Dr. Daniel Cameron

Can Babesia Cause Anemia? When Infection Destroys Red Blood Cells Can Babesia infection cause anemia? Yes—and in some cases, it can lead to rapid destruction of red blood cells, causing fatigue, weakness, and serious complications. Babesia infects red blood cells directly, and in rare cases may also trigger autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), where the body […]

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Symptoms: Atypical Case and Missed Diagnosis SYMPTOMS DON’T LOOK TYPICAL? RMSF MAY BE MISSED Can Rocky Mountain spotted fever symptoms be missed when they don’t follow the typical pattern? Quick Answer: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) symptoms can be atypical and difficult to recognize early. Delayed diagnosis is common when symptoms

Top 10 Lyme disease blogs for 2023! 1)  What does a Lyme flare up feel like? When a Lyme disease flare occurs, patients will notice a return of the symptoms they have experienced before or a worsening of existing symptoms. Some patients may also develop new symptoms. A flare-up can come and go and vary

Chronic Lyme Disease and Medical Gaslighting: Why Patients Are Dismissed Patients report not being believed Symptoms are often dismissed Diagnosis may be delayed for years Quick Answer: Chronic Lyme disease patients may experience medical gaslighting, where symptoms are dismissed or attributed to other causes. This can delay diagnosis, prolong illness, and complicate treatment. Chronic Lyme

Sudden Hearing Loss as a Sign of Lyme Neuroborreliosis Hearing loss may be the first symptom Often treated initially as idiopathic Delayed recognition can affect recovery In their article, “Isolated Sudden Bilateral Neurosensory Hearing Loss as a Presentation of Lyme Neuroborreliosis,” Rochd and colleagues describe a patient whose primary symptom of Lyme disease was sudden

Can Lyme Disease Cause Fainting? Lyme Carditis and Sudden Heart Block Can Lyme disease cause fainting or sudden collapse? Lyme carditis can disrupt the heart’s electrical system within weeks of infection—leading to dangerous heart block and repeated fainting episodes that require immediate medical attention. Key Warning: Fainting after a tick bite is not normal. It

Can pets harbor ticks, even in the winter? In their article, “An analysis of companion animal tick encounters as revealed by photograph-based crowdsourced data,” Kopsco and colleagues found, “The percentage of reports of ticks found on companion animals is more than doubled in the fall and winter seasons from what was reported in the spring and

Borrelia Mayonii: Atypical Lyme Disease in the Midwest Borrelia mayonii is a recently discovered species that causes Lyme disease with atypical features. Since the species was first identified 7 years ago, there have been only 7 reported cases of Lyme disease caused by Borrelia mayonii. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases Correspondence, McGowan and colleagues describe

Lyme disease causes cardiac complications The case involved a 46-year-old man with Lyme disease who presented to the clinic with cardiac complications, which initially manifest as palpitations. The patient lived in a Lyme endemic region and reported that one month earlier, he had a “pinching sensation in his right thigh with an associated macular erythematous

Bartonella Psychiatric Symptoms: Anxiety, Mood Changes, and Misdiagnosis Bartonella psychiatric symptoms can look like primary mental illness before anyone considers infection. Sudden panic attacks, rage, agitation, depression, or personality change may be treated as psychiatric disease alone—especially when the connection to tick bites, flea exposure, rashes, or swollen lymph nodes is missed. That is one