Lonnie R Marcum, PT BSHCA

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"This research changes how we understand Lyme. It’s a much bigger problem than we thought, especially for women," says Dr. Michal Tal @immunofever.bsky.social

READ MORE: Lyme disease increases gynecological health risks in women. lymedisease.org/lyme-disease... by @lonniemarcumpt.bsky.social

So refreshing. Thanks for sharing, Kim.

Lyme disease research in review: triumphs, trials, and the path forward | LymeDisease.org As always, the world of Lyme is complicated with both good news and bad. Looking back over the past year, I want to highlight a few of the biggest

As always, the world of Lyme is complicated with both good news and bad. Looking back over the past year, I want to highlight a few of the biggest scientific advances that stand out in my mind.

READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/lyme-disease... via @lymenews.bsky.social

Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane.
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Combinations of antibiotics can eradicate Lyme in mice Researchers have found certain combinations of antibiotics to be more effective in treating Lyme than the standard prescribed course of single antibiotics.

Researchers at Tulane University have found certain combinations of antibiotics to be more effective in treating #LymeDisease than the standard prescribed course of single antibiotics.
READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/combo-abx-em...

Thank you for sharing, Julie. Such a heartbreaking loss. May she Rest In Peace. 💞

New study shows how persistent Borrelia burgdorferi triggers a prolonged initial IgM immune response & can impair a secondary IgG response. Offering a possible explanation as to why disseminated #Lyme is hard to treat and difficult to detect.
Read my latest: www.lymedisease.org/lyme-stealth...

🔥🧠Quality research from van Elzakker & team at Harvard funded by Polybio.

🔥🧠 PET scans revealed increased TPSO protein which indicates neuroinflammation
-glial activation
-inflammatory neurovascular endothelial cells
Paper 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A journal article called Lyme Disease and the Pursuit of a Clinical Cure looks at three factors that can result in treatment failure.

There are several potential mechanisms for chronic Lyme disease. Here I review a journal article entitled 'Lyme Disease and the Pursuit of a Clinical Cure' which looks at three factors that can result in treatment failure.
READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/lyme-treatme...

Invisible disabilities are real. Invisible symptoms are real. #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek

This year #InvisibleDisabilities Week is October 15-21. Invisible symptoms are real. Patients with complex illnesses deserve recognition. This is my tribute to everyone living with an invisible disability. #POTS #MEcfs #longLyme #longCOVID #dysautonomia #brainfog www.lymedisease.org/invisible-di...

Love this! I'm currently writing about infection associated PEM, PESE. Really appreciate your work!

A circular diagram listing PEM symptoms

A diagram of the human body listing symptoms of Me

We’re particularly proud of the diagrams featured in this paper, which include a review of common symptoms of #MECFS and of PEM, its pathognomonic symptom. (4/)

Overjoyed to announce my Concise Clinical Review of ME/CFS in Mayo Clinic Proceedings (with updated diagrams!) Very glad to have worked with
Stephanie Grach, and Ravi Ganesh and Tony Chon on this! #MedEd #MedTwitter 🧵 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Sorry for my silence. When I look at the news, and see all these horrific things humans are doing, all I can think is we are our own (and this planets) worst enemy. When will we learn? War is not the answer.

Hi, Judy! Happy to see you here. 👋

Hello 👋 My name is Lonnie Marcum. I'm a retired PT. I have a passion for learning about infection associated chronic illness and helping my readers understand the science, new developments in research and avenues for healing.
Here is a link to my latest: www.lymedisease.org/news-blogs/l...

Thank you, Julie. Just learning to navigate the Blue Sky...