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 Patients Challenge CDC, Reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While Zika is grabbing headlines as an emerging disease, another arthropod-borne…
Black-legged ticks found at Riding Mountain National Park
[CanLyme Note: “Officials aren’t ready yet to sound the alarms”… here we are in 2016 and Health Canada still refuses…
Tick study gets ‘astonishing’ local response
John Ferro, Poughkeepsie Journal Photo by Sophia Raithel When the scientists behind an ambitious tick studybegan their work in April,…
Study cites Powassan link to long-term Lyme symptoms
August 14th, 2016 By Cynthia McCormick Scientists at a Wisconsin laboratory say they suspect persistent cases of Lyme disease…
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
Detection of Rickettsia, Borrelia, and Bartonella in Carios kelleyi (Acari: Argasidae)
Amanda D. LoftisA, D, James S. GillB, D, Martin E. SchrieferC, D, Michael L. LevinD, Marina E. EremeevaD, M.…
Lyme disease may cause sudden aggression in dogs
Written by Betsy Sommers of: Peppertree Rescue, Albany, NY, USA. 28th May 2004: We recently had a very strange event…
Global warming may spread tick-borne disease
Study: Hotter weather may make the pests more likely to bite humans By Emily Sohn, Dec. 30th, 2008 MSNBC…
Experts warn pet owners of impact of climate change
NEWS RELEASE Hidden invaders pose increased threat to families and pets as the world warms. Toronto, Ontario (December 21,…
Danette’s Story
My Story, by Danette MacDonald…..1/11/03 I have always been an enthusiastic worker, sweat and blisters never scared me. Almost…
Chuck’s Story
Thank God I have Lyme disease… I have been poked prodded and told it was all in my head.…
Sharon’s Story
October 2003: Port Coquitlam, BC I am a 40 year old female. I have been married for 5 years. I…
Kate’s Story
Halifax, NS Most Canadian doctors are not familiar with Lyme disease and have not been trained to recognize it.…