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
Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters
Parasites & Vectors 2019 12:237 Natalie Rudenko; Maryna Golovchenko; Katerina Kybicova and Marie Vancova Published May 16, 2019 Abstract The survival of spirochetes from the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu…
Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment
[CanLyme Note: The title is a bit misleading. The bacteria that causes Lyme disease is millions of years old according…
Oshawa, ON: Lyme Disease: A silent epidemic
Posted on May 14, 2019 by oshawaexpress in IN THE SPOTLIGHT, THE FOURTH ESTATE By Chris Jones/The Oshawa Express With Lyme Disease Awareness Month now…
Media Advisory: Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto
May 15, 2019 Health officials to present information about blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease in Toronto Toronto Public…
There’s no evidence quick dose of antibiotics will stave off Lyme
[CanLyme Note: Canadians have got to beware of information produced by any members of the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network…
A Boy Heard a Buzzing Sound in His Ear. It Was a Tick on His Eardrum.
By Rachael Rettner, May 2nd, 2019 A 9-year-old boy who heard a buzzing sound in his ear turned out…
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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Swedish MD suspended over Lyme disease care; patients bereft
[CanLyme Note: Canada has suspended almost 100% of doctors who diagnose and treat Lyme disease based appropriately by all…
Doctors Who Treat Chronic and Rare Illnesses: Quacks or Heroes?
March 1, 2017 David Michael Conner The Huffington Post “Many readers of my writing know that I have spent…
Triathlete Kirsten Sweetland, sidelined by health, calls it a career
Cleve Dheensaw, Times Colonist, March 2nd Triathlete Kirsten Sweetland of Victoria, a former teen prodigy who overcame career-threatening injuries…
New Lyme disease petition urges action plan rewrite
Richmond Hill Liberal – Kim Zarzour, March 1st, 2017 A new petition asking the Canadian government for a better…
New York Times: More Than 80 Percent of Patient Groups Accept Drug Industry Funds, Study Shows
[CanLyme Note: We have been approached by various pharma industry to work with them but we have steadfastly refused in…
VOCAL – Voices Of Canadians Against Lyme – Teens, Listen to a song created to bring attention to the dire situation of Lyme in Canada
LISTEN TO SONG BELOW: Children in Canada are suffering from Chronic Lyme Disease, please help them out and sign…
Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp
Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):457-62. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.150269 Abstract Certain Bartonella species are known to cause afebrile bacteremia in humans…
Comparison of bacterial 16S rRNA variable regions for microbiomesurveys of ticks
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.02.002 Abstract Ticks vector diverse pathogenic bacteria that are important to identify in public health and veterinary contexts.…
DON’T COUNT ON A RELAPSING FEVER TO DIAGNOSE BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI
You might assume a patient infected with Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochete, to present with a relapsing fever.…