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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Does Lyme disease exist in the South?
A Patient’s Story from the South My patient from Florida looked me straight in the eye and said, “But Lyme
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Could Piperacillin Be the Lyme Disease Breakthrough We Need?
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at Northwestern University has generated cautious optimism in the Lyme
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Lyme Disease and Joint Pain: Is It Debris—or a Missed Persistent Infection?
New research into Lyme arthritis (joint pain due to an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi) is challenging long-standing assumptions about what
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“Just Depression,” They Said — But It Was Lyme Disease
I want to share the story of a patient who almost fell through the cracks — not because people didn’t
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My Lyme Disease Patient Got Worse on Antibiotics—Until We Adjusted the Dose
He was ready to quit treatment. The antibiotics were making him feel worse, not better—nausea, fatigue, and a sense that
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She Was Told To Wait. Then Told It Was PTLDS. But Her Lyme Infection Never Left.
A “wait and see” approach in managing Lyme disease can have long-lasting consequences, sometimes resulting in months or even years
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Babesia doesn’t just affect immunocompromised Lyme disease patients
She wasn’t immunocompromised. So why was she still sick months after Lyme treatment?That was the question we kept coming back
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Lyme disease triggers herxheimer reaction in infant
When a 21-day-old infant developed a fever and rapid heartbeat just hours after receiving antibiotics for Lyme disease, doctors were
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Lyme Disease
A Tale of Three Outcomes “I thought I was better… until I wasn’t.” That’s what one of my patients told