by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/7/190 Comment; Great approach to predictive geography/cartography & epidemiology using the factors the FL team used to predict tick density! William H. Kessler 1,* ,Claudia Ganser 1 andGregory E....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214540019300489?via%3Dihub Comment; Complex; …”the gene of interest that influences both drug concentrations and toxin removal from tissues in the body is the ABCB1 gene that encodes for a set of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2019/07/02/new-york-times-story-on-lyme-misses-the-bulls-eye/#274792671564 Comment; I agree with this author regarding the complexities and seriousness of Lyme and tick-borne illness in general. Glad that somebody had an easy...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/trf.15425 Comment; Sad that there were complications from iatrogenic Babesiosis in sick transfusion recipients–reinforces the concept that something as relatively commonplace as a blood transfusion needs to be...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections, Uncategorized
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3989169/ Comment; This article reviews the search for various biomarkers associated with acute Lyme, unfortunately, it does not conclusively find anything. Immunologic markers of the reaction to Lyme disease have many false...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106611/ Comment; Intra-vascular, acute phase Lyme has brief elevations of HS-CRP & Serum Amyloid. These resolve with migration of the spirochete from the intravascular space into the interstitia. Better markers are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/playing-outdoors/article231733368.html Comment; 15 cases of tick-borne Lyme with the explanation that those folks were infected in other states. OK, but as the writer admits, Tularemia, Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever, Tick-borne...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://f1000research.com/articles/8-763/v1 Comment; Technical review article that delves into the immunology, how the VIsE locus/antigenic group allows the tick vector to remain assymptomatic while only mammalian hosts are harmed–a great way to transmit a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tid.13129 Comment; Testicular inflammation fromm a tick-borne parasite in an immunocompromised patient. There are so many different infectious presentations from these parasites! Akshay KhatriAmanda LlojiRichard...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X19300998?via%3Dihub Comment; Surveilance by citizens is a good thing, the more data we have, the better choices we can make. Daniel J.SalkeldabW. TannerPortercSamantha M.LohbNathan C.NietocShow...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/PART-TWO-Fighting-Lyme-Disease-511597151.html Comment; More info on the research being done into vectors for the disease. By Morgan Sturdivant | Posted: Thu 7:18 PM, Jun 20, 2019 | Updated: Thu 7:26...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Part-One-Fighting-Lyme-Disease-511540782.html Comment; Sadly, this disease is often missed due to lack of suspicion/placement in the differential of the current illness combined with the propensity to false-negative lab results. Part...
