Chronic Pain Is Rising—Is Lyme Disease Being Missed? Chronic pain is increasing nationwide. Not all of it is explained by long COVID. Lyme disease may be part of the missing link. A new study found that chronic pain among U.S. adults increased from 21% in 2019 to 24% in 2023—now affecting nearly 60 million people. […]
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Spinal Tap for Lyme Disease: Do You Really Need One? “Do I really need a spinal tap for Lyme disease?” This is a common question—and an important one. Spinal taps (lumbar punctures) are often recommended to “rule out neurologic Lyme disease.” But in many cases, they do not provide the answers patients expect. While spinal
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Lyme Rash Misdiagnosis: Not Always a Bull’s-Eye No bull’s-eye rash? A simple red patch instead? Lyme rashes are often misdiagnosed. A bull’s-eye rash is often associated with Lyme disease, but the opposite problem is common — Lyme rash misdiagnosis. Many patients with Lyme disease never develop the classic bull’s-eye pattern. When clinicians rely on that
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Why Medicine Must Not Abandon Lyme Patients This discussion highlights ethical failures that occur when patients are dismissed in the face of diagnostic uncertainty. Abandoning Lyme patients violates the core principles of medical ethics. A woman in her 40’s came to me after months of searching for answers. She had been a successful business executive,
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