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Brandon Harder, Saskatoon Starphoenix “I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t screw a lid on top of a bottle, I couldn’t walk, I’d lost all ability to balance.” Bit by a tick near Fishing Lake in June 2009, Tera Hunter said she was infected with Lyme disease — an affliction she’s had to live with ever since….
[CanLyme Note: Lyme disease is not new to Saskatchewan, but it is spreading. Physicians need to be aware and willing to diagnose and, treat clinically based upon the patient response and not a restrictive set of unproven guidelines that limit treatment periods, and they must be able to do so without consequence from their College…
The article titled, ‘The role of patient advocates in Lyme disease policy should be limited’ seen here promotes stymieing ethical debate. Here is my response to the article, as HealthyDebate.ca had already closed comments for debate due to some not-so-well-wishing comments (although they did re-open it for comments due to public backlash and they then posted an edited…
[CanLyme note: It is very common for mainstream physicians who subscribe to the Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines to design studies in such a fashion that the outcome is pre-determined. These studies have no value, nor scientific merit. The divide is created intentionally.] Infectious Disease doctor, Sam Donta, responds to article, To the Editor:…
June 13th, 2016 Kris Kristofferson told Rolling Stone Country that doctors thought he had dementia and then he tested positive for Lyme. As Su-Ling Goh reports, cases are a lot more common than some doctors think. Watch TV segment
June 10th, 2016 East Gwillimbury Express by Simon Martin … “But Dorian had to leave Canada for four months to get treated for Lyme disease in Florida and Missouri. “It was four months of daily IV hookups,” Stephanie said, explaining he had swelling on his brain. The treatment worked wonders for Dorian” Read full text
June 10th, 2016 A national, all-party round table on Lyme disease in Ottawa recently brought to light some of the issues people face with getting answers and suitable treatment for the disease. New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig co-chaired the meeting on May 30, attended by Lyme disease advocates and members of Parliament, including Green…
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…
Kris Kristofferson says his memory loss was due to ticks, not dementia June 9th, 2016 by Carmen Chai, Global News For years, doctors were telling Kris Kristofferson he was grappling with Alzheimer’s disease as his memory quickly deteriorated. Turns out, he had Lyme disease – a discovery that has helped the 80-year-old country singer take…
Written by Paul Taylor QUESTION: After feeling really miserable for many months, my doctor finally concluded I had Lyme disease. He put me on antibiotics for a month and my symptoms went away. But now that I’ve stopped taking the antibiotics, I’m feeling horrible again. Is this typical for Lyme disease? ANSWER: Lyme disease…
Chris Thompson, Windsor Star Published on: May 27, 2016 Two years ago Francesca Ventimiglia was a healthy a vibrant aerobics instructor teaching as many as three classes a day. Today she is wheelchair-bound, unable to walk, her sight and hearing impaired. She also had her breasts removed from a misdiagnosis of cancer. Ventimigla has Lyme…
New Brunswick Southwest MP surprised by the number of people suffering with Lyme disease By Vanessa Blanch, CBC News May 26th, 2016 New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring national attention to Lyme disease as she prepares to co-chair a national all-party round table next week. Ludwig says she couldn’t…
The illness could affect 10,000 Canadians by 2020. [per year] [CanLyme suggests we are possibly there already.] PUBLISHED : Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:00 AM Karen Ludwig heard it disturbingly frequently on the campaign trail last summer: constituents complaining of an obscure, little-understood illness that left painful and occasionally debilitating symptoms, and perplexed local…
Frontiers in Microbiology, May 23, 2016 Although currently recommended antibiotics for Lyme disease such as doxycycline or amoxicillin cure the majority of the patients, about 10–20% of patients treated for Lyme disease may experience lingering symptoms including fatigue, pain, or joint and muscle aches. Under experimental stress conditions such as starvation or antibiotic exposure, Borrelia…
May 25th, 2016 Interesting radio show with Dr. Liz Zubek, who treats based upon the patient’s symptoms, and Dr. William Bowie, of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease of Canada (AMMI) who suggests the entire province of British Columbia has a 0.5 % tick infection rate, which is scientifically impossible. In the 1940’s…
