What are the Chances of a pleural effusion in Borrelia burgdorferi?
So my grandmother was diagnost (Not Officially) with mesothelioma, but we believe it may be a tick born illness, due to the fact that three years earlier she went in and wanted tick born illness tests done on her, but found out that the doctor lied, he said that he had done them, but when she went in a week ago, she found that no such tests had been conducted. Then after told she ha mesothelioma, the doctor said that she could call for any questions, so she did and once again she was lied to because for two straight days none of her messages had been answered. So this made my family furious, so we swiched doctors, and her new doctor is doing more test, so What are the Chances of a pleural effusion in Borrelia burgdorferi, because we found out that people are being miss-diagnost this, while being tested for mesothelioma because it has all of the symptoms that she has right now, and she has nt had an official diagnosis(the old doctor just said she had it, from her symptoms. So What are the Chances of a pleural effusion in Borrelia burgdorferi, and how many americans have had pleural effusion in Borrelia burgdorferi( a type of tick born illness), and how many have been miss diagnost for pleural effusion in Borrelia burgdorferi. Also not to be snappy but I need actual numbers not just”it’s rare” or “it’s common”due to the fact that this is very important to me.
Also my grand mother lives in the woods of New England and raises goats, which are constantly getting ticks due to the overpopulation of deer in the area.

February 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Just to be clear, Borrelia burgdorferi is not a type of tick-borne illness, but rather is the causative organism of Lyme Disease. It’s the name of the spirochete (bacteria) that is carried by the tick.
I don’t know actual numbers, but you can type in “Lyme Disease and pleural effusions” into a search engine and find many case studies where the two occurred together. That is to say, Lyme Disease can certainly show up with pleural effusions being one of the symptoms. There is a good possibility she was misdiagnosed. I know this isn’t as specific as you wanted, but perhaps your own research can yield more precise results.
Good luck.