Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I will be discussing the case of a 66-year-old woman who ignored a Bull’s eye rash, indicative of Lyme disease, and later developed acute renal failure, also referred to as kidney failure. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Mishra […]
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I will be discussing the case of a 66-year-old woman who ignored a Bull’s eye rash, indicative of Lyme disease, and later developed acute renal failure. This case was described by Mishra and colleagues in the American Journal of Medicine . She presented with a tick bite followed by a rash. She ignored the tick
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Meningitis in Lyme disease can occur with radiculitis (nerve root inflammation) causing progressive weakness, severe lancinating pain, tremor, emotional lability, depression, and anxiety. A 43-year-old man developed fever, headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia but refused lumbar puncture, leading to presumptive diagnosis of viral meningitis. One month later he returned with devastating neurologic deterioration — progressive
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Babesia symptoms can vary dramatically from patient to patient — making diagnosis particularly challenging. This case series describes five elderly patients with Babesia, each presenting differently. Case 1: Fever, Chills, and Mental Changes A 78-year-old white female was admitted with fever, chills, lethargy, fatigue, and marked changes in sensorium. “She had a maximum temperature of
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Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this podcast, I will be discussing the case of a 7-year-old child who was initially diagnosed with PANDAS and later, Lyme disease. By Dr. Daniel Cameron The article by Cross et al. entitled “Case Report: PANDAS and Persistent Lyme
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Tetracyclines, including doxycycline, are typically not recommended for treating young children with lyme disease because the antibiotic may cause permanent staining of the teeth, explains Wormser and colleagues in a recently published article, “Is Doxycycline Appropriate for Routine Treatment of Young Children With Erythema Migrans?” ¹ In the article, Wormser discusses the risk to benefit
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This case involves a 7-year-old girl who developed multiple physical and neuropsychiatric symptoms six months after vacationing in a tick endemic region of the US. I first read about this case by Cross and colleagues in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. The patient’s symptoms were extensive, Jones explains, and included “dramatic declines in cognitive functioning,
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In 2014, a small study found that some people may, in fact, develop strain-specific immunity to Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria causing Lyme disease. “Once infected with a particular strain of the disease-causing bacteria, humans appear to develop immunity against that strain that can last six to nine years,” the authors wrote. [1] Ask the Lyme
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The babesia incubation period can be much longer than expected—as this unusual case demonstrates. A 19-year-old man developed symptoms 10 weeks after traveling to New York, showing why Babesia can be missed when doctors focus only on recent tick exposure. The case was published in Cureus by Patel and colleagues. The Case: A 10-Week Babesia
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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 in intensity. What does a Lyme flare-up feel like? The symptoms of a flare-up can include:
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