Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks
Cross-source consensus on Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- DSCATT is an Australian term for a chronic, multifaceted illness attributed by affected people to tick bites despite the absence of endemic Lyme disease in Australia. — Feasibility of an adjunctive INtervention for Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (FIND): study protocol for a randomised, waitlist-controlled feasibility trial
- DSCATT lacks established diagnostic biomarkers, agreed symptom criteria and pathophysiological mechanisms. — Feasibility of an adjunctive INtervention for Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (FIND): study protocol for a randomised, waitlist-controlled feasibility trial
- The term DSCATT was adopted after a 2016 Australian Senate inquiry to acknowledge severe symptoms while reducing stigma and controversy around terms such as chronic Lyme disease. — Feasibility of an adjunctive INtervention for Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (FIND): study protocol for a randomised, waitlist-controlled feasibility trial
- No Lyme-like illness has been definitively attributed to Lyme disease acquired in Australia. — Feasibility of an adjunctive INtervention for Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (FIND): study protocol for a randomised, waitlist-controlled feasibility trial
- DSCATT is currently approached as a medically unexplained syndrome. — Feasibility of an adjunctive INtervention for Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (FIND): study protocol for a randomised, waitlist-controlled feasibility trial