Dr. Daniel Cameron

One of my patients — a woman in her early 40s — described her pain like this: “It feels like someone’s zapping me with a cattle prod. Just for a second — but it shoots down my spine and makes my whole body jump.” She wasn’t exaggerating. These weren’t cramps or muscle spasms. They were

When Your Nerves Set Off Alarms One of the most common — and most confusing — symptoms I see in Lyme disease patients is a burning or tingling sensation in the hands and feet. For many, it feels like the nerves are on fire, especially at night. Others describe it as pins and needles, crawling

Tick Bites: Easy to Miss A patient once told me, “I check myself carefully — I would have seen a tick.” This is a common belief. But actually, tick bites are very easy to miss. The ticks that most frequently spread Lyme disease aren’t large or obvious — they’re nymphs, smaller than a poppy seed

Ticks may seem unstoppable as their range expands and encounters become more common. But nature does have built-in defenses. Long before chemical sprays or treated clothing existed, ecosystems relied on animals that eat ticks as part of natural tick control, helping limit tick populations at different stages of the life cycle. These natural defenses do