After 41 years of complaints, Peter Hoogland finally knows why: he has Lyme disease. ‘Within the family it was and is a disaster, socially the death blow’

Peter Hoogland did not feel healthy to a greater or lesser extent for 41 years. The general practitioner, various hospitals, even three years of research by a specialized clinic in Amsterdam, there was never any clarity. Only recently was the Dirkshorner told that it was Lyme disease.

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