Language Fluency Deficits in Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome. [PDF]
Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 2023 Abstract Objective Recent neurocognitive studies of patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) find consistent deficits in memory and processing speed. Language fluency deficits are observed as well but may be secondary to poor memory and slowing rather than an independent deficit.
Gorlyn M, Keilp JG, Fallon BA.
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Precision medicine: retrospective chart review and data analysis of 200 patients on dapsone combination therapy for chronic Lyme disease/post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome: part 1 [PDF]
International Journal of General Medicine, 2019 Richard I Horowitz,1,2 Phyllis R Freeman2 1Health and Human Services, Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, Washington, DC 20201 USA; 2Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA Purpose: We collected data from an online survey of 200 of our ...
Horowitz RI, Freeman PR
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Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018 A subset of patients who had Lyme disease experience postinfectious signs or symptoms called post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). PTLDS is a chronic condition including pain in joints and muscles, neurological symptoms including demyelinating ...
Stephanie Lim, Sakura Kinjo
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Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome: Need for Diagnosis and Treatment. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 With the continued surge in Lyme disease cases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is becoming a more pressing health concern. The aim of this review is to identify comprehensive treatment strategies for PTLDS patients. Unfortunately, universal guidelines for diagnosing and treating PTLDS do not currently exist.
Maksimyan S, Syed MS, Soti V.
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Kundalini Yoga for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease: A Preliminary Randomized Study. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2022 This study examined the adherence to and the potential benefit of Kundalini yoga (KY) for post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). Participants were randomly assigned to 8 weeks of a KY small-group intervention or a waitlist control (WLC). Adherence was measured as attendance at KY group sessions. Primary outcomes assessed pain, pain interference,
Murray L +5 more
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Reassessing Chronic Lyme Disease and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome as Focal Infections. [PDF]
CureusLakos A +4 more
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Systematic comparisons between Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in the U.S. with administrative claims data. [PDF]
EBioMedicine, 2023 Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is used to describe Lyme disease patients who have the infection cleared by antibiotic but then experienced persisting symptoms of pain, fatigue, or cognitive impairment. Currently, little is known about the cause or epidemiology of PTLDS.We conducted a data-driven study with a large nationwide ...
Chung MK +5 more
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Cost of illness in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in Belgium. [PDF]
Eur J Public Health, 2023 Abstract Background A proportion of patients with Lyme borreliosis (LB) report long-term persisting signs and symptoms, even after recommended antibiotic treatment, which is termed post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).
Willems R +4 more
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Metabolic Response in Patients With Post-treatment Lyme Disease Symptoms/Syndrome. [PDF]
Clin Infect Dis, 2021 Abstract Background Post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms/syndrome (PTLDS) occurs in approximately 10% of patients with Lyme disease following antibiotic treatment. Biomarkers or specific clinical symptoms to identify patients with PTLDS do not currently exist and the PTLDS classification is based on ...
Fitzgerald BL +10 more
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Treatment of post-treatment Lyme disease symptoms-a systematic review. [PDF]
Eur J NeurolAbstractBackground and purposeResidual symptoms after treatment of Lyme disease, sometimes called post‐treatment Lyme disease symptoms (PTLDs), are a matter of ongoing controversy. To guide treatment recommendations, a systematic review was performed of the available literature on specific treatment for PTLDs.MethodsA systematic literature search of ...
Dersch R, Torbahn G, Rauer S.
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