Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @Lymenews
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
111
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-17
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-27
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Duke law students are working to further the cause of Lyme disease patients. Mental health issues associated with Lyme disease are being discussed openly. Participants in studies on the disease report difficulty describing the impact of the disease on their brain. Healthcare incentives are misaligned regarding Lyme disease which contributes to poor patient care. The National Academies are holding a workshop on infectious etiology of many chronic diseases including chronic Lyme disease. The MyLymeData registry acts as a trusted data steward for Lyme disease data. Patients must push for change in healthcare regarding Lyme disease. The American Gastroenterological Association has issued guidance on tick-related alpha-gal syndrome. Bartonella infection treatment may resolve symptoms of learning disabilities in individuals with autism. Severe weather can worsen symptoms of mast cell activation syndrome. Informed consent guidelines need to be honored when current guidelines do not cover a specific situation. There is a sharp rise in Babesiosis cases in the Northeastern US according to the CDC. The Great Arizona Tick Check aims to identify which ticks are in which parts of the state. Disulfiram has been a game-changing Lyme disease treatment for many patients.
Topic Modeling
- Advocacy for Lyme disease patients and healthcare accountability
- Mental health and Lyme disease stigma
- Symptoms and effects of Lyme disease on the body and brain
- Medical research and treatments for Lyme disease
- Tick-borne illnesses and their impact on health
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions related to Lyme disease, including gratitude for those fighting for patients' rights, frustration with the healthcare industry and insurance companies, empathy for the physical and mental toll of the disease, excitement about upcoming events and developments in research, and hope for new treatments. Many tweets also express a sense of urgency to address the growing prevalence of Lyme disease and its co-infections, as well as a need for better awareness and education.
Trend Analysis
- Advocacy for Lyme disease patients
- Mental health and Lyme disease
- Challenges in healthcare system and Lyme disease treatment
- Research and education on Lyme disease and related illnesses
- Alternative treatments for Lyme disease
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
57
Percentage of total tweets
51%
Number of Original tweets
20
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
111
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
29
Percentage of total tweets
26%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
11
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
46
Percentage of total tweets
41%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 55 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 34 |
| Twitter for Android | 14 |
| Twitter for iPad | 6 |
| IFTTT | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheTamarDick | 🌻 Tamar Dick 🪐🛰️♃ | Artist & concerned citizen—Z21 #Spoonie♿#LymeDisease #ASD🧠🌈#Medicare4All #HumanRights🏳️⚧️🇺🇦#MMIWG🪶#Environment🐝🦋🍄#Climate #Arts #Film 🎥@homelessashes | 25,075 |
| JedCastles | Jed Castles News 9 | Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. News 9 Weekday Morning Meteorologist in OKC. Oklahoman #SOONERS IG/TikTok: jedcastles Jude 1:2 @news9.com | 22,263 |
| temhamuzaffer | An.... .. | Bilgiler Tıbbi tavsiye değildir Onunla ne yapacağınız sizin seçiminiz. Hasta yakınıyım @Lymenews https://t.co/LYUspQuh9w https://t.co/DNJxtlW6ba “rt/fav onay değil” | 16,187 |
| Lymenews | LymeDisease.org | The #Lyme disease community's leading source for news, insight and advocacy. Publisher of The Lyme Times, creator of MyLymeData. A 501(c)(3) organization. | 15,449 |
| LyanneMelendez | Lyanne Melendez | Super mom of 3 & news reporter ABC Owned KGO-TV (ABC7), San Francisco Bay Area. #1 Alabama Football fan in the West. Boricua sobre todo. 🇵🇷 | 7,402 |
| LymeDiseaseLDA | LDA | The Lyme Disease Association (LDA), is a national nonprofit: funds research, education, patient support. Follow us on Twitter to stay informed & get involved. | 5,397 |
| CeciConnolly | Ceci Connolly | Personal account. President/CEO of @_ACHP. Host of Healthy Dialogue podcast. Former @washingtonpost writer. RT does not equal endorsement. Views my own. | 4,737 |
| khoney | Kristen Honey 🐝 | Maine 04050 in DC 🐟🌏💚 @Stanford PhD Interdisciplinary Systems. Open Science/Data/Gov. One Health. @HHS_innovates @Lyme_X Prev: @WHOSTP44 @OMBpress45 @HHSCTO | 4,075 |
| HopeNotHim | Country Over Party | #Truth #LongCovid #Lyme #EBV #MECFS🤺, Portrait Artist, Politically Homeless | 3,576 |
| LonnieRhea | Lonnie R Marcum, PT, BSHCA | Wife/Mother•Science Writer•PT•HC Admin•Disease Detective•Voracious Reader•Connoisseur of ☕️•Graduate CSUN•Olive Farmer•HHS 2019-2022 TBDWG Tick Subcommittee | 3,482 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheTamarDick | 🌻 Tamar Dick 🪐🛰️♃ | Artist & concerned citizen—Z21 #Spoonie♿#LymeDisease #ASD🧠🌈#Medicare4All #HumanRights🏳️⚧️🇺🇦#MMIWG🪶#Environment🐝🦋🍄#Climate #Arts #Film 🎥@homelessashes | 23,813 |
| temhamuzaffer | An.... .. | Bilgiler Tıbbi tavsiye değildir Onunla ne yapacağınız sizin seçiminiz. Hasta yakınıyım @Lymenews https://t.co/LYUspQuh9w https://t.co/DNJxtlW6ba “rt/fav onay değil” | 13,066 |
| dominicdsmith | Dominic D. Smith 💙🇺🇦 | Garden & Landscape Designer, Horticulturist | Wine Advisor @winetastery | Board member @tekenziekten | Ambassador @LymeAlliance | First Aid Worker @rodekruis | 5,000 |
| HolyLawler | ☘️Holy Grail☘️ | Mechanical Contracting, investing, sports, cooking, hunting & golfing..Joined Twitter to help Real “Science” save Humanity #LymeWarrior ☘️☘️☘️ 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 | 5,000 |
| pop_popculture | #IndoorMask #Neuro #CareCantWait #CovidisAirborne | - | 5,000 |
| WaqasAhmedJarra | Waqas Ahmed Jarra | Lecturer|Researcher|Entomologist | 5,000 |
| HopeNotHim | Country Over Party | #Truth #LongCovid #Lyme #EBV #MECFS🤺, Portrait Artist, Politically Homeless | 4,825 |
| JedCastles | Jed Castles News 9 | Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. News 9 Weekday Morning Meteorologist in OKC. Oklahoman #SOONERS IG/TikTok: jedcastles Jude 1:2 @news9.com | 4,371 |
| LymeDiary | The Lyme Diary | In the world of Lyme, we need treatments to be available now, but we also need to be thoughtful in the course we set for tomorrow. | 3,953 |
| tweetingmole | Moley ME 🦔 | feel like a mole living in a dark ME/CFS hole sharing thoughts ,trying to make a small difference. Caroline - lifelong nickname of Mole #bekind | 2,962 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| coloradoticks | Our mission is to elevate awareness of Lyme & other TBDs/conditions. Education, prevention, research & advocacy, including patient support throughout Colorado. | 9 |
| dorothyleland | President, https://t.co/25rekGFQU5. Co-author: "When Your Child Has Lyme Disease." Blog: Touched by Lyme | 6 |
| lymepolicywonk | CEO https://t.co/AezdGdCmPj MyLymeData. Sat on Exec Com of PCORnet & chaired patient council; Subject matter expert patient registries for NORC etc . | 5 |
| MakesYouWonder8 | Things don’t add up | 5 |
| Karen98randomly | advocate for metamorphosis | 4 |
| tickbuster | Love God, my family and the USA 🇺🇸 Fighting #LymeDisease, #Bartonella & #Babesia for 24 + years. | 3 |
| MarieKa04122973 | "old school", prefer words to abbreviations, artist, singer, writer. Chronic Lyme disease, Long Covid, married, love animals, details, color. | 3 |
| Lymenews | The #Lyme disease community's leading source for news, insight and advocacy. Publisher of The Lyme Times, creator of MyLymeData. A 501(c)(3) organization. | 3 |
| SchullKarl | - | 2 |
| dominicdsmith | Garden & Landscape Designer, Horticulturist | Wine Advisor @winetastery | Board member @tekenziekten | Ambassador @LymeAlliance | First Aid Worker @rodekruis | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638593684366311424 | They've recruited other Duke law students to join them in furthering the cause of Lyme patients. https://t.co/P8H1KBhKmp via @Lymenews | 13 |
| 1638955556861005829 | Thank you JV for putting out the message about #LymeDisease and mental health issues. You helped to end the stigma. @Lymenews https://t.co/WXKYZ87iFK | 11 |
| 1639274606056833024 | “The body and the pain and all that stuff, I can handle. What it’s doing to my brain I could never describe to you.” https://t.co/I8sN46B1j6 via @Lymenews | 7 |
| 1637687306105782272 | Evidence based medicine provides for shared medical decision making when science is uncertain. But insurers save costs by denying care. So patients & doctors who treat them are cast aside in pursuit of profits. So true in #lymedisease @Lymenews https://t.co/FpbvKk0z4L | 5 |
| 1637903625803685888 | Want to better understand #Lyme & #tickborne diseases? Please watch these outstanding presentations by leading Lyme disease experts speaking at the 2023 @liv_lyme summit. Please also check out the excellent tweet summary of the event provided by @LonnieRhea @Lymenews https://t.co/GHp5FG8NSK | 4 |
| 1640052520222609408 | @chrissyfarr The problem w healthcare = misaligned incentives. Players act according to their incentives which aren't aligned with getting patients well and the healthcare system by and large is not accountable to patients or to the public. We see this in #Lymedisease. @Lymenews | 3 |
| 1638591346746462209 | .@AmerGastroAssn issues new guidance about tick-related #alphagalsyndrome. https://t.co/14h6VfIbyb via @Lymenews | 3 |
| 1638662004402708480 | Terrific article! "Data have the potential to heal, but ... also the power to cause harm when in the wrong hands. With great power comes great responsibility." MyLymeData registry acts as a trusted data steward that protects community from harm. @lymenews https://t.co/O7YC478686 | 3 |
| 1637193614286807040 | 💯! Save the date for June 29th and 30th. The National Academies is convening a workshop on infectious etiology of many chronic diseases including chronic #Lymedisease , #LongCovid, #MS, #ME/CFS. Delighted to serve on planning committee. @Lymenews https://t.co/WFstlmr959 https://t.co/Zi7uth2k2k | 3 |
| 1637962807231811584 | The Great Arizona Tick Check seeks to clarify which #ticks are in which parts of the state. @uarizona https://t.co/RQBU5YeoSv via @Lymenews | 2 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638593684366311424 | They've recruited other Duke law students to join them in furthering the cause of Lyme patients. https://t.co/P8H1KBhKmp via @Lymenews | 40 |
| 1638955556861005829 | Thank you JV for putting out the message about #LymeDisease and mental health issues. You helped to end the stigma. @Lymenews https://t.co/WXKYZ87iFK | 40 |
| 1639274606056833024 | “The body and the pain and all that stuff, I can handle. What it’s doing to my brain I could never describe to you.” https://t.co/I8sN46B1j6 via @Lymenews | 16 |
| 1640052520222609408 | @chrissyfarr The problem w healthcare = misaligned incentives. Players act according to their incentives which aren't aligned with getting patients well and the healthcare system by and large is not accountable to patients or to the public. We see this in #Lymedisease. @Lymenews | 14 |
| 1637687306105782272 | Evidence based medicine provides for shared medical decision making when science is uncertain. But insurers save costs by denying care. So patients & doctors who treat them are cast aside in pursuit of profits. So true in #lymedisease @Lymenews https://t.co/FpbvKk0z4L | 11 |
| 1637193614286807040 | 💯! Save the date for June 29th and 30th. The National Academies is convening a workshop on infectious etiology of many chronic diseases including chronic #Lymedisease , #LongCovid, #MS, #ME/CFS. Delighted to serve on planning committee. @Lymenews https://t.co/WFstlmr959 https://t.co/Zi7uth2k2k | 9 |
| 1637903625803685888 | Want to better understand #Lyme & #tickborne diseases? Please watch these outstanding presentations by leading Lyme disease experts speaking at the 2023 @liv_lyme summit. Please also check out the excellent tweet summary of the event provided by @LonnieRhea @Lymenews https://t.co/GHp5FG8NSK | 6 |
| 1638662004402708480 | Terrific article! "Data have the potential to heal, but ... also the power to cause harm when in the wrong hands. With great power comes great responsibility." MyLymeData registry acts as a trusted data steward that protects community from harm. @lymenews https://t.co/O7YC478686 | 5 |
| 1636911040951713793 | @suerobinsyvr 💯! It's the patient's job to push from the margins. No one else in healthcare can do it and change will not happen without it. True in #LymeDisease @Lymenews | 5 |
| 1638591346746462209 | .@AmerGastroAssn issues new guidance about tick-related #alphagalsyndrome. https://t.co/14h6VfIbyb via @Lymenews | 4 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #lymedisease | 23 |
| #ticks | 9 |
| #lyme | 8 |
| #tbdwg | 5 |
| #tickborne | 3 |
| #1 | 3 |
| #mcas | 3 |
| #powassanvirus | 2 |
| #alphagalsyndrome | 2 |
| #longcovid | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @lymenews | 111 |
| @lymepolicywonk | 8 |
| @dorothyleland | 8 |
| @lymealliance | 6 |
| @lonnierhea | 6 |
| @ajackso63831215 | 5 |
| @chrissyfarr | 3 |
| @lyannemelendez | 3 |
| @amergastroassn | 3 |
| @ilads_lyme | 3 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
24
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 💯 | 4 | hundred_points |
| 🙏 | 3 | folded_hands |
| 💚 | 3 | green_heart |
| 🤣 | 2 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 💔 | 2 | broken_heart |
| 😢 | 2 | crying_face |
| 🎯 | 1 | bullseye |
| 🤦🏻♀️ | 1 | woman_facepalming_light_skin_tone |
| 🙄 | 1 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 😀 | 1 | grinning_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 19 |
| People & Body | 4 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |