Delayed Lyme Treatment: Why Waiting Can Be the Wrong Call In my clinical experience, some of the most difficult cases I’ve seen began with one decision: “Let’s wait and see.” Delayed Lyme treatment is often framed as cautious or conservative. But for many patients, it’s the start of a long, complicated illness. Let’s look at […]
Delayed Lyme Treatment: Why Waiting Can Be the Wrong Call Read More »
Babesiosis Treatment: My Go To Clinical Tips Babesiosis treatment is often overlooked—especially in patients who also have Lyme disease. Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells. It’s frequently found alongside Lyme, but just as often, it’s missed. Unlike Lyme, which is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, babesiosis
Babesiosis Treatment: My Go To Clinical Tips Read More »
Chronic Lyme Disease Controversy The chronic Lyme disease controversy centers on one question: can Lyme infection persist after standard treatment, or are lingering symptoms something else? The answer has divided clinicians, researchers, and public health authorities for decades. For many patients, the consequences are personal. They are told their tests are negative, their symptoms should
Chronic Lyme disease controversy Read More »
Lyme disease misdiagnosed as Long COVID After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen an increasing number of patients diagnosed with Long COVID when infection was the underlying cause. A woman was told her fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, and poor sleep were just viral aftereffects. Some reassured her it would fade. Others told her it
Lyme disease misdiagnosed as Long COVID Read More »
