lyme

  1. Dolphin

    Positive Tests for Lyme Disease and Emergency Department Visits for Bell's Palsy Patients, 2020, Pacheco et al.

    https://www.jem-journal.com/article/S0736-4679(20)30725-3/abstract
  2. Andy

    Genesis and dissemination of a controversial disease: chronic Lyme, 2020, Gocko et al

    Paywall, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0399077X20307265 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.medmal.2020.09.026
  3. Andy

    A Distinct Microbiome Signature in Posttreatment Lyme Disease Patients, 2020, Morrissette et al

    Open access, https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/5/e02310-20
  4. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Unconventional diagnostic tests for Lyme borreliosis: a systematic review, 2019, Raffetin et al.

    Abstract: Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X1930388X The reason for posting this review of Lyme tests from 2019, is that in Belgium and elsewhere, doctors have used some of these tests such as the LTT-test and CD57+ to diagnose chronic Lyme disease.
  5. Dolphin

    Diagnostic pathways of patients consulting at the infectious diseases ward for presumed Lyme disease (preprint), 2020, Lutaud et al

    Open access: https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02915010/document
  6. Sly Saint

    Article: Mystery illnesses are on the rise with women, whom doctors are dismissing as "nervous Nellies" Apr 2020

    "The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness" author on the only recourse for ailing women who are being ignored https://www.salon.com/2020/04/07/ladys-handbook-for-her-mysterious-illness-sarah-ramey-book/
  7. R

    Miranda Hart - British comedian

    Miranda Hart (UK comedian) has posted two posts on Instagram about ME/CFS and other chronic illness. 1: 2 (video): https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-XggCGFgmr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link She starts talking about chronic illness and ME at about 10 min 30 sec. In the video she shows a lot of...
  8. Andy

    Azlocillin can be the potential drug candidate against drug-tolerant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto JLB31. 2020, Pothineni et al

    Open access, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59600-4
  9. J

    Evaluation of Natural and Botanical Medicines for Activity Against Growing and Non-growing Forms of B. burgdorferi (2020) Feng et al

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.00006/full?utm_source=fweb&utm_medium=nblog&utm_campaign=ba-sci-fmed-botanical-lyme-disease
  10. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Chronic Lyme Disease: a discussion of the epidemiological data

    I’ve decided to take a closer look at the evidence for chronic Lyme disease. I’ve chosen to skip issues relating to the persistence of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and the use of prolonged antibiotic therapy, to focus on basic epidemiology. The main question I wanted to answer is whether...
  11. Patient4Life

    Well known people reported to have Lyme Disease.

    Justin Bieber reportedly has Lyme disease; suffered depression for a year by Heidi Parker - LymeDisease.org (Jan 8, 2020) .
  12. Dolphin

    Long-term sequelae and health-related quality-of-life associated with Lyme disease: A systematic review, 2019, Mac et al

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31773171
  13. Sly Saint

    Article: Anti-vax, anti-science and the pitfalls of sharing a ‘rare’ condition with a celebrity, Nov 2019

    full article here https://overland.org.au/2019/11/anti-vax-anti-science-and-the-pitfalls-of-sharing-a-rare-condition-with-a-celebrity/
  14. Obermann

    Distinct Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomes Differentiate Post-Treatment Lyme Disease from CFS, 2011, Schutzer et al.

    Abstract Background: Neurologic Post Treatment Lyme disease (nPTLS) and Chronic Fatigue (CFS) are syndromes of unknown etiology. They share features of fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, making it difficult to differentiate them. Unresolved is whether nPTLS is a subset of CFS. Methods and...
  15. Kalliope

    New Scientist: Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

    Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, also sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is itself a controversial condition: some think it involves immune system problems, perhaps triggered by an infection, while others believe psychological factors may...
  16. H

    Lyme: another sad story, but a new app for areas with infected ticks

    BBC interview with a Lyme victim who has a story that too many of us recognize. It also triggered ME/CFS in her case. The good news is that there is, or will be, an app where people can find out if infected ticks have been found in certain places or areas. I´d be very interested in this app...
  17. MeSci

    What is Lyme disease and what are the symptoms of the rapidly increasing illness? ITV report (UK)

    The number of Britons diagnosed with Lyme disease could be three times higher than previously thought, new research has found. Up to 8,000 people a year in the UK may suffer from the disease, which can lead to severe joint and nerve problems. Analysis of medical records found the number of...
  18. InitialConditions

    Maybe It’s Lyme What happens when illness becomes an identity? (2019) The cut - Molly Fischer

    https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-disease-becomes-an-identity.html This is a very long read and I've only skimmed through, but this is a topic I hoped someone would write about. From the comments it seems the article could be somewhat dismissive to patients. This doesn't...
  19. Saz94

    Case report on rheumatological presentation of bartonella (Mozayeni et al, 2018)

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944489/#__ffn_sectitle
  20. Andy

    Association of small fiber neuropathy and post treatment Lyme disease syndrome, 2019, Novack et al

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212222
Back
Top Bottom