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“The investigators concluded that traumatic psychologic experiences predating disease onset may play an important etiologic role in symptom severity for chronic conditions like Lyme disease.” More in tonight's #LymeScience blog
Prior trauma may worsen symptom severity of Lyme disease - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Investigators find prior trauma may worsen the severity of Lyme disease symptoms on every measure except for pain and fatigue.
A 10-year-old boy presented with fatigue, posterior lower neck pain, and a low-grade fever of 100.8. The child was discharged from the emergency room with a diagnosis of cervical radiculitis due to viral infection.
Two days later, he was diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Child with Lyme disease diagnosed with radiculopathy - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Lyme disease manifests as radiculopathy in a 10-year-old child. His symptoms are resolved with antibiotic treatment.That's the sort of stuff my doctor called growing pains, when I was young!
This was me in 1972! I had a stiff neck, severe fatigue and even a rash. Thankfully this little guy was diagnosed and treated!
It seems that the legacy of the “bulls eye rash and swollen knee” mantra from the IDSA has lasted for far too long.
Dr. Cameron will the meningitis vaccine help prevent Neuroborreliosis or any other form of meningitis from a tick bite?
Thank you! I swear I had that my neck at times kills me. PS: My lab result's are in I called the lab and they were suppose to fax them to your office.
I am from California USA I was diagnosed of HERPES Virus in 2016 and I have tried all I can to get cured but all to no avail, until i saw a post in a health forum about a herbalist man who prepare herbal medication to cure all kind of diseases including HERPES virus, at first i doubted if it was real but decided to give it a try , when i contact this herbalist via his email and he prepared a HERPES herbal cure and sent it to me via UPS delivery company service, when i received this herbal cure, he gave me step by directions on how to apply it, when i applied it as instructed, i was totally cured of this deadly virus within 14days of usage, I am now free from the deadly virus called herpes, all thanks to doctor UMA, Contact this great herbal doctor via his email dr.umaherbalcenter@gmail.com call or whatsapp him on his mobile number +2347035619585 He also have the herb to cure: (1) CANCERS, (2) HEPATITIS A B C, (3) HIV/AIDS, (4) PENIS ENLARGEMENT, (5) PREGNANCY, (6) DIABETES, (7) EX BACK.
I ended up in the cardiac ICU. It was a rare complication of Lyme disease
I thought I was healthy — but when my heart rate dropped randomly, it seemed I'd need a pacemaker. Then a doctor suspected Lyme carditis.
My sudden heart symptoms were a mystery. Until the doctors asked me where I’d vacationed
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I thought I was healthy — but when my heart rate dropped randomly, it seemed I'd need a pacemaker. Then a doctor suspected Lyme carditis.Wow, he’s so lucky to have run into doctors that didn’t deny Lyme disease. Wish him continued health.
My daughter had lyme and just found out she has an AV block.
I'm glad he found a doctor that addressed it..Why do doctors say it's "Rare" when it's not! Ugh
Does Lyme cause a right bundle block of the heart?
I need to know of any tick disease that causes high heartrates and extremely high BP, both shooting up for no noticeable reason.
What test would show lyme carditis? An echo?
I was finally correctly diagnosed with Lyme and six co-infections after misdiagnosis and 20 years of wrong meds (immum-suppressents). Watch out for babesia as well--it is a parasite that can only be killed using malaria drug--antibiotics don't work.
I had to get a PICC line for Lyme carditis. ID in VA kept denying my positive test and rash and symptoms. I literally had to save my own life. I sent all my stuff to the Head of ID at my hospital, he called me himself and said “ can you be here tomorrow morning? I’ve never have seen labs so bad “. Of course this was 3 YEARS after being infected. Smfh
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Tonight's #insidelyme blog looks at a small study exploring cardiac involvement in children with Lyme disease.
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In an earlier study by Woolf and colleagues, nearly 1 in 5 children (19.6%) children with an erythema migrans (EM) rash or a positive two-tier Lyme serology had EKG evidence of carditis. Twenty-four...Very interesting and Thank you!
FYI: This might be of interest. medicine.yale.edu/news-article/how-bacteria-swim-yale-researchers-discover-new-mechanisms/?fbclid...
For sure.
