Lyme Science Blog
Dr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH, is a nationally recognized leader for his expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. His weekly Lyme Disease Science blog features articles covering the latest research, insights and case reviews.
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Lyme Disease Treatment: Key Insights You Need to Know
Whether you’re searching for better Lyme disease treatment or want to know what Lyme disease medication works best, this video
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Unique presentation of Lyme disease skin rash
In their article, “Giant Erythema in a Child with Lyme Disease,” Banadyha and colleagues describe a young girl with Lyme
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Lyme carditis and heart failure
The 52-year-old woman from Pennsylvania developed shortness of breath, fever, chills, fatigue, and joint pain and stiffness over a 2-week
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What are co-infections? Co-Infections of Lyme Disease
In this video, we explore what co-infections are, including co-infections of Lyme disease, and how they can affect people battling
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Young boy develops Powassan encephalitis after camping trip
This summer, a 9-year-old boy in Canada developed Powassan virus encephalitis, a life-threatening condition. In Pennsylvania, another young child was
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Why Treating Lyme Disease Is More Complex Than You Think
By 1990, I had started prescribing intravenous ceftriaxone (Rocephin), based on emerging reports of its effectiveness in chronic neurologic Lyme
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Is It Lyme Disease? Unexpected Symptoms of Lyme disease
Case Study: Unexplained Foot Pain One of my patients experienced severe foot pain, even while walking to the bathroom. A
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Rifampin for Lyme Disease: When Doxycycline Isn’t Enough
When I first began treating Lyme disease in 1987, the primary antibiotic prescribed was doxycycline. This choice was driven by
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Don’t wait for a positive Lyme disease test
My patient took a “bury-your-head-in-the-sand” approach towards Lyme disease, which did not help him. He had been ill for more