New Research: Biomarker of Lyme Disease Found in the Eye Lyme disease and tick-borne disease is a silent worldwide epidemic that shows no discrimination against children or adults. It is difficult to diagnose and can affect various parts of the body, including the eyes and the visual processing system. Visual processing refers to the way the…
Tick-borne infections can affect your vision in many ways. There may be blurring, double vision, light sensitivity, visual distortion, difficulty with balance, dizziness, and problems focusing, to name several. Vision is more than just the image that we see. 70% of all the sensory nerves in the entire body come from the eyes. In fact,…
Kristina Bauer, Executive Director of the Texas Lyme Alliance, interviews Dr. Bill Paula, Padula Institute of Vision. They discuss challenges from neurological changes that can affect vision. Visual symptoms can occur with tick-borne disease (and can be associated with head concussions).
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This poster, the Affects of Lyme Disease and Visual Processing, was presented at the 2018 The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Download the full-size poster.
This poster, Visual Evoked Potential as a Screening Biomarker and Fundus Photography to Predict Tick-Borne Disease, was presented at the 2018 The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Download the full-size poster.
