HISTORY: Delaney Dixon, a 6th grade Windsor, NY student contracted Lyme disease in 2017 following an undetected tick bite. It took her several years of treatment to recover, and she […]
May Awareness LDA Guest Blogger Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH, is a board-certified internist and epidemiologist and a nationally recognized expert in the treatment of tick-borne diseases. He has lectured at […]
May Awareness LDA Guest Blogger Robert Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; in Private Practice, Psychiatry, in Red Bank, New […]
May Awareness guest blogger, Scott Commins MD, says “when it comes to ticks and the human immune system, we don’t have all the answers and we need to stop pretending as though we do.” Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) is an easy example. At a fundamental level AGS seems straightforward: a tick bite induces an allergy to the alpha-gal sugar found in mammals and, thereafter, one experiences allergic reactions to beef, pork, lamb, venison, etc. However, we know this is an oversimplification […]
Dr. Richard Horowitz Medical director, Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center
Board certified internal medicine. Member NYS DOH Tick-borne Disease Working Group 2021-2022. Member HHS Tick-borne Disease Working Group 2017-2019. Co-chair HHS Other Tick-borne Diseases and Co-infections subcommittee 2017-2019. Member, HHS Babesia and Other Tick-borne Pathogens 2019-2020
In this mini review article, researchers examine the important and potential role of antibiotic tolerance/persistence in Borrelia spp. (Lyme disease bacteria) and Post treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS). Many hypotheses […]
In order to give early access to findings, Nature has just published an unedited version of the manuscript describing the prophylactic and treatment benefit of N-0358 (small molecule compound) for […]
Science Direct has just published a case report of a child in Massachusetts that was diagnosed and treated in the ER with “isolated Lyme radiculoneuritis” (inflammation of the spinal nerve […]
In this study published by Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, researchers used mass spectrometry-based proteome profiling and parallel reaction monitoring to detect multiple pathogens in black-legged ticks collected from the Southern […]
The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. is posting the following announcement for the CTN to clinicians, researchers & investigators from academic institutions. We are happy to announce that the Clinical Trials […]
LDA Doctor Referral System © Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
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About LDA DOCTOR REFERRAL SYSTEM ©
Welcome to the Lyme Disease Association’s LDA Doctor Referral System ©. LDA made updates and enhancements to its prior system and has launched a new site to provide patients with information about doctors, other practitioners, testing labs, and pharmacies that are knowledgeable about chronic Lyme disease and often about many other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Many of the doctors listed are often referred to as Lyme Literate Physicians/Doctors (LLMD). Tens of thousands of patients have successfully used the prior LDA system to locate Lyme and TBD resources.
Terms & Conditions and Guidelines
Because there is a negative political climate surrounding Lyme disease, many LLMDs do not want their names posted outright on the internet. LDA has tried to balance the doctors’ wishes with patients’ need to find a doctor. This new system is a result of that compromise and therefore:
Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines, Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the LDA Doctor Referral System © contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the location entered and specaialty/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of so we can investigate.