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Dr. Daniel Cameron

Dr. Daniel Cameron is a board-certified physician and epidemiologist specializing in Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses. He is a past president of ILADS and has contributed to Lyme disease treatment guidelines, with a clinical focus on diagnosis, testing limitations, and complex cases.

Dr. Daniel Cameron
Traveling with Lyme disease: realistic strategies for summer and beyond

Traveling With Lyme Disease: Realistic Tips for Summer

Traveling With Lyme Disease: Realistic Tips for Summer TRAVEL PLANNED? WORRIED ABOUT FLARES? CAN YOU TRAVEL WITH LYME DISEASE? Traveling with Lyme disease is possible—but it requires planning, flexibility, and an understanding of your body’s limits. Fatigue, POTS, food sensitivities, and flares can complicate travel, especially during summer months. With the right strategies, many patients […]

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IS ONE DOSE ENOUGH

Single Dose Doxycycline For Tick Bite – Ethical Concerns

Single Dose Doxycycline For Tick Bite – Ethical Concerns This post has no ethics hub link yet. Let me add it plus cornerstone links and a proper Related Articles section. What if you did everything right after a tick bite—and still ended up sick? That’s what happened to a 37-year-old woman who followed medical advice

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Can Lyme Disease make EDS symptoms worse or more complex?

Lyme Disease and EDS: Can Infection Make Symptoms Worse?

Lyme Disease and EDS: Can Infection Make Symptoms Worse? EDS GETTING WORSE WITHOUT EXPLANATION? NEW FATIGUE, POTS, OR BRAIN FOG? COULD LYME DISEASE BE PART OF THE PICTURE? Lyme disease and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) can overlap—sometimes leading to worsening symptoms that are difficult to explain by connective tissue dysfunction alone. “I was told it was

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WHY IS LYME FATIGUE SO SEVERE

Lyme disease fatigue

Lyme Disease Fatigue: Why It Causes Crushing Exhaustion Quick Answer: Lyme disease fatigue is driven by immune activation, neuroinflammation, autonomic dysfunction, sleep disruption, and co-infections such as Babesia. It often includes post-exertional malaise, where even minor activity leads to significant energy crashes. In some cases, persistent fatigue may follow unrecognized or repeated tick exposures, which

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BRAIN FOG… OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS (1)

Lyme Brain Fog vs Dementia: Is It Alzheimer’s or Lyme Disease?

Lyme Brain Fog vs Dementia: Is It Alzheimer’s or Lyme Disease? Can Lyme disease brain fog be mistaken for dementia? Yes—and it happens more often than many patients realize. Patients may notice memory problems, slowed thinking, word-finding difficulty, or trouble focusing—and begin to worry about early Alzheimer’s disease. But in many cases, the cause is

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Persistent Lyme Disease: Signs That Treatment May Still Help

Persistent Lyme Disease Treatment: Clues Doctors Can Address

Persistent Lyme Disease Treatment: Clues Doctors Can Address Symptoms persist despite treatment The cause is often multifactorial Many drivers are still treatable Persistent Lyme disease treatment is often more complex than a single course of antibiotics. Too many patients are told, “You’re fine,” when they clearly are not. Fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and autonomic

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TICKS AT THE BEACH

an You Get Lyme Disease at the Beach? Ticks Are Moving to Coastal Areas

Can You Get Lyme Disease at the Beach? Ticks Are Moving to Coastal Areas Can you get Lyme disease at the beach? Yes. Ticks are now being found in coastal environments—changing how we think about Lyme disease risk. Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was closed for the summer—not for weather, but for ticks. Key Insight:

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SEIZURES WITH NORMAL TESTS

Lyme disease was behind her seizures

Can Lyme Disease Cause Seizures? When Episodes Are Dismissed as Stress Can Lyme disease cause seizures or seizure-like episodes? In some cases, children develop neurologic symptoms that resemble seizures—even when brain scans and EEGs appear normal. This is one of the most emotional stories parents share. Their child was once energetic and thriving—then something changed.

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