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.
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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
Lyme Misdiagnosis Can Divert Patients From Correct Treatment
[CanLyme Note: We agree totally that a thorough diagnostic work-up should preclude any diagnosis. Not everything is Lyme borreliosis. What…
New test shows promise in identifying new drugs to treat Lyme disease
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a test they say will allow them…
Climate change brings Lyme disease to Canada
by GAIL JOHNSON on OCT 29, 2014 JIM WILSON, FOUNDER of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was in…
Great Britain: Woman left with paralysed face after tick bite in her own garden
Oct 31, 2014 A woman was left with a paralysed face after being bitten on the thigh by ticks.…
Australia: Pittwater Council asks residents to pull out your bag of ticks
CAYLA DENGATE, MANLY DAILY, NOVEMBER 01, 2014 12:01AM While ticks are usually best avoided, Pittwater Council is extending a request from…
Lyme Carditis Can Cause Sudden Cardiac Death
[ CanLyme note: This report underlines what patients and their concerned physicians have known for years and have tried to…
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
Global warming may spread tick-borne disease
The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) rarely bites people, far preferring the taste of dog. But global warming could…
Experts warn pet owners of impact of climate change
As world leaders gather in Copenhagen at the United Nations Climate Change conference, animal health experts warn of the…
Danette’s Story
I stood up and walked out [of my doctor’s office] without saying a word. My way of saying, ‘you’re…
Jim’s Story
The saga continued…each time I stopped the antibiotics, all of my symptoms returned with a bang. Then after being…
Chuck’s Story
Now that I am feeling better every day I just want to run, jump and holler like a child…
Sharon’s Story
My shoulder was so bad it become frozen. One morning I woke up and could not move my legs.…
Kate’s Story
Most Canadian doctors are not familiar with Lyme disease and have not been trained to recognize it. The simple…
Kelly’s Story
Kelly’s condition has improved to about 90% of her pre-Lyme state. She has very little arthritic symptoms, her cardiac…
Sydney’s Story
I have a story to tell about a strange illness I have had for over 2 years. It could…