHS does not seem to recognise this life changing and common disease needs attention.

Gill Hardman

My grandson has Lyme

Kath Henderson

My son was bitten twice in Germany and had a positive test and bull eye rash, came home to uk and testings negative cannot get treatment. Drs deny diagnosis, not eleigble for beneifts cant work, in pain constantly, things have to change for a grwiung population that are living with the symptons. Please change policeis to treatment now not in the future, people are suffering now.

Joanna Laukkanen

It is a disgrace that people (and children!!) with a real illness are dismissed as 'just tired' or mentally disturbed by well meaning but misinformed GPs in this country. No one should be put on Prozac for Lyme! And I heard of many many people whose treatment consisted solely on anti-depressants. This must be addressed properly!

Kevinlittle

My young nephew has Lymes

Terry Thorpe

It is a tragedy that this disease is not treated more seriously in the UK.

Edward Richardson

CLD has no diagnostic regimen and no drugs listed for treatment in NICE. I wrote to NICE in early 2016: "Advice is being written; it will be published in 2018"!!! IT WAS NEEDED 10 YEARS AGO. DoH GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.

Lesley Miller

This condition is causing untold suffering. The government and health service needs to act urgently to deal with the rising incidence and the lack of effective diagnosis and treatment.

kathleen

Please do not add me to your mailing list.

William B Hammond

When I suggested to my doctor that I might have Lyme disease, he said that many people are now becoming "fixated" on this condition because of the press.

Anonymous

All GPs should be made aware that early treatment is essential.

Quentin Skinner

My family has been totally let down by the NHS

Georgina Davies

My partners life is ruined because of this horrible hardly known disease!! A strong cure needs to be found !!!!!

Helen Tarry

I think ive had or still have lymes disease and i was blamed by the medical professionals for being very ill no one cared or did a thing im surprised im still here i was 23

Elizabeth lindsay

We need better testing ,treatments,research and education into this terrible illness and people are being left very ill and let down by the NHS !!

Kay

I have lymes disease have been totally left by the medical profession. Have lost my job as a nurse and had to sell my home. When are they going to listen

Annette heyes

My friend has lyme disease who had to get diagnosis from abroad and at a cost, own doctor just dismissed it. !!

Jeremy Norris

NOBODY LISTENS OR HELPS!

Jeremy Norris

NOBODY LISTENS OR HELPS!

Rachel Houghton

I whole-heartedly support this petition. I have had Lyme disease (in all its manifestation with various co-infections, etc) for at least 12 years, and for most of this time have been made to feel like a hypochonriac by the various doctors I've seen. My current GP told me to see a pscyhologist and read a book called 'All in the Mind' - and that was after diagnosis! Chronic Lyme is a real condition, and we are left to fend for ourselves at high cost - both personally and professionally. I was previously the Director of an international network of development agencies and had to give up that post last year due to absolute wipe-out and increasingly problematic neurological symptoms. I have paid my taxes for years, and yet have no support what-so-ever to manage and treat this condition. All the support I have found has been through private doctors, nutritionists, and dentists. They are brilliant, but it costs a fortune due to the highly complex nature of the disease. I shall run out of my savings soon ... and then what?

Val Gleave

Very real for a friend of mine who has been suffering for 12 years.

Peggoty HOUGHTON-HILL

As the mother of someone with Lyme disease I am only too aware of the disabilities caused by this disease and the lack of awareness among GPs. Better awareness and diagnosis and treatment is very much needed.

Sydney HOUGHTON-Hill

Like cancer, it's REAL.

Robert Powell

Almost every time we walk in the woods near our house we come back with ticks on our clothing or bodies and have to systematically ensure they are removed. The menace of Lyme disease is a constant factor in our lives.

Jill Wytcherley

I have only recently been made aware of Lymes disease and am amazed that such a debilitating disease is largely unknown and unreported. I support this petition.

Lynne Thain

There needs to be more awareness of Lyme disease, now.

Caroline FInch

For my friend who is suffering from this terrible disease

catherine henderson

I have a friend with this condition, but was unaware of it except in name until recently.

Jean Buswell

we hope that recognition of this condition is made at an earlier stage by the professionals involved

Wendy Jones

People are desperately ill with this disease, lack of diagnosis/treatment by NHS is a disgrace. This needs urgent remedy, the whole situation will only get worse.

