the fastest growing emerging disease…worldwide! lyme disease

The fastest growing emerging disease…worldwide!

Lyme Disease

www.CanLyme.org

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

• This is a disease you must learn

about, and a disease you will encounter

in your lifetime either personally or through someone

you know.

What is Lyme disease?

Tick-borne disease

......... Spirochete

... is a Borreliosis withMultiple strains

Birds, Ticks, – spread randomly! Not confined to certain areas.

Tick species – Ixodes .... (yes) Dermacentor .... (unlikely)

Sporadic cases have been reported in Canada since 1970s

1977: 13 year old girl in Ontario with EM and arthritis (CDWR 1988 14-22: 95- 97)

1979: biologist at Long Point Ontario with arthritis and subsequent positive serology (Artsob 2010 Purple Paper)

1983: 8 year old in Alberta with EM rash (CMAJ 1986 134 (1): 48-49)

1984: French tourist in Quebec with EM after insect bite ( Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. A 1986 263: 488-490)

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*World Health Organization Report: Lyme borreliosis in Europe (2006) and CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2007

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British Columbia distribution of I pacificus

(Mak et al. 2010. J Med Entomol 47:99-105)

In Memory of Dr. L. Kindree, MD and Dr. S. Banerjee PhD

Symptoms of Lyme disease ... strain related

Fatigue is a common denominator symptom of Lyme diseaseMuscle and/or joint painA minority of people will get a rash, or multiple rashesBrain/thinking dysfunction ... Memory, concentration, bi-polar,..... Hallucinations ..... headachesSome may get arthritic symptoms / rheumatic symptomsHeadaches / Muscle spasms /Seizures / Heart problemsBowel issues of all sorts; from pain, to diarrhea, to constipationMany people have eyesight problems that can include worse vision ..... or vision interference (eye infection)

All systems of body ... from glands to hormones to sexual function