Several studies have found that wearing permethrin-treated clothing can reduce the risk of tick bites. But very few studies have looked at the behavior of a tick when it comes in contact with permethrin-treated clothing.
Do ticks climb onto the insecticide-soaked textile or avoid it entirely? Does permethrin actually kill ticks?
How to protect yourself from ticks with Permethrin-treated clothing - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Several studies have found that wearing permethrin-treated clothing can reduce the risk of tick bites. But very few studies have looked at the behavior of a tick when it comes in contact with permethr...In France, you can buy the product "Insect Ecran" for protecting your clothes !
My blood was drawn on Friday- lab results will be faxed to you on Monday!
While white-footed mice are considered to be the primary reservoir for tick-borne pathogens, the role of birds as hosts in transmitting such infectious agents is not fully understood.
A new study examines the transmission patterns in Canada between the two groups. #insidelyme
Birds vs. rodents in transmitting tick-borne pathogens - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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In their study, “Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada,” Dumas et al. “investigated and compared the role of breeding ...I learned a long time ago about the different hosts that carry ticks yet I am still amazed at when people say, but there are no deer in my area, so therefore I do not have to worry about ticks. I moved to a home last year that is basically some months a bird sanctuary. I absolutely love watching birds, but I can only imagine how many ticks are being dropped in my yard.
And that's how I got Lyme. A bird. Took years to be properly diagnosed and to find my way to DR C. Fully recovered. Thank you.
When in bed for 20 plus hours a day due to Lyme I read a biological book on Lyme disease and lots of studies also. Learned about the flight patterns of birds. The north south migration of birds comes right over the Northeast where I now live again and contracted Lyme in 1972. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for the visit. I'm glad I went and will have the blood work done tomorrow. I arrived home in Massachusetts Thursday 7 p.m.ish the traffic was horrible leaving your office trying to get into Rye/White Plains NY towards I 95 into Connecticut..... Here is a new Lyme post. www.necn.com/news/local/what-is-the-powassan-virus-and-what-are-the-symptoms/2732840/
See you Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Maybe if they studied the Pacific Northwest 🤔, they'd know more...
Birds are more important than previously recognized as hosts for Lyme disease-causing bacteria, according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is responsible for Lyme disease, was known to be carried by white-footed mice, wood rats, western gray squirrels, and other small mammals, but fewer studies have looked at the role of birds as reservoirs. entomologytoday.org/2015/03/10/birds-identified-as-hosts-of-lyme-disease/
Now do wolbachia.
Case report: 5-week-old twin girl presents to the hospital with pallor and increased lethargy. The mother had one febrile illness during pregnancy ... which was associated with a maculopapular rash that resolved spontaneously.
"Anemia was the first laboratory abnormality noticed in this patient on presentation and prompted the peripheral smear resulting in the diagnosis." #babesia
A Five-Week-Old Twin With Profound Anemia: A Case Report of Asymmetric Congenital Babesiosis
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We present a case report and review of the literature of congenital transmission of babesiosis in a five-week-old twin neonate evaluated for lethargy and difficulty with feeding. On presentation to th...People just look at me like I have 2 heads when I say I believe I gave my daughters Lyme! I tell them read the studies. Most likely they don’t. Oldest daughter had eye infection at 3 weeks then meningitis. Second had breathing issues day of birth and nearly choked to death and was given oxygen! Am I wrong to think this doc?
WOW! See you next week- Wednesday 1 p.m
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Profound anemia is a covid thing too….
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As everyone begins to venture outdoors, particularly in the Northeast with warmer weather, remember tick checks to protect yourself!
Great video Thank you. Shared to Ticna in Australia.
One bite can destroy your life and those around them!!💚
Thank you Dr. Cameron for all your help🙏
Pay attention. This is real and can be life changing.
Had two already!
Pay attention can be life changing
Thank you, Dr.
The authors describe a patient with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), a rare type of vasculitis who was admitted to the hospital with acute heart failure.
Biopsies of the left ventricular revealed a sudden onset of Lyme carditis with evidence of typical lymphocytic myocarditis.
Lyme myocarditis in patient with no other signs of Lyme disease - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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A 37-year-old man with no symptoms of Lyme disease developed a sudden onset of Lyme myocarditis and acute heart failure.Dr. Daniel Cameron I was just interested in your take on why nested PCR or even PCR in general is not offered for patients in normal pathology. Would this provide more accurate testing for patients with borrelia? When might metagenomics testing be commercially available for tick infection testing. You could also answer this in your upcoming talk about this case. Thank you.
