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Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis Springer-Verlag,
1992 |
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Aspects
of Lyme borreliosis is a comprehensive scientific presentation of virtually all aspects of Lyme borreliosis. It starts with a concise history of Lyme borreliosis and its causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. The morphological and biological characteristics of B. burgdorferi are presented, followed by outlines on the ecology and histopathology of LB. The various aspects of the clinical manifestations of LB are systematically dealt with, starting with a clinical overview. A special chapter covers the microbiological diagnosis. After a presentation on the susceptibility of B. burgdorferiin vitro and in animals against a great variety of antibiotics, a thorough discussion on the treatment of LB including critical remarks follows. The book closes with a chapter on the epidemiology of LB. |
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Auswirkungen einer Infektion und gesundheitsfördernde Hinweise am Beispiel der Borreliose Beleben, 2003 |
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Ratgeber für Betroffene, ärzte und Heilpraktiker. Borreliose, Krank nach Zeckenbiss - Wege zur Heilung. Auswirkungen einer Infektion und gesundheitsfördernde Hinweise. Der Autor fand den Einstieg zu diesem Buch über das zur Zeit weltweit aktuelle Thema Aggression. In seinen Recherchen hierzu fand er heraus, wie gravierend ein Bakterium namens Borrelia burgdorferii gesundheitsschädigend Einfluss auf uns Menschen nehmen kann, wenn wir von dem eigentlichen überträger Zecke gebissen oder von einem anderen mit Borrelien infiziertem Insekt gestochen wurden. Der Krankheitserreger kann sich, wenn nicht oder erst spät erkannt, in drei Stadien symptomatisch an Gewebe, Nerven und Organen manifestieren und neben einer physischen Funktionseinschränkung gleichermaßen eine erhebliche psychische Wesensveränderung bewirken. Wenn Sie gesund sein wollen, sei Ihnen dieses Buch eine wertvolle Hilfe! Die Themen u.a.: Vorbeugende Massnahmen, Woran eine Infektion zu erkennen ist, Symptom-Checklisten, Medizinische Diagnostik, Immunsystem, Behandlungsmöglichkeiten, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe und mehr. |
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Biography of a Germ Pantheon, 2000 |
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This is high drama played out on a very small stage: a microbe's life seen from its own point of view. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb for short) is a tiny, pale spiral, invisible to the naked eye, yet no one could invent a life so ingenious, or one so tied to so many creatures' fates. We know Bb as the germ that causes Lyme disease, but that is just one recent chapter in its age-old struggle to survive. In this brilliant and original book, Arno Karlen takes readers on a fantastic journey through Bb's world - its ancestry and evolution, its day-to-day life, its perilous travels through ticks, mice, and deer, and, finally, its collision with humanity. Its life evokes the vast ecological web in which we and Bb are threads. Bb is of special interest because it is one of a score of microbes that recently shifted to humans from other species, causing such epidemics as Lyme disease and AIDS. Like its microbial brethren, Bb entered our bodies because we invited it to, by changing our environment and behavior. Its history shows how germs, their hosts, and their shared environment all shape one another. But Bb is fascinating in its own right, a distinctive member of bacteria's invisible kingdom. And its story is an homage to the researchers who discovered it, mapped its genes, and continue to explore it. Imaginative, entertaining, and compelling, Biography of a Germ makes science pure pleasure. |
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Booklet about Ticks MIT-Verlag GmbH, 2000 |
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Borreliose - Zeckeninfektion mit Tarnkappe Hirzel, Stuttgart, 2003 |
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Bull's Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease Yale University Press, 2004 |
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In this riveting account of medical sleuthing, Dr. Jonathan A. Edlow tells the history of the discovery of Lyme disease over centuries and continents. He also provides the latest information about the disease and its treatment, explaining the recent widespread outbreaks and examining the controversies that have swirled over the diagnosis, vaccine, treatment, and even definition of Lyme disease. In a new preface, Dr. Edlow updates recent developments and controversies in Lyme disease research, discusses reactions from the two 'camps' of the Lyme disease community, and writes about some of the reactions of patients to the book. |
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Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Lyme Disease (Alternative Medicine Guides) Celestial Arts, 2004 |
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Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and Lyme disease can be permanently reversed using nontoxic alternative treatments. In this authoritative guide, more than 30 leading physicians explain their holistic diagnostic and treatment methods. Each chapter has been updated to reflect the latest research and therapeutic approaches to treating - and ultimately reversing - these debilitating conditions. Written by the authors of the acclaimed ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE (more than 600,000 copies sold), this book shows how to regain vitality, say goodbye to muscle pain, peak your immune system, and shake off depression with clinically proven therapies. |
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Confronting Lyme Disease: What Patient Stories Teach Us BookSurge Publishing, 2006 |
