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
USA: Government policy expert’s report, “CDC Evades Accountability in Lyme Epidemic”
Author info: Bio – Jenna Luché-Thayer’s expertise includes government transparency and accountability and the integration of marginalized groups. Luché-Thayer…
England: [British] MP diagnosed with Lyme disease after chance conversation with constituent
by Saphora Smith, July 9th, 2016 An MP who was bitten by a tick at a village fete was…
“A Slow Slipping Away”— Kris Kristofferson’s Long-Undiagnosed Battle with Lyme Disease
Kris Kristofferson, still crooning and gorgeous at 80, is a Country Music Hall of Famer who ranks among the…
Lyme disease patient living in her car after being discharged from Banff hospital
July 6th, 2016, Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald CANMORE — A Canmore woman with Lyme disease has been sleeping in her car…
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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Mable’s Story
My 4 year old daughter’s Lyme disease history July 27 to August 1: We were camping in the Kootenay Mountains…
Les’ Story
By Les Roberts, Author – The Poison Plum In 1990 I was 51 years of age and living with my…
Harriet’s Story
August 2008 In 1986 my husband Gordon and I both retired from the Texas Department of Health and took…
Jim A.’s Story
May, 2011 In October of 2009 I removed an embedded tick from my right hip/buttock and a couple days…
Important testing precautions
Time and again, we hear stories from Lyme victims who reported a rash to their doctor (and in some…
Tick removal
Even better than tick removal is to AVOID allowing ticks to attach in the first place. Wearing long pants…
Lyme basics
Find the two ticks attached to this child’s face. NO TICK IS A GOOD TICK Any tick that will…
Coping with Lyme disease
Living with Lyme disease can be a painful and frustrating experience. Many Lyme victims are misdiagnosed, and too often…
Suspect Lyme?
Lyme is often overlooked because there are many symptoms Lyme disease is easiest to treat in the early stages,…