Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I will be discussing a question I’m asked frequently: What does a Lyme disease rash look like? As a new study has found, the erythma migrans rash can appear differently based on several factors. By Dr. Daniel Cameron […]
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The study aimed to assess the prevalence of this type of sudden onset hearing loss, particularly among Lyme disease patients. The authors explain, “Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is defined as sensorineural hearing loss of 30 dB or more over at least three adjacent audiometric frequencies occurring within a 72-h period of time.” This type
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When MS Treatment Masks Lyme Disease Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. I find that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this episode, I will be discussing the case of a young woman with multiple sclerosis (MS), who had
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I will be discussing a 20-year-old girl with a 3 year history of multiple sclerosis treated with B cell suppressive therapy . She was prescribed two biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD). This article was written by Sjowall and colleagues in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. She was initially prescribed tocilizumab, marketed in the US as
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Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I will be discussing a topic on the what Ebola, COVID-19 and Lyme disease have in common was recently featured in Vox Magazine by author Julia Belluz.1 The article, “Long COVID isn’t as unique as we thought” reviews some
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Might Lyme disease cause chronic illness? Studies indicated that Lyme disease can lead to chronic illness including Lyme encephalopathy, [5] Lyme neuropathy, [6] chronic neurologic Lyme disease, [6] and Neuropsychiatric Lyme disease. [7] Could Lyme disease be a reversible cause of a chronic illness in some patients? Having a high index of suspicion will prevent
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Visual changes in Lyme disease can occur even when standard eye exams appear normal. Patients may experience contrast sensitivity impairment, visual processing dysfunction, double vision, and light sensitivity that interfere with daily activities such as reading, driving, and navigating crowded environments. These visual disturbances reflect neurologic involvement and are often missed by routine visual acuity
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Several factors can impact the likelihood that treatment will be successful for a patient seeking a doctor to treat their Lyme disease. According to a recent study, high treatment response was most closely associated with: doctor treat lyme disease the use of antibiotics or a combination of antibiotics and alternative treatments; longer duration of treatment,
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Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. I find that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this episode, I will be reviewing two cases involving children who had both Lyme disease and mono. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Koester and colleagues
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I will be discussing two children ill with both Lyme disease and Mono. This case was described by Koester and colleagues in the journal Clinical Medicine & Research. Mono and Lyme disease are common diseases. What happens when child living in an area endemic for Lyme disease has both conditions? These are not the first
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