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Victims show support for Lyme disease bill

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 03/12/05

One by one, they nervously approached the microphone to list their symptoms: extreme fatigue, aches, blurred vision, balance problems, difficulty speaking.

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Then the misdiagnoses: fibromyalgia, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lou Gehrig's disease.

But the more than two dozen people who testified before a state Senate committee Thursday all finally found the cause of their troubles was Lyme disease, a troubling illness spread by deer ticks.

They were among more than 100 patients and relatives who packed a hearing room to show their support for a bill they say would improve treatment of Lyme disease in the...

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