Lyme Disease Patients and COVID-19 Risk During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients with chronic illnesses wondered whether their condition might increase the risk of severe infection. Early reports suggested that the COVID-19 virus could be more severe in individuals with underlying medical conditions. A nationwide analysis of 1,590 COVID-19 cases in China found that approximately […]
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Lyme Carditis in a Teen: Severe Cardiac Lyme Disease In this Inside Lyme Podcast, I discuss a dramatic case of Lyme carditis in a 15-year-old boy whose infection caused life-threatening heart rhythm disturbances. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Nawrocki and colleagues first described this case in the Air Medical Journal in 2018. A 15-year-old boy experienced
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What Is Chronic Lyme Disease? Chronic Lyme disease refers to a multisystem illness with persistent or recurring symptoms following infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease. Shor and colleagues identified a broad range of symptoms, signs, and medical conditions present in patients with acute and chronic Lyme disease. These manifestations were observed
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Lyme Disease Cluster at a North Carolina Camp A cluster of Lyme disease cases in children attending a wilderness camp in North Carolina highlights the growing risk of Lyme disease in the southern United States. The number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, has been steadily rising as tick populations expand into new territories. One
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Lyme Disease and Vision Problems: A Case of Optic Neuritis Welcome to another Inside Lyme case study. In my clinical practice, reviewing real patient cases remains one of the best ways to understand the many ways Lyme disease can present. In this episode, I discuss a 46-year-old woman who developed Lyme disease and vision problems,
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Transverse Myelitis from Lyme Disease: A Case Study Welcome to another Inside Lyme case discussion. One of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this episode, I discuss a 25-year-old man who developed acute transverse myelitis associated with Lyme disease. Lyme disease can affect the nervous system in
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Acute Transverse Myelitis and Lyme Disease: A Case Study Dr. Cameron believes one of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he discusses a 25-year-old man diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with Lyme disease. This case was first reported by Dumic and
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Negative Lyme Disease Test: A Case Study Dr. Cameron believes one of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he discusses a 75-year-old Chinese man whose illness was initially missed after a negative Lyme disease test. Lyme disease testing can sometimes be misleading,
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Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin for COVID-19: Early Evidence Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. In this episode, I review the early evidence evaluating hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as potential treatments for COVID-19. Update: This article was written early in the COVID-19 pandemic when clinicians were urgently evaluating existing medications. Since then, research efforts have focused largely on
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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 73-year-old resident of a skilled nursing facility who died from COVID-19. McMichael and colleagues discussed this case in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020. As of March
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