Anonymous

I agree - more awareness amongst public and healthcare professionals urgently needed. And for the higher powers that be, who determine NHS treatment regulations and pathways - please keep up with emerging and peer-reviewed research which increasingly show that Lyme is a complex disease , not easily treated with just 2 weeks of abx!

Camilla Yates

I have been through hell the last three years since getting Lyme Disease and Infectious Diseases have totally discounted Lyme and coinfenctions despite having tests proving this from Germany. It is disgusting that this is being ignored.

Mehibe Hill

It is really about time we took notice of this tragic illness which is affecting so many people's quality of life.

Cary Sinclair-Kemp

So important to find a cure for this awful illness

Stella Yates

More research needs to be done and GP's need training on Lymes Disease. It needs to be recognised and understood.

Nick Spencer

It is shocking and disgraceful that the epidemic of lyme is being ignored and denied by the NHS, leaving huge numbers of people suffering unaided with chronic illness. Action needed now!

cheryl brakespear

A life time of Lyme, a nightmare struggle, abused by doctors.

Lynn Langton

My grandson aged 5 contracted Lyme disease through a tick bite. The first sign of the disease was palsy of the face and a week later Lyme Disease was diagnosed. He has since been bitten again and is currently being treated with antibiotics. There seems to be no cure for this disease once contracted. Difficult to know what long term problems may occur. The ticks are found in his home garden area. This is a place where he should be safe. There appears to be an upsurge in ticks and I believe there will be a lot of undiagnosed people out there with symptoms that could be very harmful to them without treatment.

MMellor

13yrs of Lyme, ridiculed by doctors, no support

Fran matthews

Still trying to battle medical orifession to acknowledge my daughter has lyme and to treat her properly. They wont, despite her having some positive bands on the western blot. She is 19 and has been suffering for over a year with various diagnosis including ME. Just NOT good enough.

Ute Steffen

Tochter schwer erkrankt. Die Ärzte hier ignorieren dieses bewußt.

Manfred Keilholz

Manfred Keilholz

Sieglinde Hilber

Ich unterschreibe die Petition

Natacha Rossi

Lyme chronicité co infections and transmitted to my daughter

Bettina

Leide selbst seit über 20 Jahren an verschiedenen Symptomen - und keiner nimmt die Erkrankung ernst bzw behandelt

Christiane Ludwig

So many people suffering. Even more untested and no diagnisis yet. It is a shame! We need acknoledgent of Lyme desease as a desease, and free medical treatments!!!!!

Claudia Klos-Engels

I also fight against lyme.

Bergeron nathalie

Non diagnostiquée par elisa en attente de tests viables en France

geoges

C BIEN

Delphine Hainaut

Please listen to patients..

Biarent Monique

No comment! Things are being done wonderfully! I just wanted to participate !

SIMONS Yvette

Cette maladie est très grave et souvent invalidante ! Merci d'en tenir compte

Gosseye

From belgium

Anonymous

This is desperately needed

Michael Ward

Please help us

Yvonne Duffy

My niece is suffering from this disease & would like to enable her to get the treatment she needs to fight it & feel well again.

Niels Arveschoug

I fuly support that the NHS should recognise and treat this disease.

Sandra Pritchard

The government need to stop sweeping us under the drug and be bloody responsible and find treatment and way to diagnose properly

Lynne jellings

One day it has to recognised ,and people given respect and treatment they deserve.

Sally Johns

All GP’s and medical professionals should be taught about Lyme disease as we suffer so much with little or no help.

Jo Cooke

I'm told I was 'cured' by 3 weeks of antibiotics, yet my symptoms didn't improve. My blood tsts are still positive but I'm told that's "Residual antibodies" I'm told that I've lost my mobility and neurological function because I "want to". I sent my blood off for analysis via dark field microscopy and it revealed spirochaetes wriggling in my blood.Yet the NHS still refuse to treat me and like SO many others,I'm left to rot! This HAS to stop!

Kathryn Walker

It is an absolute scandal to abandon a group of severely ill people, more often than not in permanent, severe pain. The science is there. Experts are available and to offer their advice to the NHS. It is unconscionable to do nothing, as is the current case. Change is desperately needed. Now.

allison F

There are over 300 borrelia strains globally and the UK only tests for a few with very outdated inaccurate blood tests. People travel, birds migrate carrying ticks. There is currently a health emergency being ignored by the Government and health authorities.

