“What caused my friend Sarah’s untimely death at 28 – Lyme’s disease or something else? Seeking clarification on the role of Lyme’s in her decline. #LymesDisease #MysteryIllness #OrganFailure #HeartFailure #EatingDisorder”
Seeking Clarity on Sarah’s Health Journey
Symptoms Started in Early Teens
- Vomiting after eating, inability to keep food down
- Diagnosis of eating disorder questioned
Challenging Medical Journey
- Diagnosed with gastroparesis and stomach removed
- Underweight, tube-fed, continued weight loss
Conflicting Diagnoses
- Positive Lyme’s test, family claims Lyme’s
- Local hospital insists on eating disorder diagnosis
Unexplained Demise at 28
Cause of Death: Multiple Organ Failure or Heart Failure
- Weight of 25 kg, BMI of 9.2
Seeking Validation
Could Lyme’s Have Been the Culprit?
- Can Lyme’s disease cause such severe decline and death?
- Any documented cases of Lyme’s killing young individuals?
- Possibility of an eating disorder being overlooked?
I’m sorry for your loss. It really sounds awful. That said, if I had to make a list of the 100 most probable infections, Lyme would not be on it.
Lyme can definitely kill when not treated, but this doesn’t sound likely in this case. There is a controversial entity of “chronic Lyme” which is sometimes blamed for any number of vague, difficult to diagnose symptoms by providers outside of mainstream evidence-based practice.
More likely, your friend passed from complications of malnutrition. Whether from malabsorption subsequent to the gastrectomy or from her eating disorder, it’s hard to say.
No this was not Lyme disease. Your friend died from severe malnutrition. I don’t know if it was ED since I don’t know her, but no one is going to live long with a BMI of 9.2
You already have some good responses here, but I just wanted to say I’m very sorry for the loss of your friend.
Chronic Lyme is not a real thing. Anyone who says otherwise is either selling something or has been sold something.
I’m sorry for your loss, but from the very limited history given, I’d say that she died of malnutrition.