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I will be discussing autonomic dysfunction in a 64-year old woman with a history of Lyme disease and COVID-19.  She was initially diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease at the age of 60.  She was diagnosed with two autonomic disorders. Her distal burning sensation without weakness were diagnosed as small fiber neuropathy (SNF).  Her dizziness, […]

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 25-year-old man with transverse myelitis and Lyme disease. Dumic and colleague first discussed this case in the journal IDCases in 2019. “A previously healthy 25-year-old man

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 69-year-old man with Lyme disease and double vision. Dixit and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Neurological Medicine in 2018. He

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 75-year-old Chinese man with a negative Lyme disease test. Lamichhane and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal Case Reports in Infectious Diseases in 2018. The

Welcome to my next Inside Lyme podcast. – I will examine the evidence supporting azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.  Update. This blog was written early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Doctors have since focused their efforts on other medications and vaccines rather than hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.  By Dr. Daniel Cameron You may be wondering why I

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

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 long term care facility in Minnesota. I want to share my understanding of COVID-19 through

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will discuss the evidence supporting hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19. Update: Doctors have shifted their focus on other treatments and vaccine instead of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Researchers have turned to existing drugs that

Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know COVID-19 is through reviewing actual cases. In this Podcast episode, he will discuss the risk for patient to health care worker and patient-to-patient transmission of CVID-19 Wang and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal JAMA in 2020. The authors 138 Hospitalized Patients

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. I would like to share my understanding of COVID-19 through my eyes as a clinical epidemiologist. I was surprised to run across the question of fecal transmission of COVID-19 to children