So scary
See you next Wednesday, May 4th 1 p.m.
Good grief!
Interesting!
From Lymedisease.org: "Incremental progress is being made, albeit slowly. There’s a growing acknowledgment of the magnitude of the Lyme problem in the medical system, the government, and the media.
New diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics are finally working their way out of basic research labs and into clinical validation studies."
10 signs of recent progress in the Lyme disease world
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Shining a light on efforts to reduce the suffering of people with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.Now if you could just get the General population of Doctors to believe that chronic lyme does exist they might put some of these things into practice. If not no chance. I went to my 36th Doctor who looked me in the face and said if I've been treated I am cured and he said, " I repeat if you've been treated you are cured!" I then asked him how many Lyme patients are you treating his answer of course was "None"
So grateful for your dedication to educating about Lyme!
A 52-year-old woman was hospitalized with rhombencephalitis (inflammation of the rhombencephalon, also known as the hindbrain).
She experienced: intermittent fevers, dry cough, fatigue, headaches, night sweats, unintentional weight loss of about 15 lbs., double vision, a tremor in the neck, paresthesia and tremor in the extremities, an unsteady gait, and memory loss.
Lyme disease triggers inflammation in “hindbrain” - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Lyme disease triggers inflammation (or encephalitis) in a region of the brain known as rhombencephalon (hindbrain) in a 37-year-old patient.I've had depression and anxiety since my teens and I'm now almost 74. I was not diagnosed with Lyme and co-infections until 2015. I wish there were a way to get the inflammation out of my brain. I'm unable to treat.
Yep me too. It was aweful!
Looking forward to May 4th office visit.
Treatment?
It’s all inflammation. The question is how to treat it.
Similar symptoms as mine and I had to survive and buy my own antibiotics till I figured out and I’m sure many of thousands of people are doing same ! Many just suicide
A 21-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with a history of headaches, a droopy left eyelid and swelling and redness of both legs. He was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, which had affected his lungs, kidneys and skin. But later tested positive for Lyme disease.
Clinicians “should maintain a high index of suspicion for underlying infectious processes like neuroborreliosis in patients with new-onset sarcoidosis before starting immunosuppressive regimens,” the authors suggested.
Sarcoidosis triggered by Lyme disease - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that affects multiple organs in the body, typically the lungs and lymph glands. The exact cause of sarcoidosis is unknown. But some researchers believe it may be...My first neurologist started testing me for sarcoidosis and MS as soon as he saw my multitude of brain lesions on an MRI. Thank goodness I didn’t meet the diagnostic criteria for either, otherwise I might have accepted the diagnosis and stopped looking for answers. I eventually concluded I had Lyme and Babesia on my own, and then sought out a doctor who knew about them. What is so insidious about Lyme is how it triggers other conditions, so that doctors stop looking once they diagnose something like an autoimmune condition.
Later tested positive for Lyme disease how? The tests are inadequate and the doctors don’t believe in it. How can they find something that they don’t believe in? People are mailing their own blood across the country for better Lyme testing. The protocol needs to be upgraded. At some point are we supposed to perform our own surgeries because the doctor doesn’t believe in the illness? The professional medical community needs to catch up. Doctors treat symptoms not diseases. This is why no one ever gets better.
My husband developed Renal Sarcoidosis triggered by Lyme Disease. Fortunately he has done very well on Prednisone and the high dose did not cause a Lyme relapse.
I was diagnosed by Dr. Cameron in 2006 with Lyme’s disease. Treated with antibiotics for quite sometime and over several years got better. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Neurosarcoidosis. Still unsure if the Neurosarcoidosis was Lyme’s related years later. I still suffer with Neurosarcoidosis issues today.
My cousin ,died of Lyme disease
I know I have lyme .... I have more recently developed all kinds of things that I don't know where they came from. Lung/heart issues .... bone pain right leg is usually swollen by the ankle especially...visual issues. How do you find out if you have sarcoidosis? Docs here don't know much about Lyme.
I will be calling your office soon to make my first appointment.
