Lyme Disease Podcast

Abdominal Pain, Ileus, and Constipation Due to Lyme Disease ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH NORMAL TESTS? LYME DISEASE MAY AFFECT GUT FUNCTION “Everything came back normal—but the symptoms kept getting worse.” Lyme disease is not typically thought of as a gastrointestinal illness. Yet in some patients, abdominal pain and severe constipation are among the most troubling symptoms. […]

Lyme Disease and Sensory Symptoms: Hearing, Sleep, and Smell Changes Lyme disease can affect hearing, sleep, and smell, leading to sensory and autonomic symptoms that often occur together. These patterns reflect the widespread neurologic impact of tick-borne infections. These symptoms are commonly seen in sleep disorders in Lyme disease, where insomnia, fragmented sleep, and non-restorative

Suicidal and Homicidal Concerns in Lyme Disease Welcome to another selection from my book “An Expert’s Guide on Navigating Lyme Disease.” The book highlights findings from my first 600 Lyme disease science blogs. In this episode, I discuss suicidal and homicidal concerns reported in patients with Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses. By Dr. Daniel

Podcast: Lyme disease and Long-COVID in a 16-year-old girl 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

Can Lyme Disease Cause Cognitive Dysfunction or Dementia? Lyme disease cognitive dysfunction is a common concern among patients with neurologic symptoms. But can Lyme disease actually cause dementia? Wormser and colleagues addressed this question in their article “Lack of Convincing Evidence That Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Causes Either Alzheimer Disease or Lewy Body Dementia,” published in

Transverse myelitis and Lyme disease – a case. 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

Babesia Symptoms Weeks Later: Understanding Delayed Babesia After Lyme Disease Treatment Delayed Babesia may explain why some Lyme disease patients relapse after initially improving with antibiotics. In this case, a 67-year-old woman developed a Babesia infection three weeks after treatment for Lyme disease—raising important questions about how clinicians evaluate and follow these patients. Hoversten and

Clinicians had difficulties identifying ticks 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

POTS in Long COVID and Lyme Disease: Autonomic Dysfunction Compared Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) has been reported in both Long COVID and Lyme disease. These conditions share symptoms of autonomic dysfunction, including dizziness, palpitations, fatigue, and cognitive impairment. In this Inside Lyme Podcast, Dr. Daniel Cameron discusses the American Autonomic Society’s statement on Long-COVID