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Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Dan Neville: ...for people who travel abroad, in particular for those who participate in mountaineering and outdoor activities. They can return home feeling ill and sometimes it is difficult to identify that Lyme disease is the cause, as the Minister outlined. I welcome the fact awareness week raised awareness of Lyme disease. The Lyme disease group appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (3 Mar 2015)

Dan Neville: I thank the Acting Chairman for facilitating me in raising this matter. Lyme disease, known as Lyme borelliosis, is a bacterial infection transmitted by the bite of hard-bodied ticks. Not all ticks are infected but vigilance is recommended where ticks are present to reduce the risk of transmission to humans and pets. Lyme disease can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from mild to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Rare Diseases Day: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I have special knowledge of rare diseases, although I do not want to say any more about it. I think Mr. Watt may know. I would like to speak about the inequality of technical knowledge of the medical profession about the treatment of rare diseases. We had witnesses before the committee recently speaking about Lyme disease, and they had extreme...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: ...can be an issue for people who travel abroad, particularly those who participate in mountaineering and outdoor activities. They can return, feel ill and sometimes it is difficult to identify that Lyme disease is the cause. Does the Minister agree that many in the medical profession are not aware of or fully appreciate the fact that one of these symptoms could be due to Lyme disease? Is...

Topical Issue Debate: Disease Awareness (20 Feb 2014)

Dan Neville: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me in raising this matter and the Minister for Health for responding. Lyme disease, known as borreliosis, is a bacterial infection transmitted by the bite of hard-bodied ticks. Not all ticks are infected but vigilance is recommended where ticks are present to reduce the risk of transmission to humans and pets. Lyme disease can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Dan Neville: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. There is a debate in the medical profession on the recognition of Lyme disease. I have experienced something similar previously on the recognition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, when it was strenuously denied that such a condition existed. It took a great deal of campaigning to get the medical profession and the...