July 1, 2025

Lyme Disease Dementia: When Symptoms Are Mistaken for Aging Lyme disease in older adults may mimic dementia or stroke Neurologic Lyme symptoms are sometimes reversible with treatment Delayed diagnosis can lead to serious complications Lyme disease in older adults may sometimes resemble dementia, stroke, psychiatric illness, or progressive neurologic decline.1,2 Several published case reports describe […]

Can Lyme Disease Cause Seizures? When Episodes Are Dismissed as Stress Some children with Lyme disease develop seizure-like episodes even when EEGs and brain scans appear normal. These neurologic symptoms may be mistaken for anxiety, stress, or functional seizures. In certain cases, Lyme disease or a tick-borne coinfection may be contributing to nervous system dysfunction.

Persistent Lyme Symptoms: Why Symptoms Continue After Treatment Why do Lyme symptoms continue after treatment? Many patients complete antibiotics for Lyme disease only to find that fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, headaches, or neurologic symptoms persist. As a Lyme disease specialist, I’ve treated many patients who continue to suffer from persistent Lyme symptoms despite completing

What Malaria Teaches Us About the Lyme Disease Persister Theory and Persistent Infection Can Lyme disease bacteria persist after treatment? Researchers studying malaria persistence offer clues. Understanding persister theory may help explain ongoing symptoms. Researchers studying malaria have long examined how pathogens evade treatment and survive within the body. Some Lyme disease researchers have explored