LymeSci Blog
Lonnie Marcum
is a Physical Therapist, with a dual degree in health administration and physical therapy. She has a passion for helping people heal from illness and injury by treating the whole body. She became active in the Lyme community after her daughter was diagnosed with tick-borne diseases in 2013. She now devotes much time to learning about Lyme and related conditions, and sharing that knowledge via social media. In addition, she has served as a member of the HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group: Tick Biology, Ecology, Control Subcommittee. Her blog, LymeSci, seeks to help patients understand the science of tick-borne diseases and new developments in research.
Bloodsucking Ticks Make Cement to Attach to Your Skin
National Geographic, January 19, 2018 by Joshua Rapp Learn Bloodsucking parasites that can carry deadly diseases create their own cement to glue themselves to our…
A closeup look at how ticks use smell to find future hosts
From Entomology Today, January 16, 2018: By Meredith Swett Walker If you ever find a tick before it finds you—that is when it’s still hanging…
LYME SCI: Developing new tests to identify ALL bacteria in ticks
Researchers at Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine have joined the fight against tick-borne diseases and are asking citizens throughout the US to send them…
“CDC Wonder” database keeps us wondering about actual Lyme stats
Pat Smith is the President of the Lyme Disease Association and was recently named to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The following blog is…
Subcommittee co-chairs selected for federal TBD Working Group
The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which held its first meetings in December, is moving forward with setting up subcommittees. Each subcommittee will take a…
What Lyme patients need to know about general anesthesia
From American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: An article in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)’s AANA Journal, “Lyme Disease and Anesthesia Considerations,” discusses possible effects…
A mother reflects on six years of caring for a child with Lyme disease
by Rebecca Zelis Six years of Lyme disease treatment is a roller coaster of illness and remission. When my son was first diagnosed his symptoms…
We can dream, can’t we? Top gifts for a PANDAS/PANS/Lyme family
By Lisa Kilion Here’s what families dealing with PANS/PANDAS and Lyme could really use in their stockings this year. In David Letterman fashion, I’ll list…
Seeking long-term disability for Lyme? Planning and preparation can help.
By Jennifer Hess, Esq. Without question, insurance companies have been disproportionately denying disability claims for Lyme disease in recent years. In our law office alone,…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: My presentation to TBD Working Group
On December 11, I was privileged to address the inaugural meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. This panel, established by the 21st Century…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Books for your own shelf, or for gifting to others
Looking for suggestions of useful Lyme-related books? Here are some I personally recommend. All are available from online sources. Many are in e-book format as…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Decorated female Air Force pilot now “unfit for duty”
The first patient advocate to address Monday’s inaugural meeting of the Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group in Washington really knocked our socks off. Air Force Colonel…