Three premature babies who contract Babesia from blood transfusions.
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 three premature babies who contract Babesia from blood transfusions.
These cases were originally described in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, written by Saetre and colleagues in 2017.
Three premature babies contracted Babesia from a single blood donor. The diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
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Two children who contracted Babesia from their mothers.
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 two children who contracted Babesia from their mothers. These cases were originally described in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, written by Saetre and colleagues in 2017.Both mothers were treated for Lyme disease during their pregnancy. Both babies were apparently born healthy and sent home. One of the babies had a positive PCR test for Babesia before going home but was not treated. Both ...
Lyme disease in England
In a briefing on October 9th, 2019 in the UK, researchers dismissed the seriousness and prevalence of illness due to Lyme disease. Although they acknowledged that some patients exhibit persistent, chronic Lyme disease symptoms, the numbers, they say, are small. “Of these [Lyme disease] patients, fewer than one in 20 experience residual symptoms,” writes Harvey in the British Medical Journal.¹
A severe Babesia infection
Babesiosis is a parasitic disease transmitted primarily through the bite of an infected tick but it can also be spread through tainted blood transfusions or less frequently via organ transplantation or perinatally. The severity of Babesia can range from asymptomatic to life-threatening. In immunocompromised patients or in those who have contracted the disease through blood transfusions, a Babesia infection has a fatality rate of about 20%. [1,2]
Is prolonged antibiotics treatment for Lyme disease the new norm?
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines recommend a 3- to 4-week course of antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease. But a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that nearly 2 out of every 3 patients with Lyme disease are treated longer than 4 weeks.
Tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease can lead to chronic illness
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a virus transmitted by ticks, which affects the central nervous system and is typically found in Europe and Asia. TBE is best-known to cause meningitis, meningoencephalitis, and meningoencephalomyelitis. There is no treatment for TBE, but the disease is preventable through vaccinations.
Fatal case of Neuroborreliosis
In their article, Neuroborreliosis with Unusual Presentation: A Case Report, Khan and colleagues describe “a case of neuroborreliosis with very high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein content and devastating neurological injury.” The patient, a 41-year-old woman, had been ill for two months with “headaches, nausea, vomiting, 30-lb weight loss, and newly developed bilateral vision loss and dysphonia.” ¹
Lyme carditis diagnosis – 18 cases.
In their article “Risk factors for Lyme Carditis: A case-control study,” published in Preventive Cardiology, researchers from Stony Brook University Hospital described a wide range of Lyme carditis cases seen between 2010 – 2016.¹ Out of 247 patients admitted for Lyme disease, 18 met the inclusion criteria for Lyme carditis.
Looking for Lyme disease news? Top 10 for 2019.
In 2019, the video posts covered topics ranging from psychiatric presentations, early signs of Lyme disease, sensory issues, childhood behavioral symptoms, treatment approaches, testing challenges, chronic manifestations to the dangers of co-infections and newly emerging tick-borne diseases.
Lyme disease myths lead to frustrations for doctors
In the Canadian Medical Association Journal, author Wendy Glauser describes frustration felt by doctors in Canada regarding Lyme disease. “People have heard these horrible stories about how Lyme is so awful and you suffer for years and years and nobody knows what’s wrong with you,” says Dr. Michelle Cohen in an interview with Glauser.
