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A 67-year-old woman with a delayed onset of Babesia.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 67-year-old woman with a delayed onset of Babesia.Hoversten and her colleague first discussed this case in the British Medical Journal Case Reports in 2018.The authors discussed the nearly three-week gap in time between the woman’s erythema migrans rash and her diagnosis of Babesia. This is not the first case where the onset of Babesia was delayed.The authors cited two papers describing a 3 to 4-week delay in the onset of Babesia. I described a paper in an earlier podcast where two babies ...

A 46-year-old woman with Lyme disease with bilateral vision loss.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 46-year-old woman with Lyme disease with bilateral vision loss.Jha and her colleague first discussed this case in the Wisconsin Medical Journal in 2018.An ophthalmologic exam confirmed the optometrist finding of optic neuritis. Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve. She also had am impaired color vision in both eyes,Her vision loss was significant. Legal blindness is defined as having a visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye after correction. Her visual acuity was ...

A 15-year-old boy with severe cardiac problems associated with Lyme disease.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 15-year-old boy with severe cardiac problems associated with Lyme disease.Nawrocki and his colleague first discussed this case in the Air Medical Journal in 2018.His friends immediately called 911. They were not sure how long he was unconscious. The boy was pale with a heart rate of 300 beats per minute, according to the medics. He required synchronized cardioversion. He was flown to a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) at a children's tertiary care hospital via rotary-wing aircraft ...

An 83-year-old-man with a stroke associated with Lyme disease.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing an 83-year-old-man with a stroke associated with Lyme disease.Legast and her colleague first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Neurological Medicine in 2018.An 83-year-old man was hospitalized for right-sided weakness and speech difficulties. He was diagnosed and treated for a stroke associated with Lyme disease.He was able to walk with a cane but still had a severe right arm weakness. You can hear more about these cases through his blogs, social media, and YouTube. Sign up for ...

Two South Korean women contracted the tick-borne disease Babesia microti while traveling to the United States.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing Two travelers who contracted Babesia while traveling to the United States.Kwon and her colleague first discussed this case in the journal Korean Journal of Parasitology in 2018.Both women returned to South Korea from the USA. The doctors initially suspected Malaria. Instead, both women suffered from Babesia. One woman died 31 days after admittance to the hospital.You can hear more about these cases through his blogs, social media, and YouTube. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with these ...

A 78-year-old confused woman with Babesia and Anaplasmosis.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 78-year-old confused woman with Babesia and Anaplasmosis. Paparone and her colleague first discussed this case in the journal Nurse Practitioner in 2018.A 78-year-old woman was evaluated in an emergency room with fever, chills, lethargy, fatigue, and confusion. The doctor initially considered sepsis. The doctors were able to identify the parasite that causes Babesia in the woman’s red blood cells The doctors were also concerned that the woman might suffer from another tick-borne illness ...

How to remove a deer tick from an 8-year-old girl’s eye.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing how to remove a deer tick from an 8-year-old girl’s eye.  Jaroudi and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Ophthalmology in 2020.A large tick was deeply anchored to the right upper eyelid of an 8-year-old girl. The tick was surgically removed.  The author discusses how to remove a deer tick from the 8-year-old girl’s eye.You can hear more about these cases through his blogs, social media, and YouTube. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with these cases.You ...

Two mothers who transmitted Babesia to their babies.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing two mothers who transmitted Babesia to their babies.Saetre and colleagues first described these cases in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society in 2017.Two mothers contracted Lyme disease during their 3rd trimester. Both transmitted Babesia to their children while they were in utero.I discussed this paper from the baby’s perspective in an earlier Inside Lyme podcast titled - Two children who contracted Babesia from their mothers.In this podcast, I will be focusing on the ...

Four Lyme disease patients develop Post Treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing four Lyme disease patients who developed Post Treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).Wormser and colleagues first described these four cases in the journal Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease in 2019.Wormser and colleagues set out to prove that 14 days of amoxicillin would be safe and effective.  At least four of their 24 patients remain ill on follow-up. They were diagnosed with Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS). Wormser and colleagues did not report symptoms important ...

Lyme disease forces a 24-year-old army officer out of the military.

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 24-year-old army officer who was forced out of the military due to Lyme disease. Weiss and colleagues first described this case in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society in 2017. The 24-year-old young man initially suffered from recurrent knee swelling. Doctors diagnosed Lyme disease through after draining fluid from his knees.  He later developed severe fatigue, memory issues, headaches, sleep disturbances, and complaints of angina. He failed to resolve his ...