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9 ways COVID-19 and Lyme disease can look alike

In the article, “Neurologic Findings Among Inpatients with COVID-19 at a Safety-Net U.S. Hospital,” Anand and colleagues described the symptoms and clinical presentations of 74 individuals with confirmed COVID-19.  [1] The patients were seen for neurology consults while hospitalized or within a month of hospitalization. Covid-19 and lyme disease share many of the symptoms and […]

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Lyme disease mimics cellulitis skin infection

The 40-year-old woman, who developed redness, swelling, pain, and a rash at the excision site, was treated with cephalexin and later switched to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX).  This case describes a case where Lyme disease mimics cellulitis. “Over the next 24 hours, there was a rapid expansion of abdominal redness and patchy areas of redness on her

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Should Lyme disease patients with an impaired immune system get the COVID-19 vaccine?

People can have an impaired immune system from an overactive and underactive immune response. “A strong immune system responds appropriately to the challenge; a weak immune system may over-respond or under-respond,” explains Kostoff and colleagues in the journal International Journal of Molecular Medicine. [2]  Should Lyme patients get the COVID-19 vaccine? They added, “A weakened

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Are you reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine?

Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I will be addressing concerns from Lyme disease patients regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. By Dr. Daniel Cameron I have Lyme disease patients in my practice who are concerned about contracting COVID-19 and some who are reluctant to

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A 61-year old woman who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer followed by Lyme disease.

a 61-year old woman who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and later Lyme disease.   The woman underwent a  lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. I first read about this case in the journal Diagnostics  by Ørbæk  and colleagues. One  year later, she developed leg and back pain so severe that narcotics would not even

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Can you have Lyme disease and not know it?

There are several published papers that address the question: Can you have Lyme disease and not know it?  Logigian and colleagues described chronic neurologic Lyme disease patients who were ill for up to 14 years prior to being diagnosed. Their symptoms included fatigue, poor memory, a sleep disturbance, headaches, lightheadedness, and joint pain.1  Fallon and

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Severe neuropathic pain due to Lyme disease. Inside Lyme Podcast

Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I will be discussing the case of a 36-year-old man with severe neuropathic pain due to Lyme disease. By Dr. Daniel Cameron I first read about this case in the journal Neuromodulation by Karri and colleagues. A

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Geriatric Babesia cases are rising and may require longer treatment

Overall, the number of individuals contracting Babesia is rising. The annual number of cases per year climbed from 4 per 100,000 to 9 per 100,000 in the U.S. between 2006 and 2017. The annual number of cases of Babesia per year for individuals over the age of 85 was 4 out of 100,000. In comparison,

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