If you’ve chosen to holiday in England, you may think you’re safe from unpleasant creepy crawlies. Without wanting to put you off enjoying everything our great nation has to offer, tick numbers are rising in the UK…and so should your awareness. Charity Lyme Disease Action advises on ways to stay safe and avoid tick-borne Lyme disease. […]
more...Whether you’re tidying up the garden before winter kicks in, or sorting it out ready for spring, keep an eye out for ticks which, if infected, can cause Lyme disease. You don’t need a sprawling rural garden to be at risk of Lyme disease, as ticks – tiny blood-sucking parasites (the size of a full […]
more...Statement by LDA’s chair, Stella Huyshe-Shires – 10 September 2011 Recording on YouTube. Text for those who would rather read: We are all disappointed that the HPA will not be providing the expected speaker for our conference this coming week. I’m afraid that at Lyme Disease Action we find it inexplicable that an organisation which […]
more...In March 2011 the British Infection Association published on-line a Position Statement on Lyme Disease. The full paper appeared in print in the May edition of the BIA’s journal, the Journal of Infection Lyme Disease Action sought a meeting with the BIA President, Dr Jane Stockley, to discuss what the charity felt were serious shortcomings […]
more...The editorial of the March 2011 edition of the Netherlands Journal of Medicine(1)gives a hint of an enlightened, scientific approach in the Netherlands revised guidelines due to be published later this year.These guidelines have been developed “according to the recommendations for evidence-based development of guidelines by a multidisciplinary committee, including the National Society for Lyme […]
more...Saturday’s French Open ladies tennis final will crown an incredible comeback from Lyme disease for Australian Sam Stosur. A late-blooming success, Stosur was struck down by the debilitating illness – which is caused by the bite of an infected tick and can affect the joints, the heart and the nervous system – for ten months […]
more...The Lyme disease review panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has released its long-awaited final report following an enforced review of the controversial 2006 Lyme disease guidelines, which are also used in the UK. The Department of Health (DoH) is focusing on the headline that these guidelines were upheld in order to […]
more...April 2009 LDA provides evidence to the IDSA Review Panel that the 2006 IDSA Guidelines for The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease are not applicable to the UK. LDA submission.
more...LDA participates in Case Notes Lyme Disease Action trustee Stella Huyshe-Shires recently participated in an edition of BBC Radio 4’s Case Notes with Dr. Mark Porter. The programme was about insects and other arthropods in medicine and a section of the programme was devoted to tick-borne Lyme disease. We are grateful to Case Notes for […]
more...Lyme Disease Action supports the recent article in the Daily Mail about the dangers that infected tick bites pose to anyone out walking in the countryside. Graham Jukes, of the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health, whilst not wishing to provoke paranoia, is urging the government to tackle the problems of prevention and greater awareness. Severe […]
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