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Article outrage: Lyme disease easily treated?

The New York Times article, written by Apoorva Mandavilli, the mother of a 9-year-old boy who developed Lyme disease, portrays it as a relatively insignificant disease. It is, as she states, “An easily treated infection with no long-term consequences for children, or even the vast majority of adults.” However, she goes on to cite several […]

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Should Lyme disease be added to the causes of vocal cord paralysis?

(Updated: 6/24/19) In the Prevention article, doctors describe how Lyme disease can impact a person’s vocal cords. “Lyme can affect the nerves that are responsible for controlling the muscles in the vocal cords,” says Amesh A. Adalja, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “As a result, someone could technically lose their

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What does it take to be a “Lyme literate” doctor?

So, what does it take to be “Lyme literate”? Baker argues that “Lyme disease conforms to the same fundamental rules and principles applicable to other infectious diseases.” But he fails to define what it would take for a board certified infectious disease specialist to be “Lyme literate.” I would assume a “Lyme literate” doctor would be able to

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Bourbon virus: flu drug to treat the deadly disease?

In 2017, a 58-year-old woman from Missouri, who initially presented with generalized weakness, myalgia, nausea, and a rash, was diagnosed with the virus. She had been exposed to ticks one week earlier. She died after 23 days in the hospital. The virus is so new that relatively little is known about it. Symptoms typically include

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Relying on a negative Lyme disease test can prove deadly

In the summer of 2013, a young man from Poughkeepsie, NY, died suddenly after suffering from flu-like symptoms for nearly 3 weeks. Initial reports suggested he had died from complications due to the Powassan virus, a rare illness, transmitted by ticks that can be fatal. However, a paper published in the March issue of Cardiovascular Pathologist, 3.

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Powassan virus infection causes polio-like illness

While vacationing in rural Newfoundland, the man developed nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, double vision (diplopia) and impaired coordination (ataxia). He was admitted to a hospital where his symptoms worsened. The man became febrile and experienced slurred and slow speech (dysarthria), weakness, and respiratory distress. “Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed pleocytosis (159 × 106 total nucleated cells:

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The third rail of Lyme disease: how Borrelia bacteria persist

The working group, led by Dr. John Aucott of Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center, released its first report in 2018. The report included multiple suggestions to address the “serious and growing threat of tick-borne diseases.” Authors of the report called on the government to invest more funds in research, prevention and treatment of

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Yale doctor says children don’t have Lyme, but medically unexplained symptoms

In a 2014 interview, Dr. Eugene Shapiro, dismissed patients’ concerns over chronic symptoms associated with Lyme disease And recommended the medical community “figure out ways to reduce healthcare-seeking behaviors” by patients who are ill and told they do not have Lyme disease. Shapiro expressed his concerns after reviewing Yale Medical Center’s patient database and finding

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