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Lyme disease is among the most rapidly growing epidemics in the nation with as many as a quarter million new cases each year. Delayed and inadequate treatment can lead to chronic suffering and disability. In this book, fourteen patients reveal how their lives were changed by the debilitating effects of Lyme disease and its co-infections, and by unanticipated medical obstacles. "This book represents the patients who are seen on a daily basis by physicians, like myself, who treat Lyme disease." Lesley Ann Fein, M.D., MPH, Medical Director of the Lyme Disease Society, West Caldwell, NJ. "Confronting Lyme Disease intimately portrays the effects of the spread of Lyme disease in North America. American and Canadian lives are ruined while the medical authorities exercise health cost management and control." Jim Wilson, President of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation |
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Coping with Lyme Disease: A Practical Guide to Dealing with Diagnosis and Treatment Owl Books, 2004 |
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Lyme disease, transmitted through the bite of a tick, is one of our nation's fastest-growing epidemics. Since Coping with Lyme Disease was first published in 1993, the number of sufferers afflicted by this debilitating condition has grown alarmingly. Every chapter has been thoroughly revised and new information about the long-term neurological effects of Lyme disease and congential and chronic versions of the illness has been added. This comprehensive guide includes basic prevention tips, a detailed catalog of the physical and psychological symptoms to look for a complete look at the medical and home care options and insurance policies available to patients, a special discussion of Lyme's effects on women, children, and the elderly, an expanded resource guide, with listings of news publications, state-by-state support groups, and special family services. This fully updated third edition informs readers of the latest medical findings in diagnosing and treating Lyme disease-providing crucial information about newly discovered Lyme-related illnesses, electromagnetic procedures, clinical and antibiotic therapies, and curative nutritional products now on the market. A longtime bestseller, this authoritative book is an essential tool for all Lyme disease sufferers. |
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Die Zecken-Borreliose Verlag Gesundheit, 2001 |
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Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease (Need to Know Library) Rosen Publishing Group, 2000 |
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Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders Wiley, 2003 |
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Lyme disease is so difficult to detect that the average sufferer sees five physicians before the disease is properly diagnosed. Thirty-five percent of Lyme disease patients suffer permanent bodily damage, and 17 percent lose their jobs. Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner fared even worse than that: she contracted the disease while pregnant (it was misdiagnosed as arthritis), and passed it on to her unborn child, who died when he was 6. She became an expert on ticks and the diseases they spread, started the Lyme Disease Foundation, and compiled all her knowledge into this book, a handy guide for anyone living in tick-infested areas. |
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Healing Lyme: Natural Healing And Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis And Its Coinfections Raven Press, 2005 |
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Despite Centers for Disease Control estimates that only 20,000 new Lyme disease infections occur each year, the true figure, as Harvard medical school researchers have found, nearly approaches 200,000. Symptoms run from mild lethargy to severe arthritis to incapacitating mental dysfunction. And despite medical pronouncements to the contrary, extensive research has found that tests for the disease are not very reliable and antibiotics are only partially effective; up to 35 percent of those infected will not respond to treatment or will relapse. The spirochetes that cause Lyme are stealth pathogens - they can hide within cells or alter their form so that antibiotics cannot affect them. Lyme disease is, in fact, a potent, emerging epidemic disease for which technological medicine is only partially effective. Healing Lyme examines the leading, scientific research on Lyme infection, its tests and treatments, and outlines the most potent herbal medicines and supplements that offer help - either alone or in combination with antibiotics - for preventing and healing the disease. It is the essential guide to Lyme infection and its treatment. |
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Human Leptospirosis: Guidance for Diagnosis, Surveillance and Control World Health Organization, 2003 |
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Leptospirosis is a potentially serious but treatable zoonotic disease, representing a worldwide public health hazard. Its symptoms may mimic those of a number of other unrelated infections such as influenza, meningitis, hepatitis, dengue or viral haemorrhagic fevers. It is important to distinguish leptospirosis from these diseases. For this reason, new diagnostic methods have been developed in recent years. In humid tropical and subtropical areas, where most developing countries are located, leptospirosis poses a greater health problem than in areas with a temperate climate. Because leptospirosis is easily overlooked and consequently underreported in many parts of the world, it is necessary to increase awareness and knowledge of the disease as a public health threat. The aim of these guidelines is to assist in this process. The target groups to which these guidelines are directed consist of health workers, clinicians, laboratory technicians, microbiologists, public health workers, veterinarians and biologists with an interest in zoonoses, having no specialized knowledge of leptospirosis but who wish to be generally informed about the microorganism concerned and the disease that it may cause. This is not a handbook and avoids technical details, but the interested reader can find further information in the annexes and the general bibliography. These guidelines are concerned essentially with human leptospirosis. |
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Klinik der Lyme Borreliose Huber, Bern, 2002 |
