Lyme Disease Podcast

A 65-year-old woman on hormonal therapy for breast cancer presented to the Emergency Department with sudden facial paralysis — Bell’s palsy. One week prior, she began having burning back pain radiating to the abdomen, which had grown worse. Over the past several months, she had suffered from worsening constipation. Zulfiqar and colleagues described this case […]

Can Lyme disease cause insomnia? Yes — and it’s more common than most patients and doctors recognize. A study found that 41% of early Lyme disease patients reported new onset difficulty sleeping. For many, the insomnia persists long after treatment. Lyme disease insomnia isn’t just trouble falling asleep. Patients describe waking at 2 or 3

Welcome to another selection from my book “An Expert’s Guide on Navigating Lyme disease.” The books highlights the findings of my first 600 Lyme disease Science blogs.  In this episode, I will discuss suicidal and homicidal concerns in Lyme disease patients. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Dr. Robert Bransfield from Rutgers-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, Department

Dr. Cameron recently published this case, taken from a Lyme disease and COVID survey, in a study entitled “Consequences of Contracting COVID-19 or Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine for Individuals with a History of Lyme Disease.”¹ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST BELOW The case involved a 16-year-old girl with a history of a tick bite, erythema migrans

The question of whether Lyme disease could cause dementia was addressed by Wormser and colleagues in an article entitled “Lack of Convincing Evidence That Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Causes Either Alzheimer Disease or Lewy Body Dementia,” published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.¹ The authors reviewed a paper by Gadila et al.² which concluded that a

I will be discussing a 25-year-old man with transverse myelitis and Lyme disease. “He showed gradual improvement in gait, motor and sensory functions of his lower extremities along with a resolution of neurogenic bowel.” wrote the authors. The authors added. “He continues to need intermittent self-catheterization for neurogenic bladder.” By Dr. Daniel Cameron Dumic and

Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast with your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, Dr. Cameron discusses findings from a recent study which examined the proficiency of clinicians at identifying ticks in the northeastern region of the United States. By Dr. Daniel Cameron The study by Laga and colleagues entitled “Proficiency at Tick Identification

Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this podcast, I will discuss the American Autonomic Society’s statement on Long-COVID postural tachycardia syndrome. By Dr. Daniel Cameron The statement was published in the journal Clinical Autonomic Research by Raj and colleagues.¹ CLICK BELOW TO WATCH VIDEO PODCAST