UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA As if COVID and RSV weren’t bad enough, incidents of Lyme disease – a potentially serious disease caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted following a bite of an infected deer tick – also are on the rise in the United States, including in Oklahoma. Lyme disease affects an estimated 300,000 people in...
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Black patients’ Lyme disease often diagnosed late, possibly due to missed signs
by Enrique Rivero, University of California, Los Angeles Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium spread by ticks of the genus Ixodes, like this deer tick. Credit: Unsplash/Erik Karits A UCLA study suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black patients....
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Lyme disease can wreak havoc on mental health
by Steven Reinberg Lyme disease can exact a significant mental toll as well as a physical one on its sufferers, a new study confirms. Patients hospitalized for Lyme disease had a 28% higher incidence of mental disorders and were twice as likely to attempt suicide than people without Lyme, researchers report. “These findings highlight the...
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AI CHECKS OUT ‘RASH SELFIES’ TO DETECT LYME DISEASE
Using artificial intelligence and deep learning to study cell phone images of rashes could offer a way to more accurately detect Lyme disease, researchers say. The technology can identify the erythema migrans (EM) skin redness associated with acute Lyme disease to enable more reliable screening, more accurate diagnosis, and earlier treatment. It could help avoid...
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How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham Is personalized medicine cost-effective? University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Nita Limdi, Pharm.D., Ph.D., and colleagues across the United States have answered that question for one medical treatment. Patients experiencing a heart attack—known as a myocardial infarction or an acute coronary syndrome—have sharply diminished blood flow in...
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How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
by Durland Fish, The Conversation In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists traced the cause to tick bites and named it Lyme disease, but why it had suddenly appeared there was a mystery. Similar symptoms had been documented on Long...
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Cracking the Lyme disease code
NEWS RELEASE 30-APR-2020 Cracking the Lyme disease code WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PRINT E-MAIL IMAGE: THIS IS ABDUL LONE. view more CREDIT: WSU The next time a tick feeds on you, Washington State University researchers hope to make sure persistent arthritis caused by Lyme disease doesn’t linger for a lifetime. Troy Bankhead, associate professor in WSU’s...
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Justin Bieber’s Reveal Shows Why Lyme Disease Is Often Misdiagnosed
The singer revealed he’s received a diagnosis of Lyme disease. He’s bringing attention to the condition’s persistent symptoms that can affect physical and mental health — even after treatment with antibiotics. Getty Images Singer Justin Bieber revealed he recently received a diagnosis of Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that can cause fever,...
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Ticks spread plenty more for you to worry about beyond Lyme disease
by Jerome Goddard, The Conversation When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other pathogens, some of which cause serious, even fatal, conditions. In fact, the number of tick-borne disease cases is on the rise in the United...
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Lyme disease: Why does joint pain persist?
Researchers have found clues that might lead to a treatment for Lyme arthritis. The secret may lie in the walls of the bacterium that causes the condition. Lyme disease occurs when a person becomes infected with a tick-borne bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Initial symptoms typically include general fatigue, fever, skin rashes, and headaches. Although doctors can often treat Lyme disease with antibiotics, if they do...