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May 23, 2016 A new urine test that could detect Lyme disease has been completed. 40% of Lyme disease patients exhibit symptoms [“Lyme disease is presently a condition difficult to spot, only about 40 percent of the patients exhibit a rash followed by the tick’s bite.”] Test looks for Lyme-causing bacteria Testing performed for three…
Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School dispels some long held, over published myths about Lyme disease
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Dispelling myths … “Dr. Nevena Zubcevik of the Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illnesses, warned that the medical community is not keeping up with current findings. For example, “The conception that the tick has to be attached for 48 hours is completely outdated,” she said, citing studies that show…
Lyme Sucks Challenge continues: CanLyme founder’s brother and daughter make their challenges.
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On April 24th, 2015, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation’s founder, Jim Wilson, was proud to have his brother, John Wilson, and oldest daughter Candra Wilson make their challenges to others to take the Lyme Sucks Challenge in the effort to raise awareness of the disease, and increase funding for a very necessary and long overdue…
MacLean’s magazine – The truth about Lyme disease
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Lyme disease can masquerade as MS, ALS, even dementia and its numbers are growing tenfold. So why is Canada lagging behind in treating and diagnosing it? by Anne Kingston [March 2014] For decades, Gabriel Magnotta, the well-known Ontario wine-industry firebrand, went hunting with a group of friends. These expeditions took them into the wilds of…
The peptidoglycan-associated protein NapA plays an important role in the envelope integrity and in the pathogenesis of the lyme disease spirochete
May 13th, 2021 Abstract The bacterial pathogen responsible for causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, is an atypical Gram-negative spirochete that is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. In diderms, peptidoglycan (PG) is sandwiched between the inner and outer membrane of the cell envelope. In many other Gram-negative bacteria, PG is bound by protein(s),…
Scientists finally figured out why you rarely get sick in the summer
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Ever wonder where colds get their name? Or why we’re all coughs and sniffles during the winter but are rarely sick in the summer? Turns out our genes change with the seasons, just like the weather. During the winter months, our bodies pump up the levels of many of the genes linked with inflammation, triggering…
LymeNB reacts to CMAJ news article: Combatting Lyme disease myths and the ‘chronic Lyme industry’ by Wendy Glauser, Toronto. September 17, 2019
LymeNB was horrified to read the CMAJ news article published on September 17 that spoke about how the patient-facing toolkit being developed by the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) in partnership with the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) in Canada would serve to combat, as the title suggested, Lyme disease myths and the ‘chronic Lyme industry’. How disrespectful for the patient community! … Read full text
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Margaret Schaefer, Registered Nurse, Litchfield County Lyme Network
Picture a two year old child running through the beautiful fields and forests of Connecticut. Then picture two weeks down the line the child presents with a febrile illness in the middle of July. The parents are informed by the pediatrician that the child has a “summer flu”. The parents were not warned sufficiently … Read full text
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[CanLyme Note: The science is very weak for the effectiveness of prophylaxis. Doctors Canada wide are also improperly administering this as a treatment, not prevention. CanLyme receives many complaints from individuals. There is much misinformation in the medical literature, most of which comes from private infectious disease organizations who do not follow ethical standards for what constitutes medical evidence. Infectious disease physicians are not scientists yet they put themselves forward as experts, so be very wary of the following…]
Eugene Y.H., Resident physician, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
I see that this CMAJ article is mainly advocating against over-treating unconfirmed Lyme’s disease. However, I would also like to bring up the counterargument, in which clinicians hesitate to start Lyme disease prophylaxis that lead to adverse consequences to patients, such as arthritis and cranial nerve palsies… Read full text.
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