Growing Pains or Lyme Disease? How to Tell the Difference Growing pains or Lyme disease is a common question when children develop leg or joint pain. A nine-year-old complains of knee pain at bedtime. A twelve-year-old wakes up crying with leg aches. A teenager limps after soccer practice. When children report pain, “growing pains” is […]
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When Doctors Say Nothing Is Wrong: Pediatric Lyme Disease and Missed Diagnoses A mother brings her daughter to multiple physicians over several months. The child has fatigue, headaches, and joint pain. Each visit ends the same way: “The tests are normal. There’s nothing wrong.” But the symptoms persist—and worsen. Situations like this raise a difficult
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Is My Child’s ADHD Actually Lyme Disease? A straight-A student starts forgetting homework. A focused child suddenly can’t sit still in class. An organized teenager becomes scattered, impulsive, and unable to concentrate. When cognitive symptoms appear abruptly rather than gradually, the diagnosis may not be ADHD—it could be Lyme disease affecting the brain. The overlap
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