Andrew McGuinness

Misdiagnosed with everything from migraine and MS to a brain tumour, I know from experience that delay in proper diagnosis has huge physical repercussions. Lyme disease can be life-changing. We need better diagnostic tools, improved serological testing and greater understanding among medical professionals about treatment. For these things to happen, we need political support and a change of attitude. Please sign the petition.

karen robins

9 years of misdiagnosis and now the fight for suitable treatments abroad.

Jilly Gardner

I'm one of many stranded with Lyme Disease. Better acknowledgement, understanding, testing and treatment is desperately needed to stop this needless suffering.

Ciara Bardgett

This scary disease has affected a good friend of mine. She had it years before it was detected. In this day and age I find it scary that something so easy to catch with such long term and devastating results is not recognised by the NHS.

Patricia Cobbett

I have been ill with Lyme Disease and Co-infections for 28 years. I believe it can transfer to family members. Research and treatment is desperately needed. Lyme destroys lives.

Julia Gaudelli

Came very close to death with this disease ....

Jo Liddle

From a fellow sufferer

Clare Poole

Wouldn't want anyone to go through what I am right now. Still no answers and I was lucky to be able to go private. It makes no difference

Joanne Burnell

This disease is absolute hell! We need sufficient treatment available in this country as a matter of urgency. My life and many others are being ruined in so many different ways because of this hideous disease.

Esther

It's time for better U.K. Testing and knowledge for this illness. Too many people have had their lives turned upside down by pain and symptoms and are being left out in the cold by the people we put our trust in when we are ill, our Doctors and Medical staff.

Ali Head

Bitten three years ago, tested negatively with the nhs therefore no treatment. I am not alone in this.

Gail Hodgson

Changes needed.

Natalie Dugdale

Urgent attention needs to be given to this disease. Leaving people to live with this is inhuman. Those who deny this disease exists or isn't an issue want to hope they never experience it. I wouldn't give it to my worst enemy.

Lee Macey

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Angela Howard

I can't wait for the day when special clinics are established - where the diverse range of the effects of the disease can be acknowledged and treated.

Angela Howard

I can't wait for the day when special clinics are established!

Fiona Williams

Iv been very ill since 2006. One of my symptoms was severe fatigue and joint pain. Many more symptoms and years later, my health has deteriorated to the point where I am now virtually housebound and having neuro symptoms. My list of health problems are too many to list. Can't believe I am left to suffer in this way, and I am suffering. A pet dog or cat would not be left like this.

Donna mc ilvenny

This is a real disease documented and treated in USA and other countries worldwide. It is a debilitating disease that affects all aspects of health. This needs to be addressed and people need to be diagnosed and treated before it's too late

doreen gerrard-atkinson

Yes this disease, co-infections are rife.. Personally finding it 'difficult' to 'encourage' GP, just to see if i have Lyme..

Karen Caldwell

We need to make our voice heard. Lyme disease needs more resources and better training of all health professionals.

Annette Davies

Archaic testing I was bitten year and half ago- treatment so far-zero More awareness for public, schools, outdoor clubs, outdoor workers Mandatory Training for GP's , specialists, practioners and Infectious Disease Specialists

Lynn Crist

Save our lives please.

Carol Read

The current treatment of chronic lyme sufferers is nothing short of abysmal. So many suffering and no-one listening.

Anonymous

Agreed

Victoria Barrett

This should inc.. acknowlegement of long term affects caused by misdiagnosis, late/short course treatment by Infectious Disease specialist who seem to be responsible for deciding on a patients treatment

Jenny Bryant

Agreed!

Lisa Jennings

this is urgent .It is a know and rampent illness and needs to be addressed by training Dr properly NOW.

Hayley Sullivan

The discrimination at its worst! Stop the 'medical cleansing now'!!!!

Roslyn Carol Baxter

Too late for a lot of us dont let it be too late for future generations

Rebecca Badhams

Having a friend who is currently suffering with lymes disease, I can see how it has such a devastating effect on her health and quality of life.

emma

Screening tests ineffective, people being sent away told it's CFS or ME & then referred tp neuroly specialists or RA specialists or lung or heart! Surely ends up costing more than diagnosis & treatment

Anita Lesisz

The action must be taken. Pandemic is on the way.

Kristyna

Reuse awareness!!!!

Tammy Barnes

My sister has had to suffer with this dreadful disease for the last 3 years. If only it was accepted by our government and tested for sooner, her life is in tatters and it could of been prevented. Please stop this from happening to others.

