Choosing a doctor experienced to treat Lyme disease cannot be overemphasized
Oh, for the good old days, when Lyme disease was easy to diagnose and treat. Well, those days are over. As the illness has become increasingly challenging for clinicians and other tick-borne diseases continue to emerge, the role of doctors experienced in treating Lyme disease cannot be overemphasized.
Two children ill with both Lyme disease and Mono
In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, Dr. Daniel Cameron discusses two cases involving children who were ill with both Lyme disease and Mononucleosis.
Two children ill with both Lyme disease and Mono.
I will be discussing two children ill with both Lyme disease and Mono. This case was described by Koester and colleagues in the journal Clinical Medicine & Research.Mono and Lyme disease are common diseases. What happens when child living in an area endemic for Lyme disease has both conditions?These are not the first time patients with both mono and Lyme disease. Koester and colleagues described a study where 52 patients tested positive for Lyme disease and Mono.Koester and colleagues urged caution before dismissing a positive IgM western blot test and run the risk ...
Could monoclonal antibodies prevent Lyme disease better than a vaccine?
Researchers say they have had “promising results” in developing a unique method to prevent Lyme disease in humans. It does not involve a vaccine, but rather a process which stimulates the immune system to ward off infections.
Who is more likely to fail Lyme disease treatment?
In a recent article entitled “Risk Factors and Outcomes of Treatment Delays in Lyme Disease: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study,” Hirsch and colleagues described which Lyme disease patients were more likely to fail treatment.¹
Young child with a “false brain tumor” due to Lyme disease
I will be discussing a case involving a 9-year-old boy with a pseudotumor cerebri due to Lyme disease
This case was described by Ezequiel and colleagues in the journal BMJ Case Rep (2018).
Pseudotumor cerebri means “false brain tumor” because its symptoms are similar to those caused by brain tumors. It's also known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
The boy was admitted to the hospital with “daily pulsatile frontotemporal headache, pallor, photophobia and phonophobia, without night awakening, vomiting or visual changes,” wrote the authors...
Lyme disease causes “false brain tumor” in young child
In this episode, Dr. Cameron discusses the case of a 9-year-old boy who developed symptoms often associated with a brain tumor but was diagnosed with Lyme disease and secondary pseudotumor cerebri.
Lyme disease patient with permanent tinnitus and hearing loss
This Inside Lyme Podcast highlights the case of a 46-year-old man who developed permanent tinnitus and hearing loss following Lyme disease.
What are the benefits of Lyme disease telemedicine?
Doctors and their Lyme disease patients have been reluctant to meet face-to-face during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we’ve turned to telemedicine appointments. What are the benefits of telemedicine for a Lyme disease patient?
Lyme disease patient left with tinnitus and hearing loss
I will be discussing a unique case involving a 46-year-old Lyme disease patient who was left with tinnitus and hearing loss. This case was described by Jozefowicz-Korczynska and colleagues in the journal Frontiers in Neurology . A 46-year-old male farmer was hospitalized with a “sudden onset of tinnitus and hearing loss in the left ear, dizziness, severe balance instability, and gait ataxia,” wrote the authors. (Gait ataxia consists of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements.)The doctors initially suspected and Acoustic Neuroma. The tests were ...