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
Canada implicated once again in covert non-transparent manipulation of World Health Organization
When will the corruption stop? CanLyme is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity. “A request…
Albertans reporting fewer ticks amid social distancing; Expert predicts numbers will rise
After enjoying a day at Rundle Park in Edmonton, Dan Friesen and Katie Zimmerman didn’t consider the possibility of…
A 4-year-old boy with ataxia and aphasia
[CanLyme Note: The rashes shown in this case are dismissed Canada-wide by doctors who are not taught about multiple rashes,…
Chronic Lyme disease – does it exist?
“Her symptoms started quickly: neck pain, extreme fatigue and intermittent fever and chills. The woman had been healthy until…
How to repel ticks with plants and landscaping
Landscaping tactics can be used to create a soft barrier to prevent ticks from entering your yard Ticks…
CBC Vancouver, BC: Tick bite leads to Langley toddler’s temporary paralysis
[CanLyme Note: NO TICK IS A GOOD TICK] Malia Radmore’s mother believes she picked up the tick at a…
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
Ireland: Lyme Disease centre a positive step
[CanLyme Note: Come-on Canada, wake up, we too need a facility that will actually acknowledge the science, the uncertainty, and…
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk
People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller…
Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis [with treatment recommendations]
Nov 26th, 2018 “Patients with ehrlichiosis (regardless of the putative organism) clinically present with fever, chills, severe headache, confusion,…
Epidemiology of Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis [Can be coinfection with other tick borne disease(s) or stand alone infections]
Nov 26th, 2018 Ehrlichiosis “Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by several Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by…
Human Babesiosis Caused by Babesia duncani Has Widespread Distribution across Canada
Published May 17, 2018 Abstract: Human babesiosis caused by Babesia duncani is an emerging infectious disease in Canada. This malaria-like illness is…
Halifax: Unconscious Collective Vocal Ensemble (UCVE) to stage two performances to raise funds for CanLyme
Nov 24, 2018 Save the dates!! For a truly unique experience that you will love come and see the Unconscious…
Papineau Case Against Doctors Delayed an Unreasonable Three Years – A new Charter of Rights Case Perhaps?
Nov 22, 2018 Papineau case delayed 3 years!! The delays in the Papineau case against his physicians may…
United States Annual Cases of Lyme Disease for 2017 Over 400,000
[CanLyme Note: The numbers reflected by the CDC in no way represent the total number of cases occurring annually…
Canada: A systematic review on the impact of gestational Lyme disease in humans on the fetus and newborn
[CanLyme Note: We at CanLyme want to thank Sue Faber and Jennifer Kravis for their excellent persistent hard work…