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Dr. Daniel Cameron

Board-certified physician with 38+ years specializing in Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses. Past President of ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) and first author of ILADS treatment guidelines. Dr. Cameron operates a solo practice focused on patient advocacy and evidence-based Lyme disease treatment. He is the author of 1,100+ articles spanning diagnosis, treatment, co-infections, and recovery from tick-borne illnesses. His work challenges conventional approaches that often leave patients undiagnosed or undertreated, emphasizing clinical judgment over rigid adherence to testing criteria that frequently produce false negatives.

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Clinical presentation of individuals with a history of Lyme disease and COVID-19.

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Cases of Lyme Disease and COVID-19 Case 1: A 45-year-old white woman with a partial college education was working as a groundskeeper. She had a history of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, irritable bowel syndrome, and viral meningitis. She had been ill for 37 years. There was not a history of a deer tick bite or erythema migrans. […]

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Lyme Disease Treatment Failure: Soldier Dismissed From Duty

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Lyme Disease Treatment Failure in a Soldier Lyme disease treatment failure can leave patients with persistent symptoms and uncertainty about diagnosis and care. In this Inside Lyme Podcast, I discuss the case of a 21-year-old soldier who was ultimately dismissed from active duty after failing treatment for several illnesses including Lyme disease. By Dr. Daniel

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Lyme Disease Risk Higher for Military Families, Study Finds

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Are Military Family Members at Risk for Lyme Disease? Lyme disease risk for military families may be higher than previously recognized. A study by Schubert and Melanson examined exposure to the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the primary vector for Lyme disease, among military personnel and their families at West Point, New York. The study, entitled

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Lyme disease: An underdiagnosed cause of mono-arthritis?

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Lyme disease: An underdiagnosed cause of mono-arthritis? Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast with your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, Dr. Cameron will be discussing the case of a 26-year-old man who was diagnosed with mono-arthritis after his clinical evaluation overlooked the possibility of Lyme disease. The case was described by Marcelis and

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Diagnosing Lyme arthritis of the hip in children

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Diagnosing Lyme arthritis of the hip in children “The clinical presentation of Lyme arthritis (LA) of the hip can be similar to both acute bacterial septic arthritis (SA) and transient synovitis (TS),” explains Cruz and colleagues. ¹ “Differentiating between SA, LA, and TS of the hip can be challenging, even for the most discerning clinician.”

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Case review: 80-year-old with Lyme encephalopathy instead of dementia

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Case review: 80-year-old with Lyme encephalopathy instead of dementia “While mostly vigilant and awake, he intermittently lacked full orientation, had reduced attention, concentration, short-term memory function, increased motor activity, mild formal thought disorder (incl. some tangential thinking), but no frank psychotic symptoms,” the authors explain. The man was diagnosed with delirium, potentially related to dementia.

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Lyme Carditis Heart Block Progression Can Occur Within Hours

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Lyme Carditis Heart Block Progression Can Occur Within Hours Lyme carditis heart block progression can occur with alarming speed. Two cases show conduction deteriorating from normal rhythm or first-degree block to complete heart block within hours to overnight. A 33-year-old woman progressed from first-degree to complete block within hours of admission, while a 72-year-old man

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Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Is a Lumbar Puncture Necessary?

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Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Is a Lumbar Puncture Necessary? Lyme neuroborreliosis lumbar puncture decisions can be challenging for clinicians. In this Inside Lyme Podcast, I discuss a case that highlights the diagnostic role of cerebrospinal fluid testing and whether a lumbar puncture is always necessary when neurologic Lyme disease is suspected. By Dr. Daniel Cameron The case

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Ehrlichia Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Tick Bite

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Ehrlichia Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following Tick-Borne Infection Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast with your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, Dr. Cameron discusses Ehrlichia Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurologic complication in which a tick-borne infection triggered Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a 71-year-old woman. By Dr. Daniel Cameron The case, published by Malhis and colleagues in

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