Richmond & Mid-Atlantic Lyme Alliance

26/09/2023

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering research could yield treatments with fewer side effects

16/06/2023

Y’all, just a quick pop-in to remind you to stock up on your permethrin and any other tick killers, tick tubes for the yard, whatever your preference for skin, etc etc.

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13/05/2023

Hi all. We are no longer an active group in terms of support meetings. That said, I remain always available; please feel free to contact me via PM.
All the best,
Dawn

06/12/2021

Why do some patients go on to develop long-term, chronic symptoms and others do not?

12/06/2021

https://www.lymedisease.org/macdonald-lyme-lewy-body-dementia/

Tick Boot Camp podcast: Diffuse Lewy body disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, is the second most common cause of dementia, following Alzheimer's disease.

12/06/2021

https://www.lymedisease.org/alec-baldwin-lyme-disease-pain/

The 63-year-old star has dealt with Lyme disease for the last 20 years, ever since he was first bitten by a tick.

09/06/2021

https://www.facebook.com/1037654609/posts/10222456283849376/?d=n

25/05/2021

-THURSDAY MAY 27th – 4PM ET- I agree to receive emails from Live Better Group and Synergy Science Your privacy is safe. No spam ever. We’ll send you a private link to watch the webinar and tell you when it’s about to begin. What we’ll talk about in this LIVE TRAINING N Why your neighbours Wi...

21/05/2021

Some REALLY good stuff/speakers coming down the pike from Bay Area Lyme!
Next one is tomorrow (Friday).

https://www.bayarealyme.org/events/speaker-series/?fbclid=IwAR0u-SNWk61A1FJfLb8qC_CIPUeMDSyZMijHmvEuGYCujZ0m6148zVLqE04

Among our many community events every year is a series of free speaker forums that focus on our research and science programs as well as Lyme disease prevention. These events provide new information on various Lyme topics in an open discussion format. Our vision is to make Lyme disease easy to di....

21/05/2021

Natural ways to help keep your yard/space less icky ticky.

-via PALyme

21/05/2021

How to make (anti)tick tubes for your yard etc. Cotton + permethrin + pvc piping or similar tubing. Mice rub themselves w permethrin while snagging the cotton for their next, thereby
1)killing any ticks on themselves and
2)bringing back permethrin/laden nesting material.

It doesn’t harm the mice. 👍

(white-footed mice are the most common first blood meal for tick larvae->infectious nymphs).

-via PALyme

20/05/2021

17/05/2021

Decent diagram of tick-transmitted Lyme and “coinfections”.

by Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio and Mark Casey Posted 5/14/21 One of the most challenging aspects of reclaiming your health from chronic Lyme disease is knowing where to turn when new or different symptoms pop up. “My perception after studying a variety of intracellular microbes for years is that each ...

17/05/2021

Best-Selling Author, Dr. Bill Rawls

15/05/2021

This pilot study examines the potential role of Bartonella in schizophrenia.

15/05/2021

With $16 million gift, Columbia will open a new center for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases this summer, offering patients specialized care and expanding research at a national level.

15/05/2021

Did you know that disease and other tick-borne infections can be spread from mother to child during ?

Pathogens that cause , and have been found in newborn infants, placentae, fetuses or umbilical cords, as described in the resources cited below. As a sign of progress, the CDC finally updated their website in three different spots to address the very important issue of maternal-fetal transmission of Lyme disease, although they still claim it is "rare." Of course, you will not find what you are not looking for.

Congenital transmission is yet another reason why children are at the greatest risk of contracting Lyme disease. Children born with Lyme disease can present with a variety of neurological or physical impairments. To help prevent congenital transmission, we recommend for women of childbearing age who have been diagnosed with MS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune conditions, unexplained inflammation, unexplained immune deficiencies, psychiatric conditions such as depression or anxiety, joint pain or muscle pain to carefully consider Lyme disease as part of the differential diagnosis, preferably under the guidance of a knowledgeable provider using more reliable tests, and treatments found to be more effective for late stage Lyme.

Resources
Lyme Disease Challenge: http://lymediseasechallenge.org/pregnancy-children/
Lyme Hope: https://www.lymehope.ca/
Mothers Against Lyme: https://mothersagainstlyme.org/