The Global Search for Education: Austria – Ticks
“In patients with persistent symptoms, I think the number with co-infections is almost 100%. I only have a few patients with classic Lyme.” – Elke Schäfer Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a distant relative of Lyme Borreliosis) are recognized tick-borne infectious diseases in the United...
The Global Search for Education: The 300,000 – Ticks
“We need to continue to understand the range of infections that may be passed along in a tick bite such as Babesia, Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis. Insurance companies must recognize the risk of chronicity and the severe manifestations of Lyme disease in the lives of the patients they insure.” — Dan Cameron The “We are the 300,000” campaign is a new grassroots campaign by the Lyme community to...
The Global Search for Education: More Research – Ticks
“The next step is to determine if spirochetes that persist after antibiotic treatment are infectious.” — Dr. Monica Embers The take home for me from Katie Couric’s recent report on Lyme disease is that there are still too many unanswered questions. We need more research to understand Lyme, which affects 300,000 victims each year because we don’t have answers. We do know the term “chronic...
The Global Search for Education: The Guidelines – Ticks
“The current IDSA guidelines provide the best scientific, evidence-based medical practices for the treatment of Lyme disease including early and late forms.” — Dr. Paul Auwaerter Around the world, the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s guidelines are used by doctors, governments and health insurance companies to determine a patient’s diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease. These guidelines...
The Global Search for Education: Prevention — Ticks
“What we’ve found is that white-footed mice are the most important hosts in producing infected ticks.” — Rick Ostfeld Given the 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease a year in the US reported by the CDC, it is understandable that health organizations and local governments in this country are extremely anxious to develop a broader, more effective tick-borne diseases control strategy. As you will discover...
The Global Search for Education: Research – Ticks
Borrelia burgdorferi cultivated from the brains of patients suffering from chronic Lyme neuroborreliosis as seen by dark field microscopy. Given that according to the CDC, there are 300,000 individuals who are affected annually by Lyme disease in the US, it is astonishing that so little research money has been given to understanding Lyme and tick-borne illnesses in this country and internationally. Much like the syphilis debate...
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