June 23, 2024

Nervous system Lyme disease has a wide spectrum of manifestations, including facial nerve palsy and subacute meningitis, which are often observed in the pediatric population, the authors state. But only rarely, have cases of seizures triggered by Lyme disease been reported. In their case report, the authors describe a 4-year-old boy who was admitted to […]

“Case report: Substantial improvement of autism spectrum disorder in a child with learning disabilities in conjunction with treatment for poly-microbial vector borne infections,” by Drs. Offutt and Breitschwerdt describes the case of an adolescent diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, who had cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms which improved following treatment for Lyme disease and Bartonella.¹ The