Very interesting!
I got diagnosed with COPD. After I got treated for Lyme the COPD was gone.
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This small study examined the risk of developing disseminated Lyme disease for people with weakened immune systems.
Researchers enrolled 7 patients with an EM (erythema migrans) rash who were diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Disseminated Lyme disease. - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Individuals with a weakened immune system are at a greater risk of developing disseminated Lyme disease and requiring re-treatment.
A 39-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with febrile jaundice, diffuse arthralgia, fever, nausea, headaches, and a dry cough.
Regardless of the presence of a rash, Lyme disease should be considered for "any patient with severe jaundice, significantly in those patients who are at risk of severe infection and have recently traveled to an endemic area, regardless of the presence of a rash.”
Can Lyme disease cause jaundice? - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Two case reports describing hyperbilirubinemia in Lyme disease patients confirms that while it is rare, Lyme disease can cause jaundice.Yep. Once I got my gallbladder removed it went away
A reminder that Lyme disease is multi systemic!
A 62-year-old man was diagnosed with shingles. Despite treatment, he remained ill.
His symptoms worsened and included nausea, lethargy, decreased appetite, constipation, decrease in urination, and weight loss.
Lyme disease and shingles - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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A recent article, published in the journal Clinical Case Reports, describes the case of a 62-year-old man, from Norway, who was initially diagnosed with shingles, a viral infection which produces a pa...I was misdiagnosed with shingles and I told my doctor I never had the chicken pox - he swore I must have had a mold case. In 2016 diagnosed with Lyme and in 2018 a different doctor tested me for exposure to chicken pox and it was negative!
Lyme is the Great Imposter. I had a bad Lyme flare up and shingles came out. My Dr. said it must be Lyme as it was not exactly like Shingles.
It now possible that I have had Lyme for much longer than originally thought. Not had the Lyme shingles issue, but oddly I have never had chicken pox either....
Did people with Lymes suffer from Abdominal pain .
Also those who got Covid jab are at increased risk. Those with Lyme on top of it should be aware.
I was treated multiple times for shingles... in my mouth, on my back, nothing touched it. Then one day it all stopped, for a couple years anyway, then back again with more unexplained symptoms that kept adding on. Fast forward 2 more years... total of 4 3/4 years from my bite (which I saw and so did the doctor)... we've switched doctors and FINALLY have someone that is on our page. LD test end March. We wait very patiently, cause you have to. In Canada LD is less recognized than anywhere (well Australia is extremely broken as well). Never give up!!! You know yourself better than anyone!!!
Is this just a case of misdiagnosis or is there a relation between Lyme and shingles? I ask because I have Lyme and recently had a shingles outbreak (first time) and didn't think it was related to the Lyme?
I had underlying hameophilus and I wonder if it’s a trigger of a chronic hameophilus either from birth or triggered due to Lyme is there a way to know how old it was ?
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The death jab appears to cause latent viruses to reappear, not to mention the negative impact the the immune system.
Can Lyme disease lead to bone loss? “Bone pathologies are observed in diseases associated with other spirochete bacteria, including syphilis and periodontitis.”
Can Lyme disease cause bone loss? - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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Study finds Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium causing Lyme disease, induces bone loss in mice due to the inhibition of bone building.What about under the skin nodules that swell and hurt 99% of the time and is all over one’s body? How’s that connected to tickborn diseases, please? I’ve had them many years now and know one can explain them or know what to do to help!! Thanks. My bones feel like they ache very often as well.
Bone loss and wasting syndrome.
B Cell Aids, some people call it.
Yes I have it in my gums. Shrinking
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Remember - A single tick bite can transmit multiple diseases. Protect against tick bites!
Single tick bite leads to 3 diseases in elderly woman - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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In their article “Triple Tick Attack,” doctors describe the case of a 74-year-old woman living in Connecticut who developed 3 infectious diseases as the result of a tick bite. While Lyme disease i...Nice if one can afford the testing and the treatment providers as well as the treatments. I'm 74 and I cannot. I've tried a few treatments since 2015 but could never treat aggressively enough without getting a histamine reaction. I was diagnosed 60+ years too late after having Lyme and co-infections lifelong and being misdiagnosed. until 2015. I thought of retesting with Igenex but what's the point if I can't treat. I also tell young people to go full speed with treatment so they won't get to be my age with the infections having gone too far.
