Never heard of crippling joint pain as a symptom of depression.

And the reason it does not show up on blood tests? Because its a spirochete. And spirochetes can burrow themselves out of the bloodstream and into tissue. But this is somehow some heresy voodoo crap to the medical world at large. I’m still trying to figure out why.

Dear God, THANK YOU, for writing this. As a sufferer of this hellish fucking illness, discussion about it is long overdue. Although I don’t agree with everything written, I’m ecstatic that its being discussed at all.

This is giving me heart palpitations. Anytime doubt is cast upon any component of a Lyme diagnosis or misdiagnosis thrusts me back into one fucking camping weekend followed by three years of debilitating joint pain, hours-long back spasms, the inability to read, write or understand language (or even how to remember…

Right. And 90% of people who think they’re allergic to gluten aren’t. Just make sure you don’t dismiss the 10% who are suffering from real symptoms because of all the delusionals. Something to keep in mind as your studies progress

Yeah, I believe because the behavior of the one person I’ve ever known who was diagnosed with chronic lyme made no sense otherwise. She was bitten before starting her sophomore year at college, super-high achiever, majoring in chemical engineering, always active and very responsible. She failed two classes that…

You don’t need to be an M.D.

Wat

Well, one thing adult people routinely put in their mouths and one people don’t. It’s pretty offensive to me to have vagina juice compared to shit.

If we rejected or accepted studies based on how they were reported in the popular media, no scientific progress would be made. Ever.

Seriously. The scientific (and in some cases basic anatomical) ignorance of this article and the comments are really depressing.

It’s not a trend! It’s a goddamn scientific study.

Nice generalization. I happen to know her record. Supporting DOMA, supporting DADT, supporting 1994 Crime bill, supporting Keystone, supporting Iraq, supporting Syria intervention, supporting TPP. Just how many times are we supposed to buy her turnaround? Sorry, but I’ve run out of belief.

Yeah or like a joke or riddle. Something to make us laugh as we’re wondering how at 32, we could let another pair of underwear and jeans get stained.

Shut it down guys, we’re only a month in to 2016 and we already have the comment of the year

Did you have multiple tabs open and accidentally make your comment in the wrong article?

This. Many people who do get the vaccine think they are protected, but they are not. False sense of security.

Sikh and Islam are completely different religions which aren’t remotely related to each other. It’s like racists aren’t even trying to educate themselves anymore.

I haven’t either and I find the idea horrifying.

It's actually more likely that the foreign student was admitted because the UC system is broke and foreign students pay a lot more in tuition than American students, i.e. they are more profitable. The proportion of foreign students to domestic students is changing as the universities see their funding cut.