I'm part of a local task force but I don't usually get questions from people about kids and Lyme, so I need a brush-up on which are the good websites and which aren't. (Well, I know some that are pure horsecrap.) Any help you can give me greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Posted by hoot (Member # 19281) on :
you'll need to check these out yourself, but it's what i collected and is in my newbie package links that used to be posted here until i maxed it out....
BABIES W/LYME INFO; GOOD BOOK! 6-25-07 page 6, of public health alert DEC. 2006, and can be viewed online: www.publichealthalert.org
"highly regarded textbook, INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE FETUS AND NEWBORN INFANT, published by W.B. Saunders in 2001.
an entire chapter of more than 100 pages is devoted to CONGENITAL lyme disease. written by PEDIATRIC infectious disease specialist, TESSA GARDNER, MD, the chapter describes more than 250 cases.
If your doctor isn't sure how to treat during pregnancy, have him/her call NO. 1 kids LLMD, Dr. Charles Ray Jones, PHONE#: (203) 772-1123..
This will take you to topics dealing with Lyme and pregnancy on the CDC website.
As for their comment about no proof of transmission through breast milk...I remember Mo sent a sample of her breast milk to a lab and they did find Bb! AND her baby did develop Lyme.
SPEECH DEFECTS (KIDS) by Larkspur & Geneal 6.29.08
and in case it applies, for women with lyme who are/want to be pregnant AND for moms who have kids born with congenital lyme. (doesn't seem very active, but maybe check archives if nothing else?