Up until today, all anyone could say in answer to the question “how many people catch Lyme disease each year in the UK?” is “we don’t know!” Doctors would argue “it’s a very small number – only 1200 cases a year”. However, that figure of about 1,200, the only one we have had so far, […]
more...NICE has now published Quality Standards for Lyme disease. The aim is to highlight priority areas of the NICE guideline in order to improve care. The 4 areas being emphasised are: The EM rash should be treated without waiting for a blood test. Those who have a negative test early on in infection, should be […]
more...The draft Quality Standard for Lyme disease has been issued for consultation. The aim of the Quality Standard is to raise standards by emphasising some key points with health professionals: Treat a Lyme disease rash without a blood test because the test may be negative at this stage. If a rash has not been seen […]
more...LDA has received a warning from the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) about the dangers of using Sodium Chlorite products in treating Lyme disease. Products containing Sodium Chlorite are being openly promoted as a treatment (even cure) for Lyme disease. A simple web-search for Miracle Mineral Solution or Master Mineral Supplement (MMS) and Chlorine Dioxide […]
more...France has finally published its National Protocol “Lyme and tick-borne diseases: go beyond controversy and propose a solution to everyone”. Why the marketing hype? What is their solution? The French treatment recommendations actually fall short of what NICE recommends: they give only 14 days treatment for EM, 28 days maximum treatment (for late Lyme neuroborreliosis […]
more...Lyme Disease Action (LDA) is really pleased to announce that once again it has the opportunity of developing real-world tools to support clinicians. In line with its core purpose to strive for “the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and associated tick borne diseases”, LDA is co-funding a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) “Spotlight […]
more...Lyme Disease Action (LDA) broadly welcomes the NICE Guideline published this week. It is not the ‘game changer’ some may have been hoping for. But nor are any perceived shortcomings cause to demand their wholesale withdrawal, as is being suggested in some quarters. LDA feels now is not the time to “throw the baby out […]
more...In November we reported a rise in the number of reported cases of Lyme disease. This clearly wasn’t just a blip as figures for the last quarter of 2017 have just confirmed the trend. Public Health England (PHE) has published its latest figures for Common Animal Associated Infections in 2017. The fourth quarter report (England […]
more...Following its first meeting, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Lyme disease held its inaugural AGM on 28th November and appointed officers. APPGs are for groups of parliamentarians who have a specific interest, in this case Lyme disease, and provide a ‘safe’ place where MPs and members of the House of Lords can discuss […]
more...Public Health England has now published provisional figures for Lyme disease for the third quarter of 2017 in the Health Protection Report , covering the period from January to September (weeks 0-39). As usual, this represents laboratory confirmed cases by the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL), based on positive Lyme serology tests of samples […]
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