Children and Lyme Disease: Why Most Never See a Tick Bite A mother once told me, “I check my kids every night after they play outside. I would have seen a tick.” She was certain. But her 8-year-old son had Lyme disease—and neither she nor her son ever saw a tick. This is one of […]
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Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS): Definition and Clinical Framework Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is a research-defined term used to describe patients who experience persistent symptoms following recommended antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease. Symptoms may include fatigue, cognitive slowing, musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, and functional impairment lasting six months or longer after treatment. PTLDS is
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Chronic Lyme Disease Misconceptions: How Outdated Science Continues to Harm Patients Chronic Lyme disease misconceptions kept her sick for three years before anyone took her seriously. A former marathon runner, she came to my office unable to climb stairs without resting. She’d seen rheumatologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists. Each ruled out their specialty and sent
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I’ve had patients sit in my office and ask, “Why doesn’t anyone believe me?” The answer isn’t simple — but it starts with understanding why Lyme disease is so controversial in the first place. Few medical conditions spark as much debate. Disagreements over how Lyme disease is diagnosed, treated, and understood have created deep divides
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She never saw the tick. Never got the rash. But weeks after a mild flu, everything changed—fatigue, brain fog, joint pain. One doctor blamed stress. Another said early menopause. No one tested her for Lyme. When she finally reached me, she said: “It feels like something hijacked my body.” She was right. It was Lyme—and
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