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BC’s new complex chronic disease program is a “complete waste of time” for Lyme disease patients, says the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation.
The foundation, which advocates for better testing, diagnosis and treatment, withdrew its endorsement of the program at BC Women’s Hospital on Wednesday.
Abstract Lyme disease is a vector-borne illness caused by Borrelia spp. bacterium spread by ticks to humans and other mammals. Despite being prevalent in many regions of the world, there remains considerable uncertainty surrounding many aspects of the disease, and consensus on the most appropriate and effective means of treating the illness remains to be achieved. Recommendations…
Jeffrey Kopman Published: Sep 10, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT weather.com A late-summer hike results in tired legs, a sweaty body and a tick bite. The feeding tick infects you with Lyme disease, but your treatment options are limited because you had an allergic reaction to penicillin as a child. This dilemma is fairly common —…
[CanLyme Note: NICE in the UK, similar to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is given statutory distinction. NICE published Lyme disease guidelines using their legislated privilege. In Canada, the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI) and PHAC have openly supported the NICE guidelines. PHAC regularly abuses its legislated privilege and AMMI continually…
May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — It’s been forty years since Lyme disease was first recognized in the US− when researchers studied an unusually large number of children diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis around Lyme, CT. Their investigation was initiated through a phone call by a mother with sick children, Polly Murray, who noticed the anomaly…
New podcast episode on Looking at Lyme has an interview with Jordan Tesluk on workplace safety.
The vast majority of ticks found in Saskatchewan are Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick), a species not known to be a competent vector of typical Lyme borreliosis (Borrelia burrgdorferi s.l.) to humans. However, recently Borrelia miyamotoi has been found in Canadian ticks coast to coast. Also, this from Manitoba, Saskatchewan’s next door neighbour. Borrelia miyamotoi causes similar disease in humans…