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Die Lyme-Borreliose ist weit verbreitet und tritt in zahlreichen klinischen Beschwerdebildern in Erscheinung. Die Allgemeinpraktiker sind mit diesen Patienten ebenso konfrontiert wie die Spezialisten, die wegen Hautmanifestationen, Gelenkentzündungen oder neurologischen und kardialen Beschwerden aufgesucht werden. Im vorliegenden Band wird das gesamte Krankheitsbild nach dem heutigen Wissensstand vollständig und übersichtlich dargestellt. Dabei legt der Autor großen Wert auf die Vermittlung von klinisch relevanten und praxisbezogenen Daten. |
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Leptospirosis - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References Icon Health, 2004 |
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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to leptospirosis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to leptospirosis. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. |
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Lyme Borreliose Urban & Vogel, 1992 |
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Lyme Borreliose Thieme, Stuttgart, 2000 |
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Die Lyme Borreliose ist die häufigste von Zecken übertragene Infektionskrankheit. International in ihren Disziplinen ausgewiesene Experten geben in diesem Buch einen aktuellen und kompakten überblick zur klinischen Symptomatik, Diagnose und Therapie dieser Systemerkrankung. (Darstellung der klinischen Manifestationen insbesondere der Haut, des Nervensystems, der Augen und des Bewegungsapparats; spezielle Kapitel zu Diagnose, Differenzialdiagnose, Therapie und zur Prophylaxe; konkrete Empfehlungen zu Laboruntersuchungen, zur Interpretation der Befunde sowie zur erfolgreichen Behandlung). |
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Lyme-Borreliose und Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis Uni-Med, Bremen, 1998 |
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Vollständige und übersichtliche Darstellung einer häufigen Infektionskrankheit. Die Lyme-Borreliose - die häufigste von Zecken übertragene Infektionskrankheit - ist weit verbreitet und tritt in zahlreichen klinischen Beschwerdebildern in Erscheinung. Allgemeinpraktiker sind mit diesen Patienten ebenso konfrontiert wie Spezialisten, die wegen Hautmanifestationen, Gelenksentzündungen oder neurologischen und kardialen Beschwerden aufgesucht werden. Neue Erkenntnisse zur Immunologie, Diagnostik und Therapie der Lyme-Borreliose machten die vollständige überarbeitung dieses Standardwerkes notwendig. Es enthält klinisch relevante und praxisbezogene Informationen u.a. über: den Erreger Borrelia burgdorferi und seine Subtypen, die Biologie der Zecken und die Erregerübertragung, die Geschichte der Erforschung der Lyme-Borreliose von der Erstbeschreibung im vorletzten Jahrhundert bis zur Entwicklung eines Impfstoffs, die weltweite Epidemiologie der Lyme-Borreliose, Immunpathologie und Labordiagnostik, Bewertung und Interpretation im Zusammenhang mit den klinischen Befunden, eingehende Darstellung des vielfältigen Krankheitsspektrums, vom Erythema migrans bis zu seltenen und umstrittenen Manifestationen, Prävention mit konkreten Empfehlungen zur Verhinderung von Zeckenstichen und deren Folgen. Die Neuauflage wurde ergänzt mit reichhaltigem, zum Teil einzigartigem Bildmaterial und einer Zusammenfassung sämtlicher bedeutenden wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten. |
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Lyme Borreliosis: Biology, Epidemiology and Control CABI Publishing, 2003 |
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Lyme borreliosis is now acknowledged as the most highly prevalent arthropod-borne human disease in northern temperate regions of the world. The majority of the publications it has generated concern clinical aspects, and a book dealing with the complex biology and ecology of the causative organisms in a worldwide context is overdue. This book describes the basic characteristics of the disease, the biology of the pathogens in their vectors (ticks) and vertebrate hosts, their ecology in different regions of the world and the global epidemiology of the diesease. The final chapters address the prevention and control measures that have resulted from this knowledge. |
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Lyme Borreliosis (NATO Asi Series A) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994 |
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Lyme borreliosis is a worldwide infectious disease causing a multisystem illness with considerable morbidity, particularly in North America and Europe. The causative agent is the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which is usually transmitted by the ixodid tick from animal reservoirs. This volume summarizes the proceedings of the Second European Symposium on Lyme borreliosis, held at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London in 1993, which reviewed the current state of knowledge of the condition with regard to clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, ecology, epidemiology, biology, and immunopathogenesis. (Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.) |
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Lyme Disease (Good Health Guides) McGraw-Hill, 1999 |
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Guard against this fast-spreading epidemic. |
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Lyme Disease (Key Diseases Series, 1) American College of Physicians, 1998 |
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Lyme Disease, the first book in the Key Disease series, provides a practical approach to this often misdiagnosed or under-recognized illness. The many topics covered include epidemiology, the natural history of Lyme disease, management of tick bites, Lyme carditis, neurologic manifestations, musculoskeletal features, Lyme disease in children, long-term consequences, vaccination, use of the laboratory, and disease management. Concise descriptions of the clinical evidence of Lyme disease appear throughout the text. Brief case studies highlight the chapters. An entire section of Clinical Vignettes tests the reader's knowledge and shows how experts approach commonly encountered clinical dilemmas. An FDA Public Health Advisory on the potential for misdiagnosis of Lyme disease is provided as an appendix. Written by a team of specialists and generalists, Lyme Disease presents the accurate and timely clinical information essential for the primary care provider.
