Thread by @Lymenews

Next is Dr. @aucott_john on Lyme disease and infection associated chronic illness. Lessons from COVID Long Haulers and ME/CFS.
Infection associated illness is not new. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Dr @aucott_john quickly noticed the symptoms of #LongCOVID were very similar to #LongLyme. Can occur in patients with mild illnesss. Something similar in how these diseases are affecting humans (P.S. Long-haul does not occur post-flu.) #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Patients with chronic illnesses are often disbelieved. It is difficult as there are no diagnostic tests to prove "Long haul" is real.

Strict case definitions should NOT be used to diagnose patients. Case definitions are for surveillance purposes. #LymeDisease is a clinical diagnosis based upon signs, symptoms and exposure to ticks. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Aucott designed the SLICE study has very strict criteria for enrollment, including the presence of a rash. All recieved treatment. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Aucotts says his new published work from the SLICE study proves that Long-haul #LymeDisease is a real thing. Especially when comparing symptoms of Lyme to controls.
See the prospective cohort study here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35066160/

Aucott says there are three potential causes of Long-haul #LymeDisease

Aucott says they are looking deeply into how Borrelia affect glia cells. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Aucott using COVID brain scans to demonstrate how pet imaging shows impairment and altered metabolism in #LongCOVID

Aucott says you can also see hypometabolism in PET & fMRI imaging of Lyme brains. #LongLyme #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Aucott reviewing brain changes visible on PET imaging.

Aucott says the vegss nerve is involved in Lyme disease infection. Impacts autonomic function and is a driver in POTS and possibly Long-hauler symptoms.

Learn more about how the vagus nerve is impacted by infection including #LymeDisease lymedisease.org/post-infectiou… by @LonnieRhea

Aucott treatment takes into consideration the vagus nerve function. #Longhaulers #ME #CFS #POTS #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Aucott collaborating with Brian Fallon. There will be announcements coming soon for those wanting to enroll in the Lyme Clinical Trials. Watch here for the announcement: hopkinslyme.org #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth

Dr. Aucott talked in depth about risk factors and comorbidities for Long-Lyme yesterday. See here:

https://twitter.com/Lymenews/status/1522627995592101888?s=20&t=gcIZoTBZdmS2EID9li-_rA