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Every year more Canadian health care practitioners are realizing the importance of tick borne and other chronic infections and more are attending conferences such as ILADS.
Animal models of the disease show that persistent symptoms may be due to an interplay between persistent infection, immune dysfunction and changes to neural networks. Co-infection with other pathogens might also be at play.
Prevention and the need for better diagnostic tools also recognized by researchers.
By the end of the review, you may discover that you have more in common with the bemused Arthur Dent than you might have expected.
32% of the adult and nymph ticks tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Research also identifies limitations with antibody testing.
Deepen your understanding of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections through online learning.
POTS is recognized by some clinicians as a contributor to persistent Lyme disease symptoms but more research is needed.
Researchers at MIT are thinking outside the box with a new long Covid, chronic Lyme disease study. Dr. Mikki Tal is heading the MIT MAESTRO research study which is looking into potential sex differences, predictive diagnostics and immunological, neurological and other mechanisms of chronic illness. Her team is also investigating immune-pathogen interactions, and the connection…
Understanding the risks, manifestations and clinical management of Lyme carditis can save lives and prevent invasive medical and surgical interventions.
Canadian study explores patient concerns and identifies maternal-fetal Lyme research priorities.
Optic neuritis, giant cell arteritis and Lyme disease: a case presentation.
This in-depth article by Cox and Levesque gives context to many of the systemic barriers that Canadian Lyme patients encounter, and highlights the important role that patient organizations play in addressing those barriers.
Monica Embers discusses her research findings in this latest course from Invisible International.
An in-depth review by three leading experts.