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Lyme Disease - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Reference Icon Health Publications, 2004 |
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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to Lyme disease. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to Lyme disease. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. |
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Lyme Disease: The Cause, the Cure, the Controversy The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996 |
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Lyme disease is one of the least understood of the new diseases--and one of the most dreaded. Because undiagnosed or untreated Lyme disease can pose serious health threats, people who develop symptoms such as joint pain and tiredness worry that they may have chronic Lyme disease. Even people with confirmed acute Lyme disease worry that the treatment they're getting won't cure the disease and that it may reappear later in a more debilitating form. These fears are made worse by the well-publicized uncertainties surrounding diagnosis and treatment of the disease. In this book, noted Lyme disease researcher and clinician Alan Barbour presents a comprehensive and even-handed discussion of what we know about the disease and offers medical science's current thinking about its more controversial aspects. Throughout the book, Dr. Barbour uses the stories of four "patients" to illustrate the varying course of the disease in different individuals and under different circumstances. A fifth "patient" stands as the model for people who, in the absence of a clear diagnosis, remain convinced that Lyme disease explains their symptoms - and as a result suffer for too long without appropriate treatment for what's really ailing them. Including illustrations of ticks and the rashes caused by their bites, as well as maps showing the worldwide distribution of Lyme disease and the relative risk of the disease across the United States, the book offers a wealth of useful information for patients, family members and caregivers, and those who live, work, and play in high-risk areas: explains how Lyme disease is spread, and who is at risk, describes the symptoms and consequences of Lyme disease, from the rash following a tick bite to the most serious complications, such as infection of the nervous system, joints, and heart, describes all the diagnostic tests for Lyme disease and explains what the test results mean, compares Lyme disease with other conditions, such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and explains why they are often mistaken for Lyme disease, presents a compassionate and convincing discussion of depression, which is often the correct diagnosis for a patient who clings to a diagnosis of Lyme disease despite repeated negative diagnostic tests, carefully explains proven and unproven treatments, and summarizes the debates about antibiotic and other treatments, outlines what individuals can do to avoid getting Lyme disease as well as what the community can do to reduce the number of Lyme-carrying ticks. Here at last is an intelligent and interesting guide for patients, as well as an insider's tour of medical science. The author includes an explanation of how the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium was discovered in the laboratory and how it was first connected with the disease, a fascinating account of modern medical detective work.
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Lyme Disease Alternative medicine can help Imprint Books, 2004 |
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Hannelore Helbing-Sheafe's personal experience with Lyme disease was a powerful motivator to investigate possible ways to help herself and others. The focus of her holistically oriented practice was always on finding the cause of the problem and instructing patients in using natural medicine and therapy and/or specific nutrients to correct and reverse existing health problems. Her main focus has been to seek balance in all body systems. Lyme Disease -Alternative medicine can help provides valuable information about holistic therapy options for patients afflicted with acute or chronic Lyme disease problems but also provides detailed information regarding current medical diagnostic procedures and treatment. The book also provides details about the multiple, complexing symptoms experienced by patients of this disease. Lyme Disease -Alternative medicine can help is an education on "Nature's Pharmacy". It promises no miracle cures; instead, it lists safe natural antibiotic, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and pain soothing substances as an alternative treatment option to reverse the illness to a more manageable level and give the chronically ill patient quality of life and hope. |
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Lyme Disease and Modern Chinese Medicine Sino-Med Research Institute, 2006 |
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Lyme disease is the fastest growing infectious disease and it is now epidemical in the Northeast, Middle West, and Northwest regions of the United States. The number of reported cases has doubled in last decade and the infection scale has become larger than HIV. Aside from hepatitis C, Lyme Disease may be the second largest infectious disease in this country. Worldwide, it is also rapidly spreading in Canada, Europe, and Asia. There is great controversy concerning the diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis of Lyme disease, especially regarding the chronic and persistent form. This controversy has often left chronically infected patients without adequate medical care. Due to the special features of the Lyme spirochete and its multiple co-infections, conventional Western antibiotics treatments have not proven to be very effective. Stand-alone antibiotics treatment has become less effective overtime due to increased resistance and adaptation of germs. The Western medical approach to this infectious disease is to focus only on killing the pathogen. It does not address the complexities of the Lyme pathogenesis and various associated complications in chronic infections. Modern Chinese medicine is an integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. We use this integrative system for the treatment of chronic Lyme disease. With over a decade of practical clinical experience, we have found that modern Chinese herbal treatment with supplemental acupuncture applied to Lyme disease (especially its auto-immunity and immune complex related complications) yields a much better clinical outcome than the conventional stand-alone antibiotics approach. What is modern Chinese herbology and how does its phytopharmacology match with the pathophysiology of Lyme disease? What are the shortcomings of conventional Western approach in treating chronic Lyme disease? How does MCM treat Lyme disease with herbal remedies and what are the phytopharmacology of these herbal remedies? This book is a comprehensive discussion about traditional and Modern Chinese Medicine and aims to answer these questions in detail. |
