[HTML][HTML] Post-treatment Lyme disease as a model for persistent symptoms in Lyme disease

AW Rebman, JN Aucott - Frontiers in medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It has long been observed in clinical practice that a subset of patients with Lyme disease
report a constellation of symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties, and musculoskeletal …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to prevent Lyme disease in humans: A systematic review

M Richardson, C Khouja, K Sutcliffe - Preventive medicine reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Lyme disease (LD) is an infection transferred to humans through bites from infected ticks.
Surveillance indicates that the number of LD cases is increasing in the UK, therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of post-treatment Lyme disease in patients with ideally-treated early Lyme disease: A prospective cohort study.

JN Aucott, T Yang, I Yoon, D Powell, SA Geller… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) is characterized by patient-reported
symptoms after treatment for Borrelia burgdorferi infection. The primary aim of this study was …

Reframing health and illness: a collaborative autoethnography on the experience of health and illness transformations in the life course

ACH Nowakowski, JE Sumerau - Sociology of health & illness, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this collaborative autoethnography, we examine the processes whereby people may
reframe their interpretations and understandings of health and illness as a result of new …

A comprehensive clinical and laboratory evaluation of 224 patients with persistent symptoms attributed to presumed tick-bite exposure

K Nilsson, E Skoog, V Jones, L Labbé Sandelin… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Persistent symptoms attributed to presumed tick-bite exposure constitute an
unresolved medical controversy. We evaluated whether Swedish adults who met the criteria …

Cognitive decline in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome

P Touradji, JN Aucott, T Yang… - Archives of Clinical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Patient-reported cognitive complaints are common in those with post-treatment
Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). Objective evidence of cognitive impairment in this …

Neurological pain, psychological symptoms, and diagnostic struggles among patients with tick-borne diseases

SP Maxwell, C Brooks, CL McNeely, KC Thomas - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Public health reports contain limited information regarding the psychological and
neurological symptoms of tick-borne diseases (TBDs). Employing a mixed-method …

Crying wolf: A thematic and critical analysis of why individuals contest family members' health complaints

CM Thompson, CM Duerringer - Communication Monographs, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We employed a critical approach to study uncertainty, identifying and historicizing the
cultural discourses implicated in individuals' contestations of family members' health …

Motivations and experiences of Canadians seeking treatment for Lyme disease outside of the conventional Canadian health-care system

CR Boudreau, VK Lloyd… - Journal of patient …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: We aimed to describe the experiences of Canadians who seek diagnosis and
treatment for Lyme disease outside of the conventional Canadian health-care system …

“It Really Is an Elusive Illness”—Post-COVID-19 Illness Perceptions and Recovery Strategies: A Thematic Analysis

G Schaap, M Wensink, CJM Doggen… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A substantial number of patients report persisting symptoms after a COVID-19 infection: so-
called post-COVID-19 syndrome. There is limited research on patients' perspectives on post …