ALS or Lyme Disease? Case of a 63-Year-Old Man Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss a case report involving a 63-year-old man whose progressive neurologic symptoms raised an important diagnostic question: ALS or Lyme disease? Key Point: Lyme neuroborreliosis can sometimes […]
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Breast Cancer Survivor Later Diagnosed With Lyme Disease Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss the case of a 61-year-old woman who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and later developed Lyme disease. Key Point: Persistent pain after cancer treatment can
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A 36-year-old man with severe neuropathic pain in both feet. A 36-year-old man suffered with severe neuropathic pain in both feet. The pain was severe at a level 10 out of 10 despite methadone 5 mg every four hours as needed. The doctors elected not to treat with antibiotic under the assumption that the tick-borne
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Autonomic Dysfunction After Lyme Disease and COVID-19 Autonomic dysfunction, also called dysautonomia, can occur after infections including Lyme disease and COVID-19. Patients may develop symptoms such as dizziness, brain fog, fatigue, and neuropathic pain when the autonomic nervous system is disrupted. This case highlights the complexity of diagnosing autonomic disorders in patients with a history
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Transverse Myelitis from Lyme Disease: A Case Study Welcome to another Inside Lyme case discussion. One of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this episode, I discuss a 25-year-old man who developed acute transverse myelitis associated with Lyme disease. Lyme disease can affect the nervous system in
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Acute Transverse Myelitis and Lyme Disease: A Case Study Dr. Cameron believes one of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he discusses a 25-year-old man diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with Lyme disease. This case was first reported by Dumic and
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Negative Lyme Disease Test: A Case Study Dr. Cameron believes one of the best ways to understand Lyme disease is by reviewing real clinical cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he discusses a 75-year-old Chinese man whose illness was initially missed after a negative Lyme disease test. Lyme disease testing can sometimes be misleading,
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Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin for COVID-19: Early Evidence Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. In this episode, I review the early evidence evaluating hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as potential treatments for COVID-19. Update: This article was written early in the COVID-19 pandemic when clinicians were urgently evaluating existing medications. Since then, research efforts have focused largely on
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Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 73-year-old resident of a skilled nursing facility who died from COVID-19. McMichael and colleagues discussed this case in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020. As of March
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34 residents of a single skilled nursing facility died from COVID-19. An Inside Lyme Podcast. By Dr. Daniel Cameron You may be wondering why I am discussing COVID-19 during an Inside Lyme podcast. I am concerned for my children, grandchildren, and my patients. My mother is 90 years old and currently on lockdown in a
