TXLDA collaborates with physicians, researchers, legislators, patients and families in an effort to educate and reduce Lyme disease transmission in Texas.
Houston, Texas
Joined November 2012
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“For the first time, we have shown that people who are prone to develop a CFS-like illness have an overactive immune system both before and during a challenge to the immune system," #ChronicFatigue #ChronicIllness #Spoonies
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King's scientists exploring what may trigger #chronicfatiguesyndrome (#CFS) have found clues in how some people’s immune systems respond more actively to a health attack: reuters.com/article/us-healt…
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Studying what makes ticks ... tick, and why they stick around in winter ctv.news/a96bqOP
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An open letter calls for Netflix to remove its new series #Afflicted which portrays chronically ill ME/CFS patients as abnormal and strange. #chronicillness #ME #CFS lymedisease.org/members/lyme…
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"..warmer seasons and warmer water mean the range for illnesses carried by ticks and mosquitoes will expand, putting more Americans in the crosshairs of diseases such as vibrio, Lyme disease, and West Nile." theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Watch Lorraine Johnson's presentation at the HHS #LymeInnovation Roundtable about the need to build the research capacity of patients to create sustainable change and accelerate research. #LymeDisease
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Reminder the HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group meeting is today. We will be live tweeting the highlights or you can register to participate via webcast here: #TBDWG lymedisease.org/last-tbd-wor…
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.@SenSchumer “The disease is..a mystery, we don’t have a test yet that’s accurate..we don’t have a vaccine...we don’t have enough education...”
ALSO we don’t have @CDCgov leadership, urgency or money. See #TBDWG plan. NOW. @lymenews
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“The testing we have now for Lyme disease is certainly not in any way, shape or form acceptable," said Pat Smith, the president of @LymeDiseaseLDA #LymeDisease #Congress nj1015.com/nj-group-asks-con…
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So the lawsuit by Lyme patients against @IDSAInfo, 8 insurers and 7 big names is moving. pacermonitor.com/public/case… I wrote about it at huffingtonpost.com/entry/10-… More later. @Lymenews @LymeChallenge
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Adolescent Lyme disease: An issue screaming for action.
Imagine someone with chronic neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease for up to 14 years.1
Imagine a child with significant cognitive dysfunction from... facebook.com/danielcameronmd…
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Dr. Ray Charles Jones presentation on diagnosis and treatment for gestational Lyme & other tick-borne diseases. Via Madison Area Lyme Support Group madisonarealymesupportgroup.…
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In a nutshell, here’s a big reason why so many are sick. It’s from a new federal task force report on US failures of tick disease DX, treatment & prevention. #ScandalOfLyme
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Even though the totals are higher than previous years, the number of "reported" #Lyme cases still falls way short of figures that come from non-CDC sources. lymedisease.org/latest-cdc-l…
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“Warmer temperatures are making cold places suitable habitats for ticks, so new places are having #Lymedisease cases, and endemic areas are having more cases than the average...” @PopSci popsci.com/lyme-disease-clim…
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“PTLDS”: Stopping a Runaway Train
A 2006 IDSA guideline committee proposed the term “Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome” of “PTLDS” for patients who remain ill after treatment.
A Johns Hopkins study... facebook.com/danielcameronmd…
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So, 43,723 confirmed and probable Lyme cases in 2017. That’s ~430,000 with unreported cases. Of these, 43,000 to 86,000 with continuing symptoms >1 yr, per Marques study. #Epidemic
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An Anthropologist’s View of Lyme Disease and Suicide: Lyme disease patients are often labeled as “hysterical” or “malingerers.” by Aaron Jackson @Kodacruz lymedisease.org/members/lyme…
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Opinion: The change in #Congress should provide a new political dynamic that offers possibilities for real action on drug prices. buff.ly/2QHSxog
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New study characterizes the clinical course of children with advanced heart block due to Lyme disease.
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