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Microbial Genomes Humana Press, 2004 |
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Taking a broad approach at a relatively introductory level, this volume describes some of the most common computational tools for genomics, illustrates how genomics can be used to reconstruct the history and dynamism of the microbial world, and indicates the biological information that can be extracted by genomic studies. Horizontal gene transfer, the importance of comparative genomic analysis, and microarray-based gene expression analysis are recurring themes. Specific topics of the 28 contributions include the bioinformatics of prophage identification, comparative microbial metabolism, an overview of prokaryotic evolution and taxonomy, a survey of plant pathogen genomes, and a genomic approach to vaccine development. (Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.) |
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Neuropathien bei Lyme-Borreliose Springer-Verlag Vienna, 1989 |
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Erkrankungen des peripheren Nervensystems zählen zu den häufigsten Manifestationsformen der Lyme-Borreliose, die seit der Entdeckung ihres Erregers im Jahre 1982 in zunehmendem Maße diagnostiziert wird. Anhand klinischer, elektroneurographischer und nervenbiotopischer Untersuchungen werden zwei Formen von Neuropathien bei Borreliose - die Meningopolyneuritis Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth und die Acrodermatits chronica atrophicans-assoziierte Neuropathie - ausführlich beschrieben und miteinander verglichen. Trotz ausgeprägter klinischer Unterschiede weisen nahezu identische pathomorphologische Befunde auf eine gemeinsame Erkrankungsursache hin, sodaß vom Autor zwei Stadien einer Erkrankung angenommen werden. Im Unterschied zur Meningopolyneuritis Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth liegen über die Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans-assoziierte Neuropathie nur wenige Publikationen vor, und diese Erkrankung erlangte bisher keinen größeren Bekanntheitsgrad. Dem Nachweis chronischer Neuropathien bei Borrelieninfektionen kommt aber insofern Bedeutung zu, als dadurch eine weitere Erkrankung aus der großen Gruppe der chronischen Neuropathien abgegrenzt und einer erfolgreichen Therapie zugänglich gemacht werden kann. |
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Outwitting Ticks: The prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease and Other Ailments Caused by Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, and Mites The Lyons Press, 2001 |
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A complete handbook for the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other ailments caused by ticks, scorpions, spiders, and mites. |
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Parasites! - Ticks KidHaven Press, 2003 |
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A tick's life is an endless quest for blood. This book takes a look at these thirsty parasites, their lifestyle, and their effect on humans and animals. The tick's role as a disease carrier is examined, as are methods of containing this insect's ravages. |
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Plagues & Poxes: The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease Demos Medical Publishing, 2004 |
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Bollet (medicine, Yale U.) has written widely about medical history, especially during the 19th century, and some of the chapters here are revised from articles he has published elsewhere. The first edition (no date noted) looked at the impact of diseases on history, emphasizing new diseases that were emerging at the time. The second reverses the perspective, looking instead at how human activity has impacted diseases. Syphilis, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, beriberi, scurvy,
anthrax, and SARS are among the topics. (Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis Basic Books, 2003 |
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This brilliant work of social history reveals the hidden impact of syphilis on many of history's famous figures - from Wilde to Hitler to Abraham Lincoln - and its influence on the culture they created. Was Beethoven experiencing syphilitic euphoria when he composed 'Ode to Joy'? Did van Gogh paint 'Crows Over the Wheatfield' in a fit of diseased madness right before he shot himself? Was syphilis a stowaway on Columbus's return voyage to Europe? The answers to these provocative questions are likely 'yes,' claims Deborah Hayden in this riveting investigation of the effects of the 'Pox' on the lives and works of world figures from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. Writing with remarkable insight and narrative flair, Hayden argues that biographers and historians have vastly underestimated the influence of what Thomas Mann called 'this exhilarating yet wasting disease.' Shrouded in secrecy, syphilis was accompanied by wild euphoria and suicidal depression, megalomania and paranoia, profoundly affecting sufferers' worldview, their sexual behavior and personality, and, of course, their art. Deeply informed and courageously argued, Pox has already been heralded as a major contribution to our understanding of genius, madness, and creativity. |
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Syphilis: A Manual of Tests and Supplement American Public Health Association, 1999 |
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Syphilis: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References Icon Health, 2004 |
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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to syphilis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to syphilis. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. |
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Syphilis: A Synopsis University Press of the Pacific, 2001 |
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The purpose of this book is to bring to this readers a concise presentation of current knowledge and recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of syphilis. It is hoped that the text supplemented by visual aids will be instructive - particularly to practicing physicians and to students of medicine in their study of syphilis. At the time time of the original publication in 1968, reported cases of infectious syphilis had leveled off, and in fact had shown a slight decline. |
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The History of Syphilis Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 |