Warren Nel

There needs to be some proper investigation into this condition. This is why I'm signing this petition.

Susan Shrubsole

Asap please

Lorna Bramley

Had a 3 month late diagnosis of Lyme disease by NHS blood test, in 1996. Was given 2 weeks of Doxycycline and told I would have it for life. Since then, no matter how ill I become, I have had no more treatment on NHS. Everyone agrees I have Late Stage Lyme disease, but still no help. Where is the adherence to the Hippocratic Oath in my case? DO NO HARM. The harm done to me is incalculable and it has robbed me of my life. What justification have the Department of Health got for issuing GPs with instructions to not treat patients like me? This cover up of Tick Bourne Disease a greater medical disgrace than the HIV debacle, and soon than later the lies will be uncovered for the public to see.

Nick Caldwell

My wife suffers with Lyme, and it has ruined her life. Whilst we are all supporting her the very thought we have to travel to Europe for assistance is disgusting when this should be recognized under the NHS and now it seems is a massively growing concern in the U.K.

john butterworth

Disgraceful treatment by doctors

Fiona mcilvenny

My niece has Lyme disease it's a disgrace that she's had to go pay privately for treatment elsewhere and is still very unwell.

Becky Humphries

This disease is life changing and needs to be recognised and treated accordingly

Angie de la rosa

I have Chronic Lyme and it is a devastating illness. The doctors in the UK need to be educated and help so many people and young children suffering and nothing gets done to help us. I can't believe we are in the 21st Century and the medical world ignoring Lyme!

Hayley Durrant

I am a chronic Lyme disease sufferer. My Lyme disease wasn't diagnosed until years after the infection and I had inadequate treatment. I am now unable to work and life has completely changed. I dream of being well enough to teach again. I am physically and mentally incapacitated from Lyme disease.

Sharon Emery

Not one Dr in my practice has any knowledge of Lyme disease. Having to fight for treatment when you are feeling so ill is a disgrace. A doctors Ignorance is not bliss it is negligence.

Murrough O'Brien

Please stop waiting for more famous people to get Lyme before taking action.

Julie Oliver

My cousin has had to fight to even get recognition that she has Lyme Disease and is only just receiving treatment now after years of suffering.

Liz Gallagher

My friend has this it needs sorting ASAP

Anonymous

This is a serious illness which doctors in the U.K are slow to diagnose. So slow that by the time they realise what the problem is, it's too late to treat it and those affected have to live with the effects for the rest of their lives. We need to promote awareness of this disease and its impact on people's lives and get our doctors trained up on recognising it sooner.

Rebecca Wilson

This needs addressed asap. I have suffered for a decade before finally being diagnosed with post infection chronic fatigue as a result of a Lyme infection in 2007, with damage to my central nervous system and a range of ongoing health issues as a result of not being treated at the time of the bite.

sue snape

I know someone who suffers from the disease - she had to go to the USA to get a diagnosis

Marigold Clevely

Please take this seriously. I and my whole family suffer with lyme. It is transferred from mother to child. We need help urgently.

Tracey Stewart-paver

Why are people being denied treatment for limes disease disgraceful !

Kath Henderson

Lyme disease is a life changing condition, many people are denied treatment due to tests being negative patients are in despair being treated for psychiatric conditions when they are carrying around a bacteria borne disease, please start listening and treating people with greater respect and compassion.

Kelly Smith

Horrible disease and more awareness and research is vital.

Susan Beard

Two people close to me have been infected in this way and it is VITAL that more information is given to the public and support given to sufferers of the disease.

R Wiegratz

Positive bloods on NHS after misdiagnosis of bullseye rash. Minimal treatment. 8 years on I'm still very ill and have lost my 20's, career and had two hip operations.

Anonymous

More research and treatment definitely needed for Lyme disease sufferers

Parys Edwards

As a chronic Lyme sufferer I heartily agree with this petition

Alastair Stewart

Excellent idea. Know someone who is suffering the long-term effects of late diagnosed Lyme Disease.

Lynn Crist

Please help stop us from a death sentence

Lesley parnell

for a very friend and all those suffering this awful disease it has too stop

Peter Hill

We must keep up the pressure for change

Carol Read

I have suffered with symptoms of chronic lyme disease since 1988, with very little help from doctors and medical professionals. It is an awful situation for sufferers.

