Results 1-7 of 7 for lyme disease speaker:Michael Harty
- Fibromyalgia: Statements (4 Apr 2019)
Michael Harty: ...here as the medical profession becomes aware of the condition. It can be mixed up with other chronic pain syndromes. It can be difficult to separate it from ME. As Deputy MacSharry noted, Lyme disease can masquerade as fibromyalgia. It is a diagnosis that is made over time nevertheless and sooner or later one comes to the conclusion that somebody is suffering from fibromyalgia. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to consider the subject of Lyme disease. We will hold two sessions on this topic. The first session will be with Tick Talk Ireland, the support group set up to encourage awareness, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease. They will be joined by Dr. Jack Lambert, a consultant in infectious diseases at the Mater Hospital. In the second session we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Lawless for her opening statement. I will move on to the committee members. Mr. Symes will have an opportunity to come in. Lyme disease is a recognised infectious disease. There is a difference between an acute illness and a chronic one. I will give Ms Lawless and Dr. Lambert an opportunity to answer the question. The issue concerns not diagnosing the acute phase and allowing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I apologise for interrupting Ms Lawless but is the difficulty in the acceptance of chronic Lyme disease the difficulty in diagnostics? Perhaps Dr. Lambert might come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: Have people with chronic Lyme disease been able to source treatment under the treatment abroad scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank everyone for attending this morning. The purpose of our second session is to resume our discussion on the topic of Lyme disease with officials from the Department of Health. On behalf of the committee I welcome Dr. Ronan Glynn, deputy chief medical officer, who is accompanied by Dr. Paul McKeown, specialist in public health medicine in the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; Dr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Lyme Disease: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Michael Harty: I am unsure whether the witness heard the evidence presented to the committee earlier this morning. The committee is aware of and understands the well-known entity of acute Lyme disease resulting from a person being bitten by a tick. The issue with which we must deal is chronic Lyme disease and its post-infection phase. That involves the acute phase being missed, possibly because the...