Lyme Disease Videos from one of the leading experts in Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment, Dr. Daniel Cameron.
Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the country and one of the most difficult to diagnose. Experts in the medical and scientific community, as well as key legislators, have deemed Lyme disease an epidemic … a national public health crisis … and a growing threat.
The growing number of infectious diseases carried by ticks; the emergence of new vector-borne diseases; the unreliability of laboratory tests; and the complexity of symptom presentations and variations in each patient make Lyme disease one of the most perplexing and elusive medical conditions to identify.
The treatment for chronic Lyme disease is a controversial topic. Physicians who adhere to the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) treatment guidelines believe symptoms are due to an active infection and should be treated with antibiotics beyond an arbitrary 30-day period.
The statistics surrounding children and Lyme disease are alarming. Even more so, given that there are only a handful of physicians in the country who are experienced in treating the full spectrum of Lyme disease cases in the pediatric and adolescent population.