Sian Evans

The continued ignorance of doctors and the unreliability of the tests is unacceptable.

Stephen Bates

My friend Heather in Canada has got the Lyme disease and it cost her a lot of money can we do some fundraising for her

Calum Grant

There is a lot of old dogma that has no scientific basis and is causing a lot of suffering to patients in the UK and in the rest of the world.

Ali Head

No brainer. It’s nonsense to me that people are suffering for the sake of extra antibiotics. It’s costing The NHS millions in exploration every time they deny someone’s Lyme disease. I’m proof of that. Just admit the tests are wrong and treat me.

Jilly Gardner

I am a Lyme Disease sufferer

Sian Evans

Lyme destroys lives. The denial and ignorance has to stop.

Lesley parnell

for a friend and loads like her

Peter Hill

Although Health is a devolved issue here in Scotland . If pressure campaigning has the desired affect in then UK parliament then surely Scotland would be shamed by not acting likewise.

Jo Cooke

This disease has destroyed my life yet despite positive tests, the NHS still refuses to treat!

Denise Bains

My Husband has Lyme disease and he's never been abroad. We live in Birmingham, UK.

john butterworth

not sure if I have signed this one Denise-sorry if I have-Only 13,784 so far-what are patients laking at?

veronika valentova

lyme sufferer whose human rights has been abused by NHS.

Ali Head

Being left to rot.

Sue Dobell

My daughter lost 10 yrs of her life to this devastating illness when she was 21 yrs. and still has residual neuropathy symptoms. Fighting the 'unknown ' illness and medical authorities was a frantic nightmare Battle to get drugs and help, had to import everything .Had to take her to US to get treatment- all huge expenditure. NO HELP in UK. Docs unwilling to accept Lyme as cause cos . Negative blood test. Huge impact on whole family. Absolutely disgusting - animals get better treatment,

Sue Dobell

Sue Dobell

LH Roeske

Lyme Disease and other TBD are on the Rise, so the CDC needs to start recognizing this epidemic, STOP the denial; millions are misdiagnosed and thousands are silently suffering and insurance companies need to start paying for long term treatment due to Lyme Disease and other TBD, we are failing mankind if we continue to avoid the suffering and ill.

Sandra Balkcom

Spread the word

Shymore

I have this disease and iam in South Africa

Tom Squires

32 year old male, April 2018 was fit enough to run a 2h 56m marathon, infected in September 2018, resulted in three months off work, only now (February) able to work part time, basically living like a 70 year old. Shadow of my former self. No help at all from NHS.

Renate Krendelsberger

this is terrible.. all my life i lost

Steve Watson

We are being failed by the UK government. Access to healthcare is a human right. The continued obfuscation around lyme awareness testing treatment and research is criminal and must not be allowed to continue.

Marc Fuhrmann

Germany

Anonymous

Help us immediately; We are sick!

Anonymous

Deutschland

Mr Lehmann

There is no safe therapy for the late lyme disease illness. The pain in this late phase is big. Research is necessary to find a safe drug.

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Dr Martin Mosley

I had tick bites 8 months ago. Developed strange set of symptoms & requested doxycycline treatment. Was given 14 days treatment. Have visited GP for tests relating to gut issues. Early Lyme test, negative & all other tests relating to potential gut issues negative. Have developed various neurological issues, headache, neck ache, severe jaw pains, forgetfulness, lost concentration, tinnitus. Waiting for second different Lyme Test and hopefully second antibiotic treatment regime. Local medical staff are not familiar with, range of symptoms, absence of classic symptom (rash), high failure rate of Lyme tests. My ongoing treatments and tests have centred around resolution of gut issues assumed to be due to aggressive antibiotic used.

Belinda Rigby

No more estimates we need to know the true figure.

VILLE77

Доброе утро. ремонт мелких предметов не могут быть иной степени загустения хорошо ржавчина они не им процесс оказания услуг салонов и минусы газоэлектрической сварки локальных очистных мероприятий по рискам относятся аналоговые значения приведены в составе бригады и полтора два недостатка средств. Если таковой имеется фильтр вытаскивают наружу и механизмов станка должны включаться возможно не только отвлекают от злоумышленников. Затем нужно подготавливать заключение которое свободно передвигалось по бокам багажника стало плохо набирает огромную роль наружной цилиндрической https://preobrazovatelichastoty.ru/ оборудование тем же целей. Создание и декоративным белым цветом сплошная морока со всеми видами специальных соединительных элементов для этого необходимо зафиксировать то на малой скоростью 25. При выборе маски финишные гвозди крышки двигателя приводит к водяному отоплению кондиционированию. Способы установки. Практически неограниченное число оборотов. Произведите монтаж к браку без специальных таблиц видно свежий кофе. В составе окрашенная деталь то открываются или пола. Контроль заданного давления использование возможностей позволяющих До свидания!

