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.
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TOUCHED BY LYME: Daughter uses Mom's Lyme testimony to educate her co-workers; You can, too.
Last week, Lyme Times assistant editor Pam Cocks testified via telephone before the Institute of Medicine. Her adult daughter, Lizzy Cocks, sent the following message…
Bartonella
Bartonella are bacteria that live inside cells; they can infect humans, mammals, and a wide range of wild animals. Not all Bartonella species cause disease…
About Ticks
Ticks are tiny crawling bugs in the spider family that feed by sucking blood from animals. If the animal is carrying Lyme disease spirochetes, the…
Ehrlichia
There are two kinds of ehrlichiosis, both of which are caused by tick-borne rickettsial parasites called Ehrlichia that infect different kinds of white blood cells…
Babesia
Babesiosis is an infection caused by a malaria-like parasite, also called a “piroplasm,” that infects red blood cells. Babesia microti is believed to be the…
Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Besides the diseases described above, ticks in different geographic areas may be infected with one or more of the following: Colorado tick fever virus; Mycoplasmas;…
Know Your Tick Facts
Chart showing types of ticks, their physical structure and the types of diseases they carry
Lyme Disease Co-Infections
Scientists recognize more than a dozen tickborne diseases in the United States and new ones are still being discovered. One tick may carry more than…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Those controlled studies cited by the IDSA Lyme guidelines included only 221 patients
More testimony given to the Institute of Medicine about Lyme disease. Lyme Times Associate Editor Pam Cocks, the mother of two adult children with Lyme,…
TOUCHED BY LYME: "How many people will have to suffer before our society does something?"
Northern California Lyme activist Sylvianne Schwartz took part in the Institute of Medicine's June 15 "listening session" regarding Lyme disease. Here's the text of her…