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From its appearance in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century until its cure with the discovery of penicillin, syphilis has inspired wildly varying - and culturally revealing theories about its origin, nature, and treatment. In The History of Syphilis, Claude Quétel chronicles five centuries of medical detective work and official management of a virulent disease that quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Quétel's study is a reminder that modern medical science grew not only from inspired genius but also from desperate speculation. Drawing parallels with the current medical and social campaigns against AIDS, Quétel notes that the history of syphilis has a surprisingly contemporary resonance. |
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The Homeopathic Treatment of Lyme Disease HomeopathyWest, 2007 |
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The importance of this work, first published in German in 2005, cannot be overstated. In addition to the clarity of the author's presentation on the usefulness of Homeopathy in the treatment of Lyme disease, we are also gifted with his insight into the nature of epidemic disease in general, our positive interrelationship with bacteria and the trouble that may result whenever we disregard nature's laws. Written for the homeopath as well as the lay person interested in getting to the cause of illness, this book contains a wealth of philosophical information and cogent practical advice on the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease using homeopathy. |
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The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Leptospirosis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age Icon Health, 2002 |
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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to leptospirosis (also autumnal fever; Bushy Creek fever; cane field fever; Cane-cutter fever; Canefield Fever; Canicola fever), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on leptospirosis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. |
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The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Syphilis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age Icon Health, 2002 |
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This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to syphilis (also Late syphilis; Lues; Lues, Acquired; Primary syphilis; Secondary syphilis; Syphilitic stroke), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on syphilis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly
into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms. |
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The Spirochetes: Molecular & Cellular Biology Horizon Scientific Press, 2001 |
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This book is devoted to the structural, molecular, physiological and evolutionary aspects of spirochetes. Written by leading scientists in the field, it summarizes important aspects of spirochetes as a phylogenetic group of organisms and also surveys key representative pathogenic spirochetes in greater detail. |
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The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine BioMed Publishing Group, 2007 |
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New Lyme Disease treatments are desperately needed. This book provides them. The book identifies ten cutting-edge conventional and alternative treatments and gives practical guidance on integrating them into a comprehensive treatment plan that maximizes therapeutic benefit while minimizing side effects. On the pages of this book you will find the most accurate, current Lyme Disease information available. Discover the tools and resources to reclaim your health using the best of conventional and alternative medicine. Lyme Disease is one of the most stubborn, treatment resistant infections on earth. It is also spreading rapidly on all continents. Borrelia Burgdorferi - the elusive and dangerous Lyme Disease bacteria - can mimic many seemingly unrelated diseases, resulting in frequent misdiagnosis of the infection. Government health officials are beginning to recognize Lyme Disease for what it is: a growing threat to public health and safety. Statistics show that there are over 200,000 new Lyme Disease infections per year in the United States alone. Read this book to find out about the following breakthrough Lyme Disease treatments. Five Core Treatment Protocols: The Antibiotic Rotation Protocol, The Marshall Protocol, The Salt / Vitamin C Protocol, Detoxification, and Electromedicine (Rife Machine Therapy). Five Supportive Supplements: Systemic Enzymes, Mangosteen, Lithium Orotate, Coenzyme Q10, and Magnesium. |
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The Widening Circle: A Lyme Disease Pioneer Tells Her Story St. Martin's Press, 1996 |
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A detail-rich narrative of how one remarkably persistent woman prodded an apathetic, arrogant medical establishment into solving the mystery of Lyme disease. When Murray and her family in Lyme, Conn., were plagued by a range of baffling and debilitating symptoms in the 1960s and early '70s, the doctors they consulted - and there were many - were mostly unhelpful, often uninterested. Murray kept amazingly extensive medical records, and these, plus other personal records, scrapbooks of media coverage, and family memories form the basis for this book. Inspired by The Sun Is My Enemy, Henrietta Aladjem's account of her own long struggle to get help for a mysterious illness, Murray persevered for years in her frustrating search for answers. What she frequently encountered was narrow-minded specialists who couldn't see the whole picture or who dismissed her as a hypochondriac. Armed with dozens of case histories of other sufferers, which she had been compiling to convince the state of Connecticut that something serious was happening in Lyme, she was finally able, in 1975, to interest a Yale researcher into studying what was by then called Lyme arthritis. In 1979, doctors at Yale identified the tick that transmits the disease, and in 1982 they found the spirochete that causes what is now called Lyme disease. Murray works on, promoting public awareness of Lyme disease and support groups for patients, raising questions about the disease, and arguing for better diagnosis and treatment. Getting through her almost daily log of family medical problems can be wearisome, but it is the accumulation of painful detail that gives the book its impact. More than a chronicle of one woman's valiant campaign to end her family's suffering, this is a strong indictment of doctors who pay more attention to diagnostic tests than to their patients' words. Required reading for medical students. |
