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ILADS Events - ILADS ILADS Events Amy Offutt, MD Dr. Offutt, president-elect of ILADS, is the medical director and co-owner of Heart & Soul Integrative Health and Yoga which she co-founded with her husband, Brad, in 2007, located in Marble Falls, Texas. Her first seven years of practice were focused on rural family medi...

Unfortunately, this means many people live years undiagnosed or with incorrect diagnoses. Private testing through Armin Labs in Germany https://arminlabs.com/en
or
Igenix Labs in California -https://igenex.com/
are more accurate but often not accepted by GPs.
Finding a Lyme-literate medical professional can be life-changing.

The testing for Lyme disease in Canada is highly inaccurate nor is it reliable. Canada is using an outdated and flawed test, yet doctors rely on it for treatment.

The question is, would you do a test and accept the results if you knew the test was less than 50% accurate?

Lyme can look so different in children.

Rare Presentation of Pediatric Nervous System Lyme Disease: A Case Report Lyme disease is a multisystem infectious disease. It is caused by the dissemination of Borrelia spirochetes after a tick bite. It has various manifestations across different age groups. Commonly involved organs are the skin, joints, and nervous system. Nervous system Lyme disease has a wide spectrum...

What are you planting this year?

Chronic Lyme Disease: Why COVID May Spark Better Tests and Treatment People with chronic Lyme disease (or PTLDS) are understudied and have limited treatment options, but the tide is turning post-COVID.

Fundraising helps us educate our community by attending community events, printing flyers, and paying for the Zoom membership that allows us to stay in touch with members who may not be able to attend an in-person meeting.

59. Reflecting on Lyme disease in Canada with Janet Sperling - Looking at Lyme Twenty years and counting: CanLyme continues to support patients through research, education and advocacy.

How lucky to be able to visit all these beautiful spaces!

Project Lyme and the Bay Area Lyme Foundation fund groundbreaking research:

When Lyme disease infects the brain, it causes inflammation and cell death, similar to other neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS). It also activates fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs), which regulate crucial cell functions and get disrupted by inflammation. Building upon their previous studies, researchers from Tulane University found that both live Lyme bacteria and nonviable remnants activated the fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs). Importantly, they discovered that two research compounds—an FGFR1 inhibitor and an FGFR1-3 inhibitor—were effective in reducing inflammation and cell death, offering a potential new treatment for neurological Lyme disease.

Learn more about the science in this press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/19/2866306/0/en/UPDATE-New-Study-Reveals-Potential-Treatment-for-Neurological-Lyme-Disease.html

Prevention first but....

Gut health is so important!

Relationship Between Gut Microbiome and Lyme Disease - Project Lyme Lyme disease and associated tick borne infections can directly affect your gastrointestinal tract. Roughly 80% of the immune system is located around your digestive tract, so if you experience symptoms there will be a larger than usual immune response.