Lyme Babesia Anaplasmosis: Triple Tick Infection Case Welcome to an Inside Lyme case study. I find that the best way to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real patient cases. In this case study, I discuss a 74-year-old woman with Lyme Babesia Anaplasmosis — a rare triple tick-borne infection. Ticks can transmit more than one […]
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Is Lyme Disease Overlooked in Infectious Disease Consultations? In their article “Functional signs in patients consulting for presumed Lyme borreliosis,” Voitey et al. [1] examined patients referred to infectious disease specialists for suspected Lyme disease. Patients referred for infectious disease consultations often present with complex symptoms. When diagnostic criteria rely heavily on laboratory testing, some
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Lyme Disease in Infants: A 5-Week-Old Baby Girl Case Study Lyme disease in infants is rarely discussed in the medical literature, yet babies living in endemic areas can still be exposed to infected ticks. In this Inside Lyme case study, I discuss a 5-week-old baby girl diagnosed with Lyme disease. Reviewing real clinical cases often
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Fatal Lyme Carditis: A 17-Year-Old Dies After Negative Lyme Tests Young man dies from Lyme carditis. An Inside Lyme Podcast. A 17-year-old honor student died from Lyme carditis 12 days after negative test results. This fatal case demonstrates why clinical diagnosis cannot wait for laboratory confirmation when cardiac symptoms are present. By Dr. Daniel Cameron
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What Percentage of Ticks Have Lyme Disease? (How Many Ticks Carry Lyme Disease) In highly endemic regions of the northeastern United States, studies have found that roughly 25–60% of deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) may carry Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Infection rates vary by region, tick species, and life stage. As the
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Lyme Carditis Guidelines: Which Lyme Disease Guidelines Should Clinicians Follow? In their article Lyme Carditis: A Rare Presentation of Sinus Bradycardia Without Any Conduction Defects, Grella and colleagues present “a unique case of Lyme carditis, without the classical findings of Lyme disease [such as a rash] or common EKG findings of AV conduction abnormalities.”1 The
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Babesia During Pregnancy: Two Infants With Congenital Babesia Welcome to an Inside Lyme case study. One of the best ways to understand Lyme disease and its coinfections is through real clinical cases. In this episode, I discuss two infants who contracted Babesia microti from their mothers during pregnancy. These cases raise important questions about Babesia
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Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease: Infection, Not Mental Illness After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients produce psychiatric symptoms so severe they are diagnosed with depression, anxiety, psychosis, or conversion disorder—and never tested for infection. Some are told their symptoms are stress. Others are told they’re seeking attention. By the time the underlying cause is
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Triple Tick Infection: Lyme, Babesia, Anaplasma Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. One of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is through reviewing real clinical cases. In this episode, I discuss a 74-year-old woman who developed severe illness after a tick exposure and was diagnosed with three tick-borne infections: Lyme disease, Babesia, and Anaplasmosis.
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Babesia in Infants: 6-Week-Old Boy Case Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. One of the best ways to understand tick-borne illness is through reviewing real clinical cases. In this episode, I discuss a 6-week-old boy diagnosed with Babesia, a serious tick-borne infection that can be difficult to recognize in infants. Babesia infection in infants can
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