September 11, 2025

Chronic Lyme Disease Pain: Why It Feels Different and Often Goes Unexplained Chronic Lyme disease pain often feels different—moving, unpredictable, and difficult to explain, even when tests are normal. Pain that moves. Pain without clear findings. Pain that doesn’t follow the rules. Many patients with chronic Lyme disease pain are told their imaging is normal—or […]

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

Lyme Rash Misdiagnosis: Not Always a Bull’s-Eye 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 textbook image alone, early infection can be overlooked. When people search for “bullseye

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,