74. Dr. Tim Cook on approaches to Lyme disease treatment and also diagnosis
Dr. Tim Cook is an Internal Medicine Specialist who has spent decades helping patients with complex illnesses. He worked abroad with the Canadian Armed Forces and he has been the physician for multiple officials at Rideau Hall.
Dr. Tim Cook is an Internal Medicine Specialist who has spent decades helping patients with complex illnesses. He worked abroad with the Canadian Armed Forces and he has been the physician for multiple officials at Rideau Hall.
In today’s episode, we hear how medicine is evolving to handle Lyme Disease, and learn more about an upcoming conference for medical professionals all about tick-borne diseases.
Resources
- Horowitz questionnaire (PDF)
- Geneticks tick testing
- Practitioner’s conference (tell your family practitioner!)
- CTD Conference poster (PDF) to share with your health practitioner
Topics discussed
- 0:55 Introduction to Dr. Cook and his background
- 3:03 Understanding Lyme disease and its connection to climate change
- 4:30 The role of tropical medicine training in Lyme disease treatment
- 9:32 Integrative approaches to Lyme disease treatment and management and the importance of personalization of medicine in treatment
- 13:24 The difficulty of accurate diagnosis though the conventional medicine system
- 17:55 How medicine and research are evolving to meet the needs of Lyme patients
- 22:00 The need for better diagnostic tools and the importance of the Horowitz Questionnaire
- 26:56 Future directions in Lyme disease awareness and education, including the practitioners conference in November 2025
- 30:26 The trouble with the diagnostic tools and Lyme serology testing in Canada and the number of false negatives and the lack of knowledge about testing for co-infections
- 36:15 Warnings about ticks in the wintertime
- 36:46 Tick testing with Geneticks, a private testing company
- 38:16 The importance of getting a proper dose of antibiotics for acute Lyme disease
- 39:10 A bullseye rash means that you have Lyme disease, and a tick needing to bite you for 24 hours to transmit the disease is a myth
- 40:44 Outcomes for the practitioner’s conference
Announcing the first annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference
Join us for the first annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference exclusively for medical practitioners. Taking place in Toronto, November 8 and 9, this conference will allow you to hear the latest on diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases from fellow practitioners and experts.
