The number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, has been steadily rising in the South as tick populations expand into new territories. One study reports, “The trends in these data paint a clear picture of southward expansion of Lyme disease.” As a result, communities once considered non-endemic for Lyme disease will be at risk, including […]
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Welcome to an Inside Lyme case study. I find that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. I will be discussing a 46-year-old woman with Lyme disease and vision problems. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Jha and her colleague first discussed this case in the Wisconsin Medical Journal in 2018.
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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 25-year-old man with transverse myelitis and Lyme disease. Dumic and colleague first discussed this case in the journal IDCases in 2019. “A previously healthy 25-year-old man
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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 69-year-old man with Lyme disease and double vision. Dixit and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Neurological Medicine in 2018.
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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing 75-year-old Chinese man with a negative Lyme disease test. Lamichhane and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Infectious Diseases in 2018. The
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Welcome to my next Inside Lyme podcast. – I will examine the evidence supporting azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19. Update. This blog was written early in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Doctors have since focused their efforts on other medications and vaccines rather than hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. By Dr. Daniel Cameron You may be wondering why I
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 73-year-old resident of a skilled nursing facility who died from COVID-19. McMichael and colleagues discussed this case in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020. As of March
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By Dr. Daniel Cameron You may be wondering why I am discussing COVID-19 during an Inside Lyme podcast. I am concerned for my children, grandchildren, and my patients. My mother is 90 years old and currently on lockdown in a long term care facility in Minnesota. I want to share my understanding of COVID-19 through
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will discuss the evidence supporting hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19. Update: Doctors have shifted their focus on other treatments and vaccine instead of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Researchers have turned to existing drugs that
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Long term lyme disease symptoms are all to common. According to one study, at their six-month follow-up visit, “36% of patients reported new-onset fatigue, 20% widespread pain, and 45% neurocognitive difficulties.” [3] So, how could Lyme disease symptoms persist long term? There have been many theories, including recent findings that suggest persistent symptoms may be
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