Only a Minority of Children With Lyme Disease Recall a Tick Bite Children and Lyme Disease: Why Most Never See a Tick Bite Many parents believe that Lyme disease cannot occur unless a tick bite is seen or a rash appears. However, research shows that most children diagnosed with Lyme disease never recall a tick […]
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Persistent Lyme Disease Mechanisms Persistent Lyme disease mechanisms help explain why symptoms may continue after treatment and why recovery often fluctuates. Rather than reflecting a single cause, persistent Lyme disease mechanisms often involve interacting biologic processes that evolve over time. This page serves as the explanatory framework within the broader discussion of Why Lyme Disease
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Chronic Lyme Disease Misconceptions How Outdated Science Continues to Harm Patients Chronic Lyme disease misconceptions kept her sick for three years before anyone took her seriously.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 her
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Medical Abandonment in Chronic Illness: An Ethical Analysis 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
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Targeted Screening Could Save Lyme Patients from Years of Misdiagnosis 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
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