Can You Have Lyme Disease and Not Know It? Undiagnosed Lyme disease is more common than many realize. Some patients remain ill for years before receiving the correct diagnosis—often after being treated for other conditions. Clinical Insight: Lyme disease can go unrecognized for years when symptoms are subtle, fluctuate, or are mistaken for other conditions. […]
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Breast Cancer Patient Develops Lyme Disease Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss the case of a 61-year-old woman who developed Lyme disease following treatment for breast cancer. Key Point: Neurologic Lyme disease can mimic other serious conditions, including complications suspected in
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Severe Neuropathic Pain Due to Lyme Disease Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss the case of a 36-year-old man with severe neuropathic pain due to Lyme disease. Key Point: Severe neuropathic pain can persist in some Lyme disease patients, even after
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Geriatric Babesia: Why Older Patients Often Need Longer Treatment Geriatric babesia is becoming more common—and more dangerous. Babesia infections in older adults often lead to more severe illness, longer recovery, and higher mortality rates. The annual number of cases per year climbed from 4 per 100,000 to 9 per 100,000 in the U.S. between 2006
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A 36-year-old man with severe neuropathic pain in both feet. A 36-year-old man suffered with severe neuropathic pain in both feet. The pain was severe at a level 10 out of 10 despite methadone 5 mg every four hours as needed. The doctors elected not to treat with antibiotic under the assumption that the tick-borne
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Powassan Virus in Children Powassan virus infection in children is rare but can lead to severe neurologic illness, including encephalitis and long-term complications. For an overview, see Powassan virus. Powassan Virus in Pediatric Patients Children can develop serious neurologic symptoms following infection with Powassan virus, including encephalitis and meningitis. Symptoms may include fever, headache, vomiting,
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Four Proposed Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndromes Causing Persistent Symptoms Post-treatment Lyme disease syndromes describe persistent symptoms that continue after standard antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease. Although many patients recover, a significant number remain ill for months or even years. Individuals who suffer from persistent symptoms are often diagnosed with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) or
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Can Lyme Carditis Cause Death? Three Fatal Cases Reported by CDC Three deaths from Lyme carditis were documented by the CDC between November 2012 and July 2013. All three patients were diagnosed only at autopsy after sudden cardiac death. These cases show how Lyme carditis can become fatal when the diagnosis is missed — and
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COVID-19 or Lyme Disease Triggering Autoimmune Dysfunction? Welcome to another edition of the Inside Lyme Podcast with Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss a case of autonomic dysfunction in a woman with a history of Lyme disease who later developed COVID-19. The case raises an important clinical question: did COVID-19 or Lyme disease
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Borrelia Miyamotoi and Lyme Disease Coinfection: Study of Persistent Symptoms Could Borrelia miyamotoi and Lyme disease coinfection help explain persistent symptoms in some patients? Borrelia miyamotoi (BM) is a tick-borne pathogen transmitted by the same Ixodes ticks that spread Lyme disease. Unlike Lyme disease, erythema migrans rash and joint pain are uncommon in Borrelia miyamotoi
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