Word: dipaoma
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...Joseph Dipaoma, 58, of Bedford, N.Y., never saw the pinhead-size tick that bit him. But there was no mistaking the angry red rash that blossomed on his forearm. He had Lyme disease, which three weeks on antibiotics quickly cured. Still, five years later, he sometimes wonders if the infection is really gone. "I get a lot of aches and pains," says the part-time delicatessen worker. "In the back of my mind, there's this question: Could it be a residue of the Lyme? Or have I been standing behind the counter too long...
...treat those victims, not the scientists who are being asked to solve a medical mystery that no one has been able to define clearly. There are now so many mixed messages about exactly what Lyme is and how it should be treated that many people are left, like DiPaoma, wondering what to believe...
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