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Tickborne Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis and Management Marcel Dekker, 2000 |
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This volume covers a wide range of information on ticks and tick- transmitted diseases, including a chapter dedicated to the natural history of ticks, and one discussing the diagnosis of tickborne illness. Doctors specializing in fields such as infectious diseases and epidemiology, focus primarily on specific diseases, including four chapters on Lyme disease, four on viral diseases, two on rickettsial diseases, and one on parasitic tickborne disease. (Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans ASM Press, 2005 |
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Ticks (Early Bird Nature Books) Lerner Publications, 2006 |
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Ticks (New Naturebooks) Child's World, 2006 |
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Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control (Parasitology) Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens, the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 21-26 July 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 |
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This volume contains the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-4), held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 21 to 26 July 2002. TTP-4 continues an important tradition established in 1992 at the first Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, and developed subsequently at the Kruger National Park, South Africa (1995) and the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia (1999). The 31 papers published in this special issue are divided between six sessions, with a keynote address as an introduction. The first session, which deals with biosystematics, genomics and proteomics of ticks, contains the most recent world list of valid tick names. The papers deal with a broad range of tick-host-pathogen interactions, including remote sensing and mapping of ticks and tick-borne pathogens as well as practical aspects of tick control. It is recommended reading for anyone working on ticks and tick-borne pathogens, which are of increasing medical and veterinary importance worldwide. |
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Ticks and What You Can Do About Them Wilderness Press, 2004 |
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Describes all common, North America ticks and tick-related diseases, including symptoms and treatment. Learn how to avoid ticks, and how to remove them if they become attached. Maps show the geographic distribution of these disease carriers. |
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Ticks Off! Controlling Ticks That Transmit Lyme Disease on Your Property ForSte Press, Inc., 2004 |
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In many parts of the country, spring into fall is the 'hot season' for Lyme disease. Upwards of 70% of Lyme disease victims are infected in their own yards, and the number of Lyme disease cases has been climbing in recent years. Fortunately, the arsenal of tick-control measures has also recently expanded, and these tick-thwarting strategies are detailed in the new book 'Ticks Off! Controlling Ticks That Transmit Lyme Disease on Your Property'. The tick control measures described in the book focus on two main themes; landscape alterations and host control. These strategies, applied in tandem, are likely to be more effective in substantially reducing tick populations compared to using any single method of tick control. As Lyme disease has become more common in many parts of the United States, more and more property owners are seriously exploring tick control measures. Ticks Off! is designed as a concise, up-to-date resource for controlling Lyme disease-transmitting ticks. Written by an experienced tick biologist, this book will give you the tools to make your yard inviting for humans, but not for ticks. Heavily referenced so you can do further research yourself on ticks and tick control. |
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User's Guide to Treating Lyme Disease Basic Health Publications, 2006 |
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Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial infection transmitted by a tick bite, and is best treated early with antibiotics. However, many people suffer from chronic relapsing Lyme disease, which can cause a variety of physical and psychiatric symptoms: recurrent fever, fatigue, muscle and joint stiffness, poor coordination, lightheadedness, mood swings, and depression. In this User's Guide, health authors James Gormley and Caren Feingold Tishfield, R.D., explain how to best avoid Lyme disease and how to benefit from safe treatments. |
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Volkskrankheit Borreliose. Vertuscht... Verharmlost... Verschwiegen... BoD GmbH, Norderstedt, 2003 |
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When Antibiotics Fail: Lyme Disease and Rife Machines, with Critical Evaluation of Leading Alternative Therapies BioMed Publishing Group, 2005 |
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There are enough books and websites about what Lyme Disease is and which ticks carry it. But there is very little useful information for people who actually have a case of Lyme Disease that is not responding to conventional antibiotic treatment. Lyme Disease sufferers need to know how to get better, not how to identify a tick. This book is about how experimental frequency devices known as "rife machines" have been used for over 15 years in private homes to successfully fight Lyme Disease. Many Lyme Disease sufferers have heard of rife machines, some have used them. But until now there has not been a concise and reliable source to explain how and why they work, and how and why other therapies fail. In the book you will learn that rife machine therapy offers numerous advantages over antibiotic therapy, including sustained effectiveness, affordability, convenience, autonomy from the medical establishment, and avoidance of candida complications. The Foreword for the book is by Richard Loyd, Ph.D., one of the nation s leading rife machine researchers and coordinator of the annual Rife International Health Conference. Rife machine expert Marc Fett and Coil Machine inventor Doug MacLean contribute their knowledge and experience in the book, as do several other prominent rife machine experts and Lyme Disease researchers. Throughout the book you will find stories of Lyme Disease sufferers who have used rife machines. You'll learn how they did it, what they would have done differently, and their experiences with other therapies. This book is user-friendly for people who have no prior knowledge