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.
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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.
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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
PGA Champion Jimmy Walker diagnosed with Lyme Disease
Published: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 | 2:24 p.m. PGA Champion Jimmy Walker said he has felt fatigued since around…
June 3rd, Ottawa: We Need To Continue To Be VOCAL
We Need To Continue To Be VOCAL The Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Conference held in Ottawa in May…
MP Ramsey says local Lyme disease sufferers feel betrayed by federal response
Brian Cross, Windsor Star MP Tracey Ramsey implored Canada’s health minister to scrap the draft framework on Lyme disease on…
Ticks are carrying much more than just Lyme disease
“We’re finding pathogens that we didn’t know – well, we knew they were there, we just didn’t know how…
LymeHope Moms Bring Voices to the Hill
(04/12/2017) Ottawa, ON-Tens of thousands of Canadians, whose lives have been devastated by Lyme disease, are having their voices…
Selon des leaders engagés, les chercheurs, médecins et patients doivent participer davantage à la conception du cadre préliminaire de lutte contre la maladie de Lyme
[Note de CanLyme: Aucune maladie de l’histoire n’a jamais été manipulée et manipulée à huis clos comme une maladie…
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
CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas
February 21st, 2015 New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas, man fell ill and died after becoming…
New York: Senator Sue Serino named as chair of Tick-Borne Disease task force
Feb 20th, 2015 Alan Fanitzi, Poughkeepsie Journal New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos named Senator Sue…
Case Report: Bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to Borrelia Burgdorferi
Suhail Basunaid1, Chris van der Grinten1, Nicole Cobben1,2, Astrid Otte2, Roy Sprooten2, Rohde Gernot1 Abstract Summary: In this…
A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis
Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract Human granulocytic anaplasmosis…
Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients
Marianne J Middelveen1, Cheryl Bandoski2, Jennie Burke3, Eva Sapi2, Katherine R Filush2,Yean Wang3, Agustin Franco3, Peter J Mayne1 and…
View live Lyme Disease spirochetes allegedly easily seen in blood following negative “official” testing.
[CanLyme note: Although this video clearly shows a spirochaetal shaped bacteria, it cannot identify what spirochaete it may be.…
Health Care Costs, Utilization and Patterns of Care following Lyme Disease [1.3 billion USD]
[CanLyme note: This study has limitations as noted therein and does not include cost of taxpayer funded disability income…
Australia: Researcher calls for action after those suffering Lyme Disease head abroad…
A TURRAMURRA researcher is calling on the medical fraternity to advocate for recognition of Lyme disease in Australia, both…
Alberta, Canada : Rowe [MLA] wants provincewide strategy to fight Lyme disease
[CanLyme note: It says in the article that 70-80% of people who contract Lyme disease will develop a rash.…