Lyme Disease Podcast

Babesia and Anaplasmosis Coinfection: When Two Tick Infections Cause Confusion Can Babesia and Anaplasmosis cause confusion or brain fog? Yes. Some patients develop sudden confusion, memory problems, or difficulty thinking clearly when these tick-borne infections occur together. These symptoms may overlap with broader cognitive changes seen in tick-borne illness. Learn more about brain fog in […]

Lyme Disease and Double Vision (Diplopia) Prefer to read? Read the full written case report here. In this podcast episode, I discuss a 69-year-old man with Lyme disease and double vision (diplopia) caused by a 3rd cranial nerve palsy rather than the more common 7th nerve palsy seen in Lyme disease. While facial nerve palsy

When Initial Testing Misses Lyme Disease I will be discussing a 75-year-old Chinese man with a negative Lyme disease test. How often have doctors dismissed Lyme disease if the screening tests are negative? By Dr. Daniel Cameron Lamichhane and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Infectious Diseases in 2018. A

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

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,

Risks of COVID-19 from patients. An Inside Lyme Podcast. Welcome to my next Inside Lyme podcast. – Forty health care workers and 17 patients were presumed to have been infected with COVID-19 in a Chinese hospital. I will be discussing the risk of COVID-19 from patient to health care worker and patient-to-patient transmission. By Dr.

Fecal Transmission of COVID-19 in Children? An Inside Lyme Podcast Welcome to another Inside Lyme podcast. In this episode I discuss an early question raised during the COVID-19 pandemic: could the virus be transmitted through fecal shedding in children? You may wonder why a COVID-19 topic appears in the Inside Lyme series. As a clinician

What is the risk for children with COVID-19? An Inside Lyme Podcast. I will be discussing the risk for children with COVID-19 disease based on a recent paper by Dong and colleagues. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Dong and colleague first discussed this case in the journal Pediatrics  in 2020. Welcome to my next Inside Lyme

Babesia Mistaken for Malaria: Two Travelers, One Fatal Outcome Babesia infection is sometimes mistaken for malaria because both parasites appear inside red blood cells on blood smear. This diagnostic confusion can delay treatment and, in severe cases, lead to fatal outcomes. International travel can further complicate diagnosis when patients develop tick-borne infections outside the regions

Tick in Eyelid: How to Remove a Deer Tick Safely A tick attached to the eyelid is rare—but it can happen. And when it does, careful removal is critical to prevent infection and complications. In this Inside Lyme Podcast case study, I review the removal of an engorged deer tick embedded in the eyelid of