Author: Daniel Cameron
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74-year-old woman with a triple tick attack
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 74-year-old woman with a triple tick attack. This case was initially described in the journal Cureus, written by Kumar and colleagues in 2019. A 74-year-old woman…
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6-week-old boy with Babesia
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 6-week old boy with Lyme disease. This case was first described in the journal Pediatrics, written by Handel and colleagues in 2019. The doctors were initially…
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5-week-old girl with Lyme disease.
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 5-week-old girl with Lyme disease. This case was first described in the journal Pediatrics, written by Handel and colleagues in 2019. The doctors were concerned that…
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17-year-old young man who dies of Lyme carditis
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing a 17-year-old young man who dies of Lyme Carditis. This case was first discussed in the journal Cardiovascular Pathologist written by Yoon and colleagues in 2015. The…
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Three premature babies who contract Babesia from blood transfusions.
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing three premature babies who contract Babesia from blood transfusions. These cases were originally described in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, written by Saetre and…
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Two children who contracted Babesia from their mothers.
Dr. Cameron feels that the best way to get to know Lyme disease is through reviewing actual cases. In this Inside Lyme Podcast episode, he will be discussing two children who contracted Babesia from their mothers. These cases were originally described in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, written by Saetre and colleagues…
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Yale doctor says children don’t have Lyme, but medically unexplained symptoms
In a 2014 interview, Dr. Eugene Shapiro, dismissed patients’ concerns over chronic symptoms associated with Lyme disease And recommended the medical community “figure out ways to reduce healthcare-seeking behaviors” by patients who are ill and told they do not have Lyme disease. Shapiro expressed his concerns after reviewing Yale Medical Center’s patient database and finding…
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A Tribute to Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, discoverer of Lyme spirochete
By Alan MacDonald, M.D. Guest Blog A memorial service was recently held in Hamilton, Montana, to honor Dr. Willy Burgdorfer. I had the great pleasure of knowing Willy and offer these words as tribute to his memory. He will be greatly missed and will be forever positively impacting patient’s lives. “He was a humble man.…
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Canada’s Bill C-442 hopes to create dialogue and federal plan for Lyme disease
While the journal authors acknowledge that field studies indicate confirmed endemic areas or potential, future risk areas for ticks has grown from 1 region in 1997 to 13 regions in 2006, the authors minimize the growing concern of tick-borne illness in Canada. They point to the minor number of reported cases. In 2013, 500 cases were reported in Canada. However, the number of reported Lyme disease…
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When Patients Know More Than Doctors
Guest Blog By Jennifer Bybel Lown, Nurse Practitioner Dr. Daniel Cameron & Associates While Lyme disease isn’t necessarily rare, it is a less understood disease, surrounded by conflicting information. And, one in which, all too frequently, family members seem to be more knowledgeable than medical professionals. We recently treated a patient who had been sick…