Lyme Non-treatment in Australia

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I am writing this on behalf of my 12 year old son.

He has been ill since the beginning of this year 2015 after being bitten by a tick in one of the islands whilts on a cruise in December 2014.  He went to Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu, but he can't remember where he was when he was bitten.

He has deteriorated rapidly this year and his symptoms include "brain fevers" which is a hot head and brain but a cold and low body temperature and vitilago.  Muscle pain, headache/migraine 24/7 for several months now.  He's very weak and lethargic, but has severe insomnia.  Brain fog and an inability to concentrate.  Unusual behaviour, saying things out of context or making noises in a Terets type of manner.  At the beginning of the year he had a rash on one hand that looked like eczema but thats gone now and he didn't get the bulls eye bite site.  He gets burning pain in the joints and under his skin randomly.  He has missed school completely since July this year as he is bedridden and has to be in a wheel chair if I have to take him to appointments.

The Australian Medical Association is revoking prescribing privileges of doctors that prescribe the antibiotics for Lyme disease and we have been turned away from medical practices that were once helping patients.

Our only option is to go overseas as this is what many, many Australian Lyme patients have to do. So commencing my research for this now.