Welcome to the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.

Get help for Lyme

Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.

Learn more about Lyme

Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.

Get the facts

Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths! 

Recent dispatches

Lyme disease in Ireland: This is a global threat that is being denied by government bureaucrats around the world who are tied to the United States Center for Disease Control.

ByCanLymeMar 11, 20181 min read

Article on Lyme disease sparks calls for awareness campaign March 11, 2018 A UK SCIENTIST, whose daughter contracted Lyme…

Research tidbit: Lyme disease may directly affect the vagus nerve or the brainstem

ByCanLymeMar 11, 20181 min read

World Journal of Cardiology ABSTRACT: AIM: To conduct the first systematic test of the hypothesis that modulation of cardiac…

The Canadian Lyme Consortium, representing scientists, clinicians and patients provides an update regarding government promised research grants.

ByCanLymeMar 9, 20181 min read

March 9th, 2018 The Canadian Lyme Consortium, representing a united and transparent relationship between patients, clinicians and researchers has…

Ticks Creep Into Canada, Bringing Lyme Disease (and Confusion) With Them

ByCanLymeMar 8, 20181 min read

March 7th, 2018 JOANNE SEIFF, a resident of Manitoba, contracted Lyme disease a couple of years ago but didn’t…

The Financial Implications of a Well-Hidden and Ignored Chronic Lyme Disease Pandemic

ByCanLymeMar 6, 20182 min read

Healthcare 2018, 6(1), 16; doi:10.3390/healthcare6010016 Marcus Davidsson Abstract: 1 million people are predicted to get infected with Lyme disease in the…

Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?

ByCanLymeFeb 26, 20181 min read

February 25th, 2018 Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d’un homme qui choisit de s’affranchir de l’opinion commune ? Les neurosciences s’intéressent depuis de…

Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease

Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.

Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges. 

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More news

Doctors concerned, cases of Lyme disease increase in Ontario

ByCanLyme TeamJul 26, 20151 min read

Daksha Rangan The Weather Network Saturday, July 25, 2015, 3:28 PM – Eastern Ontario has seen a surge in…

Montreal Gazette newspaper trashes Lyme Disease victims and then refuses to allow evidence based rebuttal – they prefer scientific “opinion” over scientific fact..

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20155 min read

Recently, the Montreal Gazette newspaper published this article …  According to the Montreal Gazette we are scaring people by…

The US government and Infectious Disease Society of America admitted they cannot win the battle on Lyme with science.

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20152 min read

Read this https://www.openeyepictures.com/references/McSweegan.pdf Dr. Morshed from the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, listed as a recipient on the emails…

B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province

ByCanLyme TeamJul 21, 20151 min read

Mark Hume VANCOUVER – The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used…

Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests

ByCanLyme TeamJul 20, 20153 min read

July 20, 2015 Lyme disease patients denied treatment based on faulty tests Vancouver, BC ~ Confidential documents, obtained through…

Mexico: Tick-borne illness spreads to Tijuana

ByCanLyme TeamJul 19, 20151 min read

By Bob McPhail July 17, 2015 A second case of rickettsiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne bacterial illness, has been…

CTV News: Woman living with Lyme disease shares diagnosis, treatment challenges

ByCanLyme TeamJul 19, 20151 min read

CTV London Published Friday, July 17, 2015 A Huron County woman has had her life turned upside down by…

Fredericton Lyme disease support group wants better testing

ByCanLyme TeamJul 11, 20151 min read

Alison Chiasson, CBC News July 10th, 2015 Fredericton area residents struggle with symptoms, treatment and diagnosis Joy Pitre says…

Boston: Lyme Disease at Epidemic Levels, Say Health Officials

ByCanLyme TeamJul 9, 20151 min read

No state budget to control ticks Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West…