the Academy of Medicine opposes the official recommendations of the High Health Authority

Medical Disagreement. The Medical Academy criticized Tuesday, July 3, the recent official recommendations in the treatment of Lyme disease. For several months, this pathology has been a subject of controversy between the patient badociations and the medical profession. The recommendations, published on June 20 by the High Authority of Health, enact the good practices of care.

Recommendations grouped under the very broad terminology of "symptomatology / persistent polymorphic syndrome after possible tick bite" (SPPT) "situation of patients who have may have been exposed to ticks and show polymorphic, persistent and unexplained clinical signs that may be disabling ". This terminology has no purpose, according to the Academy of Medicine. She expressed in a statement "its deep disappointment."

HAS "implicitly recognizes the existence of such a pathology without any evidence with, as a result, proposals for heavy load involving numerous, expensive and often unnecessary investigations " wrote the learned society. "Far from clarifying the situation" HAS, in "wanting to please everyone does not satisfy anyone" she added. The Academy of Medicine sees a "blackmail of pressure groups", in this case the patient badociations.

Lyme borreliosis is an infectious disease transmitted by a tick bite. She "is diagnosed by a clinical examination above all" and if necessary by blood tests, emphasized the HAS. For several years, badociations of patients and physicians have been demanding the recognition of controversial chronic forms, undiagnosed in this way.