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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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Recent dispatches
Lyme sufferers struggle for diagnosis, treatment
Robert Mangelsdorf – Westender October 29, 2014 It started as an odd twitch in her bicep, then a tingling numbness…
A Unique Case of Adolescent Neuroborreliosis Presenting with Multiple Cranial Neuritis and Cochlear Inflammation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Abstract Background Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States, and is caused by…
Intracellular Borrelia Spirochaetes Reproduce Inside Erythrocytes
Intracellular Borrelia Spirochaetes Reproduce Inside Erythrocytes The experiment adds to previous work showing borrelia spirochaete invasion of erythrocytes(1).…
Global TV: Lyme disease researcher looks to support groups for information
By Brion Robinson SACKVILLE, N.B. – A Mount Allison University professor says Lyme disease support groups could hold important information…
Assessing the Contribution of Songbirds to the Movement of Ticks and /Borrelia burgdorferi/ in the Midwestern United States During Fall Migration
Abstract: The geographic distributions of Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick) and the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of Lyme…
MyD88- and TRIF-independent induction of type I interferon drives naive B cell accumulation but not loss of lymph node architecture in Lyme disease.
Hastey CJ, Ochoa J, Olsen KJ, Barthold SW, Baumgarth N. Abstract Rapidly after infection, live Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative…
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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Janet’s Story
Four days [after treatment] the symptoms disappeared and I stopped using the wheelchair. After nine days, my blood pressure…
David’s Story
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Diane’s Story
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Roy’s Story
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Bridey’s Story
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Miguel’s Story
Current status: Deciding if I should just keep going to Mexico for high dose antibiotics, or allow myself to…
Gayle’s Story
At this point I have no headaches, numbness, dizziness, my memory is back to normal, no stuttering and I…
Mable’s Story
I began to remember the bug bite and ‘sand’ incident and realized that the ‘sand’ must have been a…
Les’ Story
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