A Nova Scotia woman denied Workers Compensation benefits for Lyme disease she believes she contracted while working as a veterinary technician will get ...
A Nova Scotia veterinary technician who believes she got Lyme disease from a tick at work is fighting for Workers' Compensation benefits. - ContributedA Nova Scotia woman denied Workers Compensation benefits for Lyme disease she believes she contracted while working as a veterinary technician will get another chance.
Her claim"has been repeatedly denied on the grounds that she does not have Lyme disease but rather, has Multiple Sclerosis,” Smillie said. “Dr. Vett Lloyd has provided important information which suggests the worker’s diagnosis is Lyme disease. Her evidence should be considered by the board in conjunction with a further assessment by an infectious disease expert who could render a current diagnosis for the worker's condition. The board is directed to have the evidence from Dr. Lloyd and the worker assessed by an infectious disease expert to determine her current diagnosis and its cause.
Just over a decade back, the appeal commissioner acknowledged “that there was evidence which supported the worker’s position that she had Lyme disease,” Smillie said. In an October 2015 letter, Lloyd said she’d used the vet clinic worker as a “positive control” in her lab’s research. Lloyd testified that “there are two types of testing, one is direct where you are looking for evidence of the pathogen itself and the other is indirect, where you are trying to find evidence that the pathogen has been there. Current testing for Lyme disease is usually indirect. It is bloodwork that detects antibodies not the bacteria itself. She indicated that in certain cases, this testing will fail because individuals who are immune compromised don’t always produce the antibodies.
“She testified that the results were positive for the Lyme disease bacteria and another disease common in veterinary workers, Bartonella.”Lloyd testified “that she believed the worker would have had cuts on her hands from bathing and grooming cats and if she was handling squished ticks with cut hands, without wearing gloves, she could have been infected with Lyme disease.”
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