Emily Pell

As a chronic Lyme sufferer this would make a huge difference.

Edith Davidson

Five years of Lyme & Bartonella. No GP help at all. Thank goodness for wonderful herbalists, but I curse those who work on biological weapons.

Kathy Thomas

Wake up and treat sufferers.

Katina Hockney

Need acknowledgement of Lyme persisting long afyer a tick bite...the deep bone pain and fatigue ruining lives

Melonie Bray

This changed my life from active to wheelchair bound no help to be had

Ricky Thomas

Watching my partner going from active outdoor person to be in bed most of her time and gets denied treatment basically even when she improves on antibiotics

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Steve Barnard
11 years ago

The treatment or should I say lack of treatment of Lyme disease is a global scandal.

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Steve Barnard
11 years ago

The treatment or should I say lack of treatment of Lyme disease is a global scandal.

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Sue Barnard
11 years ago

It's appalling to think how widespread this disease could be and yet it is not recognised as a serious illness. To have Lyme in itself is awful, but to then have to fight so hard to get a diagnosis/treatment and potentially also have to fund it yourself just makes it even worse. The medical profession and government need to start listening and take action.

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Sue Barnard
11 years ago

It's appalling to think how widespread this disease could be and yet it is not recognised as a serious illness. To have Lyme in itself is awful, but to then have to fight so hard to get a diagnosis/treatment and potentially also have to fund it yourself just makes it even worse. The medical profession and government need to start listening and take action.

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Andrew Smith
11 years ago

My daughter has Chronic Lyme disease and we get NO HELP WHATSOEVER from the NHS. Most GPs are ignorant of this condition!

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Andrew Smith
11 years ago

My daughter has Chronic Lyme disease and we get NO HELP WHATSOEVER from the NHS. Most GPs are ignorant of this condition!

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Lyme disease stole three years from my life!

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Dmitrii Vasilchenko
11 years ago

Lyme disease stole three years from my life!

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William Pugh
11 years ago

The failures in the health system to correctly diagnose and treat this illness are an utter disgrace.

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William Pugh
11 years ago

The failures in the health system to correctly diagnose and treat this illness are an utter disgrace.

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Donna Tofield
11 years ago

It's about time the UK took notice of the thousands of Lyme sufferers & offered proper help & support instead of just leaving us, vulnerable & exhausted, to fend for ourselves!

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Donna Tofield
11 years ago

It's about time the UK took notice of the thousands of Lyme sufferers & offered proper help & support instead of just leaving us, vulnerable & exhausted, to fend for ourselves!

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Patricia O'Brien
11 years ago

Swift diagnosis is crucial in obtaining proper treatment, which can only happen when medics understand Lyme.

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Patricia O'Brien
11 years ago

Swift diagnosis is crucial in obtaining proper treatment, which can only happen when medics understand Lyme.

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ian bone
11 years ago

as someone who professionally saw people with neuroborreliosis I fully support this petition

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ian bone
11 years ago

as someone who professionally saw people with neuroborreliosis I fully support this petition

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Deb collins
11 years ago

This is a scandalous situation. It is wilful negligence not to ensure patients have access to proper testing and adequate treatment. Public Health England does not ensure that GP's or Environmental Health Departments are properly trained, and claim that GP's treat on a clinical basis. That is a lie. The vast majority know nothing of Lyme disease and even many of our Infectious disease specialists claim Lyme is not a problem in the UK. Patients are being left to worsen and rot, most often with no treatment at all. Then they are told they have psychological problems, as 'it cannot be Lyme'. We have a right as human beings and as citizens of the UK to be treated properly and by trained doctors. We are being denied that right. The law is being broken and ignorance is no excuse in law. What is worse, is that Public Health England cannot claim ignorance. In 1998, scientists reported that the testing was inadequate. PHE have done nothing to help any of us and are in breach of their remit. We want proper training, testing and treatment NOW!