Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 may be effective after all. An Inside Lyme Podcast.
Most COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin improved and lowered their viral load in early studies.
COVID-19 PODCAST: 34 residents of a single skilled nursing facility die from COVID-19.
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 18, 2020, there were 101 residents of the skilled nursing facility with a confirmed case of COVID-19.
As of March 18, the preliminary case fatality rate for the skilled care residents was 33.7% for residents and 6.2% for visitors wrote the ...
34 residents of a single skilled nursing facility died from COVID-19. An Inside Lyme Podcast.
A cluster of 167 cases of COVID-19 in a long-term-care facility. Over half of the infected residents were hospitalized. A third died. Prevention discussed.
COVID-19 Podcast: Evidence supporting hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19.
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 might be effective without causing significant side effects. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have shown some antiviral benefits in vitro
A recently published second French trial by ...
Causes of long term Lyme disease symptoms
Multiple studies have shown that as many as 34% to 62% of patients have Lyme disease symptoms that persist long term despite treatment. [1,2] These patients can suffer for years with debilitating symptoms.
Breast cancer and Lyme disease: one woman’s message
Rarely, do we read about patients with cancer also suffering from Lyme disease. But many do. A courageous 46-year-old woman shares her heartbreaking story of battling terminal breast cancer. In the article, published by Glamour magazine, she describes her frustration with medicine and how her experiences as a Lyme disease patient affected her decisions in seeking medical help.
COVID-19 Podcast: Transmission from patient to health care worker.
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-19Wang and colleagues first discussed this case in the journal JAMA in 2020. The authors 138 Hospitalized Patients WithCOVID-19 infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, ChinaYou may be wondering why I am discussing COVID-19 during an Inside Lyme podcast. First, I am concerned for my children and grandchildren. Second, I am concerned about my Lyme disease patients. ...
Risks of COVID-19 from patients. An Inside Lyme Podcast.
Forty hospitalized health care workers were presumed to have been infected in the hospital. Ten of the health care workers contracted COVID-19 from a single patient.
The authors also described patient-to-patient transmission. The authors traced the transmission from one patient to three others.
COVID-19 Podcast: Fecal transmission of COVID-19 in children?
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 in the same article by Cruz and colleagues. “There is also evidence of fecal shedding in the stool for several weeks after diagnosis, leading to concern about fecal-oral transmission of the virus, particularly for infants and children who are ...
Fecal transmission of COVID-19 in children? An Inside Lyme Podcast.
The COVID-19 virus can shed through stool. This shedding has implications for community spread in daycare centers, schools, and families.
