by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
A community-guided genome editing project can fight Lyme disease Comment; I think Mr. Esvelt is taking an overly simplistic and short-sighted approach to his approach of genetically engineering mice to be resistant to Lyme. By KEVIN M. ESVELT AUGUST 22, 2019...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/08/medicine-and-government-have-failed-to-help-us-battle-lyme-disease.html Comment; Ms. Pfieifer does a good job of reminding us of how difficult it is to make the diagnosis, how long-term treatment may be needed, and most importantly,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Can a new Lyme disease vaccine overcome a history of distrust and failure? Comment; LymeRix never reached potential. There’s a lot of distrust about vaccines–which can be quite helpful in lowering disease burden in communities. Part of the problem has to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6140261/ Comment; While the prevalence of human pathogens has been quantified in ticks in Adair County, Missouri, the prevalence of residents acquiring tick-borne diseases and seeking medical treatment has not. A public...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/life-with-lyme/594736/ Comment; Well-written article from a first-person perspective of what it’s like to have Lyme, the ups and downs, the uncertainty, the suffering. There’s a very legitamate plea that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6832a4.htm?s_cid=mm6832a4_w Comment; The CDC is approving the newer, faster, less expensive testing. Unfortunately, testing is often over-relied upon. We need to pay more attention to medical history, treating the patient, not...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2019/08/08/JCM.00547-19 Comment; Modified two-tiered testing seems to be as effective as conventional testing, should be less expensive with faster result availability. Sounds good. Susan C. Lipsett [MD], John A. Branda...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-disease-becomes-an-identity.html Comment; It is a problem, yet an understandable one. Few physicians are truly Lyme-literate, the infection is hard to diagnose with contradictory criteria from major organizations,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(19)30418-5/fulltext Comment; Ever more complexities in the diagnosis (much less management) of Lyme and Borrelial infections! No wonder it’s so hard to diagnose and treat...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/3/95 Comment; Interesting progression, sad situation in which families are disrupted, possibly ruined by Lyme. Once Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) takes hold, there’s a higher incidence of divorce/fractured...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X18305120?via%3Dihub Comment; Sad to know that folks are not paying more attention to the risks that are present; “it won’t happen to me” is a common ailment!...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
home Comment; This is a pretty comprehensive 2019 update of guidelines, not standards for the care of Lyme disease patients and those suspected to have had exposure. History Historically, Medical Guidelines have been established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)...
