2015 Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial (pdf)

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Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. InSuffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial,Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world and their struggle for recognition and treatment.