of rife machines, but advanced enough to encompass documented scientific research and Lyme Disease pathology. The book contains critical rife machine information organized into a straight-forward and concise format. A detailed index and table of contents allow navigation to the topics you are interested in. The book takes a practical, down-to-earth approach which allows you to learn about: - Why rife machines work after other therapies fail, including specific problems with antibiotics - Sample rife machine treatment schedules and sessions - The most effective rife machines: High Power Magnetic Pulser, EMEM machine, Coil Machine (also known as the Doug Device) and AC Contact Machine - Explanation of the "herx reaction" and why it indicates progress - Critical evaluation of leading alternative therapies, including mercury detoxification, ozone therapy, homeopathy, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, herbs, colloidal silver, colostrum, and more - How use of multiple machines can lead to synergistic benefit and accelerated recovery - What it feels like to use rife machines - discover the steps to healing - Extensive discussion of antibiotics, including natural and herbal antibiotics -The intriguing story that led to use of rife machines as a treatment for Lyme Disease - how it all began -Answers for skeptics -Safety and side effects -A description of rife machine components -How to combine rife machine therapy with other supportive therapies to accelerate progress - Many other carefully selected subjects |
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Zecken. Kleiner Stich mit bösen Folgen Trias, 2001 |
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| Ein kleiner Stich mit bösen Folgen Ein Ausflug ins Grüne kann böse enden: auf Büschen und Gräsern - keineswegs auf Bäumen, wie ein weit verbreiteter Irrglauben behauptet - lauern die winzigen Blutsauger, die gefährliche Krankheiten übertragen können. Sie schleusen Krankheitserreger in die menschlichen Blutbahnen ein, z.B. Bakterien, die für langwierige Lyme-Borreliosen verantwortlich sind, und sogar Viren, die eine lebensgefährliche Hirnhautentzündung (FSME) verursachen. In diesem Ratgeber erfahren Sie alles über die Biologie der Zecken, zeckenübertragende Krankheiten, Diagnose und Therapie von Borreliose und FSME und über besonders gefährdete Gebiete. Besondere Beachtung gilt dabei den vorbeugenden Maßnahmen: Wie kann ich mich vor Zeckenstichen schützen? Welche Impfmöglichkeiten gibt es und wann sind sie empfindlich. |
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Zeckenborreliose Südwest-Verlag, 2003 |
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Die Zahl der Erkrankten steigt rapide an - bis zu 10000 Fälle pro Jahr pro Bundesland. Kompetenter Expertenrat direkt aus der täglichen Praxis: So kann die rätselhafte Krankheit mit Schul- und Alternativmedizin besiegt werden. Überblick über Symptome, Beschwerdebilder und Diagnosemöglichkeiten Extra: Erfolgreicher Schutz vor Zeckenstichen. |
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Zeckenborreliose Lyme-Krankheit bei Mensch und Tier Spitta, 2003 |
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Praxisbuch für Ärzte aller Fachrichtungen, Tierärzte und Studenten. Die Lyme-Borreliose ist eine heimtückische, in Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich recht häufig auftretende Krankheit, die oft verkannt wird. Dieses Buch bietet den in Praxis und Klinik tätigen Ärzten aller Fachrichtungen aber auch Tierärzten sowie Studenten der Human- und Veterinärmedizin eine umfassende Hilfestellung bei der täglichen Arbeit und erweitert ihr Wissen über diese Krankheit. Die Autoren stellen sämtliche Aspekte dieser Krankheit dar einschließlich der tiermedizinischen Aspekte. Sie nehmen eine Abgrenzung zur Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis (FSME) vor, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der häufig von Ärzten und Patienten gestellten Fragen. In der tierärztlichen Praxis und Wissenschaft hat dieses Buch als umfassende Quelle zur Lyme-Borreliose bei Haustieren einen festen Platz gefunden. Veterinärmediziner gehen auf eine besondere Risikogruppe ein: Hunde, Pferde und ihre Besitzer. Für parasitologisch und mikrobiologisch Interessierte schlägt dieses Buch ein weiteres spannendes Kapitel wissenschaftlicher Forschung auf, in dem die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit zwischen Mikrobiologen, Klinikern, Epidemiologen und Parasitologen schließlich zur ursächlichen Klärung einer Multisystemkrankheit führte. |
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Zecken-Krankheiten. Ein Ratgeber für Gesunde und Betroffene mit Beispielen von Patienten HOSPITALIS Buchverlag, 2000 |
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Zecken-Krankheiten Spaziert man im Sommer durch einen Wald, so denkt man fast unweigerlich an Zecken. Zecken übertragen Erreger, die hauptsächlich zwei verschiedene Krankheiten auslösen können: die Lyme-Borreliose sowie die seltener vorkommende Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis (FSME). Nur drei Jahre nach der Herausgabe eines ersten Buches über Zecken-Krankheiten wartet der Arzt Norbert Satz mit einer zweiten, überarbeiteten Auflage auf. Ergänzt wurde die Neuauflage etwa durch ein Kapitel über die Ehrlichiose - eine dritte Erkrankung, die bei uns erst wenig bekannt ist und, wie die Borreliose, ebenfalls durch Bakterien verursacht wird. Ferner wurde im Kapitel über die Lyme-Borreliose die Liste der Symptome erweitert. Das Buch richtet sich an den medizinischen Laien. So erfahren Leser und Leserinnen das Wichtigste zum Lebenszyklus der Zecken, zu den Krankheiten und deren Behandlungsmöglichkeiten. Fragen, wie man sich am besten vor Zeckenstichen schützt bzw. Zecken nach erfolgtem Stich entfernt oder ob man im Laufe eines Lebens mehrmals an einer Lyme-Borreliose erkranken kann, werden beantwortet. Die Hautausschläge, wie sie an der Stichstelle typischerweise auftreten, sind anhand von farbigen Bildern dargestellt. Nützlich sind zudem die Karten, auf denen die Verbreitung von FSME nicht nur für die Schweiz, sondern auch für Deutschland und Österreich aufgezeigt ist. Anhand von konkreten Patientengeschichten schliesslich wird dem Leser bewusst, welche Schwierigkeiten sich bei der Diagnose der Krankheit stellen. (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) |
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21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Lyme Disease, Deer Ticks, B. Burgdorferi, Erythema Migrans, Authoritative CDC, NIH, and FDA Documents, Clinical References, and Practical Information for Patients and Physicians (CD-ROM) Progressive Management, 2004 |
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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of Lyme Disease. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. |
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