When the patient is making the (wrong?) diagnosis: a biographical approach to patients consulting for presumed Lyme disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Media coverage of Lyme disease (LD) has led to an increase in consultations for presumed LD in Europe. However, LD is confirmed in only 10%-20% of patients, with a significant number remaining in a diagnostic dead-end.

Objectives

To reach a deeper understanding of how patients themselves contribute to the diagnostic process. To describe the genesis of the LD hypothesis in care pathways.

Methods

In 2019, 30 patients from a prospective cohort consulting in the infectious diseases department at University Hospital in Marseille for presumed LD were recruited for semistructured interviews. The inclusion criteria were: suffering from subjective symptoms for 6 months, no clinical or paraclinical argument suggesting current LD. The patients' medical trajectories we

SUBMITTER: Lutaud R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9619758 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature