Randi Eikeland

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Randi Eikeland er leder av Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for flåttbårne sykdommer ved Sørlandet sykehus, ph.d. og nevrolog. Hun er førsteamanuensis ved Universitetet i Agder, Fakultet for helse og idrettsfag.

Articles by Randi Eikeland

What should be done in cases of suspected tick-borne disease?

Harald Reiso,
Yvonne Kerlefsen,
Audun Aase,
Ingeborg S. Aaberge,
Knut Eirik Eliassen,
Randi Eikeland

03.05.2021: A Nordic consensus statement on how to improve the assessment, treatment and follow-up of people with long-term symptoms suspected to be the result of tick-borne diseases, has been prepared by experts and stakeholders. The proposals include the establishment of a multidisciplinary specialist...

Lyme neuroborreliosis in cases of non-specific neurological symptoms

Erlend Roaldsnes,
Randi Eikeland,
Dag Berild

19.01.2017: Lyme disease is a vector-borne zoonosis that is caused by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi following a tick bite (1). Early localised disease manifests as erythema migrans, and approximately half of those infected have non-specific symptoms such as fever, myalgia, lymphadenopathy...

A woman in her thirties with cough, tremor, agitation and visual disturbances

Anne Kristin Møller Fell,
Randi Eikeland,
Jan Olav Aaseth

23.08.2016: In the 1970s, a woman who was then in her thirties contacted her doctor with intermittent respiratory ailments, increasing fatigue, agitation and visual disturbances. She developed a complex array of symptoms involving multiple organ systems. More than 30 years would pass before the likely cause of...