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"Theterroristinmybodyhasbeenfound."-AmyTan,bestsellingauthor<br/> Intheearly1970's,amysteriousnewailmentwasdiscoveredamongagroupofchildrenlivingaroundthetownofLyme,CT.Whatwasfirstdiagnosedasisolatedcasesofjuvenilerheumatoidarthritis,eventuallybecameknownasLymedisease,apotentiallyseriousillnesstriggeredbyspiral-shapedbacteria,similartotheorganismsthatcausesyphilis.Today,casesofLymediseasehavebeenreportedinallstates.AccordingtoCDCestimates,over200,000peoplemayacquirethediseaseperyear--morethancasesofAIDS,WestNileVirus,andAvianFlucombined.Manyofthoseuntreatedwillsufferchronicdebilitatingillness.Someunknowinglywillpassthediseaseontotheirunbornchildren.Manywilllosetheirlivelihoods,andstillotherswilllosetheirlives.<br/> UnderOurSkinisafeaturedocumentarythattakesviewersintothelivesofLymesufferersstrugglingtofindanswersandaroadbacktohealth.Wewatchasetofdiversecharactersbattlenotonlyadisease,butwhattheyseeasabrokenhealthcaresystem.WhilethepopularperceptionofLymediseaseisofatrivialjoint-relatedproblemeasilycuredwithafewweeksofantibiotics,ourcharacterstellaradicallydifferentstory.Theyareforcedtolivewithconfoundinganddebilitatingsymptomsformonthstoyears,whilesearchingforadiagnosisandeffectivetreatment.Astheyvisitspecialistafterspecialist,somanyaretoldthattheirproblemsarestressrelatedor"allintheirheads.”Mostaremisdiagnosedforyearswithincurableconditionssuchaschronicfatigue,fibromyalgia,lupus,multiplesclerosis,AlzheimersorALS.AndwhenthesepatientsfinallyreceiveaLymediagnosis,theyask,Whatisgoingon?Whyarefront-linephysicianssoignorantofclassicLymesymptomsandthetruesizeoftheepidemic?WhydoesittaketheaverageLymepatientmorethan3yearsand$60,000tobediagnosed?Oncediagnosed,whyaremanyphysiciansandinsurersrefusingtoprovidesuffererswithlifesavingtreatment?AndwhyaremanyofthephysicianswhodotreatLymecomingunderfirewiththethreatoflosingtheirmedicallicenses?<br/> Ontheotherhand,wehearfrommedicalexpertswhoinsistLymediseasecannotbechronicandhasbecomean"epidemicofhysteria"--routinelyover-diagnosedandover-treated,withgraveriskstopublichealthandourantibioticsupply.ThedisconnectbetweenthevaryingperceptionsandexperiencesofLymediseaseisstaggering.<br/> JourneyingdeepintothemicroscopicandmacrocosmicworldofLyme,UNDEROURSKINuncoverstheshockinghuman,medicalandpoliticaldimensionsofLymedisease.Asthefilmdelvesintothelivesofthosewhohavebeenunalterablychangedbythedisease,ahauntingpictureemergesofourhealthcaresystemanditsabilitytocopewithaterrorunderourskin.--©Officialsite
