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July 21, 2008
Documentary calls Lyme a "silent epidemic"
People living with chronic Lyme disease, caused by a tick bite, now have a documentary they can rally around: “Under Our Skin.” The film explains the controversy surrounding the disease and the difficulties patients face in getting treatment. The doc was an Audience Choice Award finalist at the Tribeca Film Festival, and it is being screened in Austin at noon Saturday, at the Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. 6th St.
Teresa Jones — whose son has Lyme disease — is renting out the theater. Admission is $10, and tickets are available online.
Chronic Lyme disease patients in Austin say they have few options for treatment because many mainstream doctors either dispute the existence of their illness — there are no reliable tests — or do not support treatment with a long course of antibiotics. It is a topic I’ve covered several times as a medical writer, including a story about an Austin nurse practitioner who folded her practice and moved it to San Francisco because she could no longer find a doctor willing to supervise her, as the law requires.
A trailer of the film says that Lyme disease cases are rising and concludes: “It is a national health crisis that is being totally ignored and squashed.”
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