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.
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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Relapsing Fever Group Borrelia in Southern California Rodents
[CanLyme note: Lyme disease is a borreliosis, caused by many strains/species of Borrelia. Relapsing fever is simply strain related…
Global TV, Toronto: The move to ‘active surveillance’ to fight Lyme disease
Near Kingston, ON- For the first time Kingston, Frontenac and Lennon & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health Region is taking matters…
Scientific American: Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Thanks to Global Warming
Lyme disease is bad enough. But it’s just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks…
Scientific American: Lyme Disease Surges North
One of the clearest signs of health risks in a warming world has emerged in one of the world’s…
Health Canada’s new Lyme disease plan: You act, we’ll watch
Canada is under pressure to show leadership as Lyme spreads, but its ‘action plan’ shows it’s out of touch…
Canada’s Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease passes 2nd reading in the senate.
Second Reading–Debate Adjourned Hon. Janis G. Johnson moved second reading of Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework…
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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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
Lyme disease (often misspelled as “Lime” or “Lymes”) is an inflammatory infection that spreads to humans through tick bites.
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 disease is easiest to treat in the early stages, so it’s crucial to seek immediate attention if you…
Patient’s checklist
Do you suspect you’ve contracted Lyme disease? If so, there are specific steps you should take to improve your…
Living with Lyme
Living with Lyme Yes, living with Lyme disease can be a daily challenge, but it can be done –…
Lyme disease fears prompt BC government to fund clinic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lyme disease fears prompt BC government to fund clinic Vancouver, BC, March 31, 2011 – In…
For physicians
No tick is a good tick. Any tick that will bite a human may carry various infectious pathogens. Ticks will…