Dr. Daniel Cameron

Lyme disease cardiac problems extend far beyond the classic heart block presentation. A comprehensive literature review documents 19 distinct cardiac manifestations — from sinus arrest to ventricular flutter to cardiac arrest. The first reported case of exercise-inducible heart block demonstrates how physical stress can unmask hidden conduction abnormalities in Lyme carditis patients. By Dr. Daniel […]

There has been an “unprecedented increase in locally acquired cases in New York City,” writes VanAcker in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. [2] In response, VanAcker and colleagues launched a study to determine tick densities and B. burgdorferi infection prevalence in nymphal deer ticks (I. scapularis) in New York City’s public parks. They also examined

Anchoring Bias Lyme Disease: When Diagnosis Goes Wrong Anchoring bias Lyme disease errors can occur when clinicians fixate on an initial diagnosis and fail to adequately adjust their thinking as new information emerges. Conversely, this same cognitive bias may also occur when Lyme disease is incorrectly diagnosed and the true underlying illness is missed. Aguirre

The New York Times article, written by Apoorva Mandavilli, the mother of a 9-year-old boy who developed Lyme disease, portrays it as a relatively insignificant disease. It is, as she states, “An easily treated infection with no long-term consequences for children, or even the vast majority of adults.” However, she goes on to cite several

(Updated: 6/24/19) In the Prevention article, doctors describe how Lyme disease can impact a person’s vocal cords. “Lyme can affect the nerves that are responsible for controlling the muscles in the vocal cords,” says Amesh A. Adalja, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “As a result, someone could technically lose their

A Fatal Case of Missed Lyme Disease In the summer of 2013, a young man from Poughkeepsie, NY, died suddenly from what was later confirmed to be fatal Lyme carditis, after suffering flu-like symptoms for nearly three weeks. Initial reports suggested he had died from complications due to the Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne illness