"This research changes how we understand Lyme. It’s a much bigger problem than we thought, especially for women," says Dr. Michal Tal @immunofever.bsky.social

READ MORE: Lyme disease increases gynecological health risks in women. lymedisease.org/lyme-disease... by @lonniemarcumpt.bsky.social

As always, the world of Lyme is complicated with both good news and bad. Looking back over the past year, I want to highlight a few of the biggest scientific advances that stand out in my mind.

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Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane.
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Researchers at Tulane University have found certain combinations of antibiotics to be more effective in treating #LymeDisease than the standard prescribed course of single antibiotics.
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New study shows how persistent Borrelia burgdorferi triggers a prolonged initial IgM immune response & can impair a secondary IgG response. Offering a possible explanation as to why disseminated #Lyme is hard to treat and difficult to detect.
Read my latest: www.lymedisease.org/lyme-stealth...

🔥🧠Quality research from van Elzakker & team at Harvard funded by Polybio.

🔥🧠 PET scans revealed increased TPSO protein which indicates neuroinflammation
-glial activation
-inflammatory neurovascular endothelial cells
Paper 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

There are several potential mechanisms for chronic Lyme disease. Here I review a journal article entitled 'Lyme Disease and the Pursuit of a Clinical Cure' which looks at three factors that can result in treatment failure.
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This year #InvisibleDisabilities Week is October 15-21. Invisible symptoms are real. Patients with complex illnesses deserve recognition. This is my tribute to everyone living with an invisible disability. #POTS #MEcfs #longLyme #longCOVID #dysautonomia #brainfog www.lymedisease.org/invisible-di...

We’re particularly proud of the diagrams featured in this paper, which include a review of common symptoms of #MECFS and of PEM, its pathognomonic symptom. (4/)

Overjoyed to announce my Concise Clinical Review of ME/CFS in Mayo Clinic Proceedings (with updated diagrams!) Very glad to have worked with
Stephanie Grach, and Ravi Ganesh and Tony Chon on this! #MedEd #MedTwitter 🧵 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Sorry for my silence. When I look at the news, and see all these horrific things humans are doing, all I can think is we are our own (and this planets) worst enemy. When will we learn? War is not the answer.

Hello 👋 My name is Lonnie Marcum. I'm a retired PT. I have a passion for learning about infection associated chronic illness and helping my readers understand the science, new developments in research and avenues for healing.
Here is a link to my latest: www.lymedisease.org/news-blogs/l...