Lyme Disease Vertigo and Hearing Loss: Study Findings A recently published study by Sowula and colleagues provides further evidence that Lyme disease can trigger vertigo and hearing loss. In their article “Vertigo as one of the symptoms of Lyme disease,” the authors examine the frequency of vertigo symptoms and potential labyrinth damage in patients with […]
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Benefits of Lyme Disease Telemedicine Lyme disease telemedicine has become an increasingly important tool for patients seeking specialized care for complex tick-borne illnesses. Telemedicine allows physicians and patients to communicate remotely through video, phone, or secure messaging. A growing number of medical specialties have shifted toward telemedicine. “The global pandemic of COVID-19 has dramatically altered
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Lyme disease patient left with tinnitus and hearing loss I will be discussing a unique case involving a 46-year-old Lyme disease patient who was left with tinnitus and hearing loss. This case was described by Jozefowicz-Korczynska and colleagues in the journal Frontiers in Neurology . A 46-year-old male farmer was hospitalized with a “sudden
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Lyme Disease Causing Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host, Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss a case involving a patient who gradually developed balance problems and was later diagnosed with Lyme disease with normal pressure hydrocephalus. By Dr. Daniel Cameron I first read about
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Causes of Treatment Delays for Lyme Disease Patients I identified several factors that contributed to Lyme disease treatment delays in 15 patients. All 15 individuals failed their initial antibiotic treatment. In many cases, their illness might have been mitigated if diagnosis and treatment had occurred during the early stages of the disease. These 15 patients
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Involuntary Body Movements Due to Lyme Disease Dismissed as Psychosomatic Lyme disease involuntary movements can occur when the infection affects the nervous system. In some cases, these neurologic symptoms are mistakenly dismissed as psychosomatic or functional disorders. Several case reports have described patients with abnormal involuntary movements that were later linked to Lyme disease. These
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Focus on COVID-19 leads to delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I’ll be discussing a unique case involving a 67-year-old man whose diagnosis of Lyme disease was delayed because clinicians suspected his symptoms were due to COVID-19. By
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COVID-19 long haulers share similar experiences and frustrations with chronic Lyme disease patients in a commissioned report. “Anecdotally, there’s no question that there are a considerable number of individuals who have a post-viral syndrome that really, in many respects, can incapacitate them for weeks and weeks following so-called recovery and clearing of the virus,” writes
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Lyme Brain Fog: The Cytokine Connection Lyme brain fog may be driven by inflammation in the nervous system, and recent COVID-19 research offers important clues. One of the most important insights into brain fog in Lyme disease comes from studies examining inflammatory responses in severe viral infections. A study by Remsik and colleagues, published in
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Eye Problems in Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Vision Complications Eye problems in Lyme disease span a wide range of ophthalmologic manifestations, from mild conjunctivitis to vision-threatening complications. Recognizing these ocular symptoms can help clinicians identify Lyme disease when it presents with unexplained eye inflammation. Lyme disease eye symptoms may include redness, blurred vision, photophobia, double
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