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CTV’s medical specialist Avis Favaro reports on the painful side effects of undiagnosed Lyme disease in Canada and the link to child arthritis.
Dr. Robbin Lindsay from the National Microbiology Laboratory speaks. Prompt and thorough tick checks are required.
Most researchers are inspired to specialize in a particular field by a fascinating graduate course, an inspiring professor or a promising lab test. Dr. Vett Lloyd has a slightly more unique reason for devoting a large portion of her career to the study of Lyme disease: she was actually diagnosed with it. A geneticist by…
Katarina Schwarzova, June 3, 2016 Atlas of Science Flegel disease (Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans – HLP) is a rare autosomal dermatosis, characterized by small, asymptomatic, reddishbrown, keratotic papules occurring most frequently over the dorsa of the feet and the lower parts of the arms and legs. The majority of cases have been reported in European patients of…
Abstract The effect of biodiversity declines on human health is currently debated, but empirical assessments are lacking. Lyme disease provides a model system to assess relationships between biodiversity and human disease because the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted in the United States by the generalist black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) among a wide range…
The complex etiology of neurodegenerative disease has prompted studies on multiple mechanisms including genetic predisposition, brain biochemistry, immunological responses, and microbial insult. In particular, Lyme disease is often associated with neurocognitive impairment with variable manifestations between patients. We sought to develop methods to reliably detect Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, in autopsy…
Alex Elvin, August 11, 2016 6:40 pm The state legislature has adopted a new bill requiring insurance companies to cover long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease, despite considerable pushback from the medical and health insurance communities, and from Gov. Charlie Baker, who twice remanded the bill in the final weeks before the legislative session closed…
July 6th, 2016, Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald CANMORE — A Canmore woman with Lyme disease has been sleeping in her car since being discharged from a Banff hospital due to what she believes is a political response to the illness. Sarah Hutchison, 46, said front-line staff at Banff Mineral Springs Hospital treated her well, but believes she’s been mistreated by…
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could someone please help us. My niece has been partially diagnosed with Lupus, we believe she has been infected with Lyme Disese. Last year she had a tick underneath her skin and has been sick since. She has been tested for Lyme via blood test, it it came back negative. The specialist told us yesterday that when the blood test comes back negative then it is considered not to be there, but a positive can be inaccurate. Then we were also advised by the specialist that the Lyme tick is not in Costa Rica ???
My niece has worked with horses here in the surrounding area of Newmarket and Aurora, she has cleaned out numerous barns and has come in contact with barn cats. How can this Disese be completely ruled out ??????? We do not have Lupus in our family history.
What can we do as our next step, is there a clinic we can contact for further testing ???
Please help with any information you might have.
Thank you
Monica