The Myth
Lyme disease testing has a ‘gold standard’ in Canada.

The Truth

There is no universally accepted test for Lyme disease. Every lab test has its advantages and disadvantages, but overall Lyme tests in Canada are largely flawed. Other labs recommended by CanLyme are all certified and accredited, run by PH.D’s who simply refuse to follow flawed testing protocol. Canada has no mechanism for better testing due to bureaucratic controls that are influenced by for-profit players, and not victims and their experts.

Lyme is known for antigenic shifting, so antibody testing isn’t always effective.
PCR tissue and fluids tests are available for various tissue. A positive PCR is highly accurate. A negative PCR only tells the scientist that they did not find evidence in that sample. Another sample from the same patient from a different location may be positive.

Get the Facts

11 year old is interviewed on CBC radio about her battle with Lyme disease.

A wrap party to mark the end of a long fight. After facing over 1,000 treatments, 11-year-old Emily Arsenault tells guest host Pat Kaniuga about her battle with Lyme disease and why she wanted to throw a party to mark her recovery.

Aired: July 15, 2020

Listen to interview

Posted in For Physicians, Lyme Controversy, Lyme in Manitoba, Miscellaneous, Voices on Lyme and tagged Canada, children, Lyme Disease, Manitoba by Canlyme.

1 Comment

Rob Murray says:

July 18, 2020 at 6:56 am

Congratulations and are thanks to the Manitoba physicians that stuck with this case. This case indicates how serious and debilitating Lyme can be, how the disease can metamorphose and how easily it could be dismissed by AMMI trained physicians. Emily is young and and stands a good chance of recovery because of her younger healthier immune system which should be able to take over. It is all to easy for doctors to throw cases like this onto the compost pile of psychiatric disorders.