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Been there too. Awful
Been there , had that !
She is lucky as it could have been more. My Vibrant labs test lit up like a Christmas tree. Three types of Borellia, TBRF, two strains of Bartonella and Babesia!
And she's one of many!
Source: Thomas CE, Burton ES, Brunner JL. Environmental Drivers of Questing Activity of Juvenile Black-Legged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Temperature, Desiccation Risk, and Diel Cycles. J Med Entomol. 2020 Jan 9;57(1):8-16. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz126. PMID: 31370063.
Study link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31370063/
I am from California USA I was diagnosed of HERPES Virus in 2016 and I have tried all I can to get cured but all to no avail, until i saw a post in a health forum about a herbalist man who prepare herbal medication to cure all kind of diseases including HERPES virus, at first i doubted if it was real but decided to give it a try , when i contact this herbalist via his email and he prepared a HERPES herbal cure and sent it to me via UPS delivery company service, when i received this herbal cure, he gave me step by directions on how to apply it, when i applied it as instructed, i was totally cured of this deadly virus within 14days of usage, I am now free from the deadly virus called herpes, all thanks to doctor UMA, Contact this great herbal doctor via his email dr.umaherbalcenter@gmail.com call or whatsapp him on his mobile number +2347035619585 He also have the herb to cure: (1) CANCERS, (2) HEPATITIS A B C, (3) HIV/AIDS, (4) PENIS ENLARGEMENT, (5) PREGNANCY, (6) DIABETES, (7) EX BACK.
“We found a structure that is a piece of the puzzle, helping us understand why some bacteria can swim and disseminate within diverse host environments to cause infection.”
The study looked at flagella of the Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi and stomach ulcer-causing Helicobacter pylori.
Motility is essential to bacteria’s ability to cause disease. If bacteria can’t move within the body, dangerous infections are far less likely.
When pathogens can drill themselves through gel-like surroundings it is often made possible through the rotation of a squiggly, tail-like machine known as the flagellum.
Now, for the first time, Yale researchers have visualized a unique ring structure that stabilizes the motor of the flagellum and enhances bacterial movement.
How Bacteria Swim: Yale Researchers Discover New Mechanisms
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How bacteria move around, survive, and cause infection in the body has fascinated scientists, but the roles of certain key players involved in the mechanism ofThank you! That is what I had. Dr Eric Goldberg at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA would appreciate this info.
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In this #insidelyme video podcast, I discuss several cases involving individuals with a history of Lyme disease who experienced side effects following the COVID-19 vaccine.
Side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals with Lyme disease - Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
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In a recent survey, individuals with a history of Lyme disease describe side effects they experienced after taking the COVID-19 vaccine.My daughter had Lyme and Babesia. She received the JJ last summmer and a booster, she still has numbness in her arm and chest heaviness. No one wants to listen and don’t know who to turn to.
My medical records are being sent to your office! See you sooner than later,.
Diagnosed with Lyme and RMSF in 2017. 1st vaccine, zero side effects. Actually felt a burst of energy for the next 72 hours. 3 weeks after 1st shot contracted CoVid. Typical symptoms (fatigue, chest heaviness, sinus symptoms, headache, chills for 72 hours then gradual improvement over 7-10 days. Doctors suggested waiting at least 60 days after CoVid before receiving 2nd shot. Waited 10 weeks. Just took 2nd shot this past Monday. 1st day was horrible. Severe body aches, nausea, fever up to 101, chills, hot flashes, body sweats, mild headaches, severely painful arm and extremely swollen under arm lymph node, pain radiated into neck and lower chest wall. 2nd day- fever up to 100. Fatigue weakness, body sweats, all other symptoms improving. Day 3 (today)- no fever. Slight weakness, slight vertigo, arm tender but no longer sore, lymph node slowly decreasing in size. The side effects of the 2nd shot were worse than CoVid (minus the fact, CoVid caused insomnia for about a week). However, despite the side effects, I am happy to be fully vaccinated. I understand that while I was fortunate enough to have a mild case of CoVid previously, I may not be as lucky next time. And I would like the opportunity to go out and enjoy this summer without being so paranoid. Being vaccinated gives me that peace of mind.
