title: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an effective adjunctive treatment for chronic Lyme disease.
abstract: Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States, but it is relatively rare in Taiwan. Lyme disease can be treated with antibiotic agents, but approximately 20% of these patients experience persistent or intermittent subjective symptoms, so-called chronic Lyme disease (CLD). The mechanisms of CLD remain unclear and the symptoms related to CLD are difficult to manage. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was applied in CLD therapy in the 1990s. However, reported information regarding the effectiveness of HBOT for CLD is still limited. Here, we present a patient with CLD who was successfully treated with HBOT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chien-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yen-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Tseng-Hui
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Hsin-Kuo
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yu-Chin
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jui-Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: ywchen5@vghtpe.gov.tw.
authors.forename: Jia-Horng
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male
keywords: chronic Lyme disease; hyperbaric oxygen therapy