by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://danielcameronmd.com/human-bite-discovery-asian-longhorned-ticks-new-york/ Comment; Ticks seem to be increasing their range, prevalence & virulence of the pathogens that they carry. Surveillance needs to continue! Asian longhorned ticks, which have been...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/8/3/117/htm Comment; Good reminder that Babesia impairs aspects of the immune system allowing Borrelia to progress more rapidly, worsening Lyme Disease. Nikhat Parveen * andPurnima Bhanot *Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/6/7/ofz299/5527068 Comment; John’s Hopkin’s data is hard to beat–illustrating the difficulty in coming up with the true diagnosis of this sometimes elusive disease.
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/6/7/ofz311/5524452 Comment; Babesiosis is not widely seen, certainly not widely recognized, but remains an important component of the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO). Tick-borne illnesses in general have...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Uncategorized
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-clears-new-indications-existing-lyme-disease-tests-may-help-streamline-diagnoses Comment; Great that we have new Enzyme Immuno Assay (EIA) testing for IgM–short-term antibody & IgG–long-term...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Comment; Lyme is a very difficult disease; diagnosis is complex, confusing, contradictory. Many treatment options generally means that none are universally effective–sometimes they fail–and it’s hard to know that it’s failed until much...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00415-019-09359-0 Comment; Shoemaker has been referencing MRI Spectroscopy including Aspartate for years–this is not new, but perhaps it’s good to get it into broader print–shame that the author...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight Comment; Basic research is the starting point. So much more to learn, having the genome of the tick host–finding that it’s more related to hamsters than mice, good starting point. What...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=243971 Comment; This should have happened years ago. How many folks with Lyme have not been diagnosed because of the narrow criteria proposed for surveilance case definition–which is not the same as clinical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Newby responds to Washington Post’s slam about BITTEN Comment; WaPo is hardly a paragon of virtue & accurate reporting of news and current events–more of an opinion piece (to which they’re entitled as we all are), that, unfortunately portrays...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://danielcameronmd.com/infected-deer-ticks-moving-into-new-york-city/ Comment; Urbanized deer ticks in the big apple! Greatest risk with parks that have vegetated connecting pathways allowing migration of deer and passerine birds may aid in tick dispersement. In...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/house-orders-pentagon-report-whether-weaponized-ticks Comment; It would be great to see what really happened–but I highly doubt that this will EVER happen! The order requires the agency to say if it experimented with...