Lyme Disease and Exercise Intolerance: How to Start Safely Exercise intolerance in Lyme disease occurs when physical or mental activity leads to worsening symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, or pain—often hours after exertion rather than during it. Quick Answer: Exercise with Lyme disease must be approached carefully. Starting too aggressively can worsen symptoms, […]
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Gender bias in Lyme disease What gender bias in Lyme disease can look like She first came to me after two exhausting years of symptoms that refused to show up on routine tests. Her knees and shoulders ached unpredictably. Her neck was stiff. The fatigue hit her like a wall every afternoon—“bone-deep,” she called it.
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Why Lyme Patients Delay Care Some Lyme patients delay care for a few days. Others for decades. And it’s not always for the reasons doctors assume. In fact, the behavioral barriers to timely Lyme disease care—uncertainty, fear, dismissal, logistics, stigma—are also seen in other serious but preventable conditions. Understanding why Lyme patients delay care is
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Lyme Disease and Working Sick: The Hidden Cost After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients struggling with Lyme disease and working sick as an all-too-common scenario. They feel forced to push through fatigue, pain, and brain fog just to keep their jobs. Many describe it as a daily balancing act—choosing between financial survival,
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