Episode 81: Lyme Disease
2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between. - A podcast by Kendall Britt, MD and Amy Rogers, MD
Lyme Disease has been a known tickborne infectious disease since the early 80s. Treatment for Lyme Disease is surprisingly straightforward, but you would never guess that from the controversy surrouding the infection. Part of the problem stems from "Chronic Lyme Disease," which is now more appropriately knwon as Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, to indicate that the infection is no longer present in these patients. There is some explanation for their symtoms other than persisttent bacteremia. Todayw e talk about all this, and dig into a little of the history and the controversy surroudning Lyme Disease. Resources: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1505425 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891552015000203 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra072023#t=article http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200107123450202#t=abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18452806 Be sure and subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already. And you know we’d appreciate it so much if you would tell your friends about 2 Docs Talk! Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Now Available on Google Play Music!
