Why Some Patients Fail Lyme Disease Treatment Lyme disease treatment failure is more likely when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. A recent study examined how long patients waited before receiving treatment and how these delays affected outcomes. Investigators reviewed questionnaires from 778 Lyme disease patients treated at the Geisinger Clinic, a large health system in […]
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Lyme Disease Causing a “False Brain Tumor” in a Child In this Inside Lyme case discussion, I review a case involving a 9-year-old boy who developed pseudotumor cerebri due to Lyme disease. The case was described by Ezequiel and colleagues in BMJ Case Reports (2018). What Is Pseudotumor Cerebri? Pseudotumor cerebri literally means “false brain
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Lyme Disease Causing Pseudotumor Cerebri in a Child 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’ll be discussing a case involving a 9-year-old boy with pseudotumor cerebri involving the
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EAR SYMPTOMS THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE? LYME DISEASE MAY BE INVOLVED 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
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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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Delayed Lyme Disease Treatment: 15 Cases Reveal What Goes Wrong Symptoms were missed Tests were misleading Diagnosis was delayed Treatment came too late Delayed Lyme disease treatment can lead to years of unnecessary suffering. A case series of 15 patients highlights how missed diagnoses, misinterpretation of tests, and failure to recognize early signs contributed to
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Involuntary Movements in Lyme Disease: When Symptoms Are Dismissed as Psychosomatic Involuntary movements in Lyme disease can occur when the infection affects the nervous system. In some cases, these neurologic symptoms are mistakenly dismissed as psychosomatic or functional disorders. Patients may experience tremors, jerking motions, muscle twitching, or other uncontrolled movements involving the face, arms,
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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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