Lyme Disease Loneliness: Why Patients Feel Isolated “No one really understands.” Many Lyme patients feel this. Loneliness can become part of the illness. Lyme disease loneliness can be one of the most difficult parts of living with chronic illness. One patient once said, “No one really understands what this feels like.” That quiet sentence reflects […]
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Lyme Treatment Abandonment: Ethical or Not? Stopping Lyme treatment is often framed as a clinical decision based on guidelines—but what if it’s something more troubling? Many patients still experience symptoms like pain, brain fog, or fatigue long after standard antibiotics end. Yet they’re told, “There’s nothing more we can do.” Is stopping treatment at that
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How Do You Get Lyme Disease? Ticks, Transmission, and Hidden Risks How do you get Lyme disease? Lyme disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick. These ticks can also carry other pathogens, meaning a single bite may transmit multiple infections. Quick Answer: You get Lyme disease from the bite of an
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Pediatric Lyme Disease: Why Standard Protocols Fall Short Your child can’t concentrate in school. They’re exhausted by 2 PM. Joint pain keeps them off the soccer field. The doctor prescribes antibiotics for Lyme disease—based entirely on studies that never included a single child. Not one child was included in the major NIH Lyme disease trials
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Lyme Disease Test Accuracy: Timing, Limitations, and Clinical Diagnosis Lyme disease test accuracy is often misunderstood. Many patients assume that a negative Lyme disease test rules out infection. In reality, Lyme disease test accuracy depends heavily on timing, and current laboratory tests have important limitations—especially early in infection. Most Lyme disease testing relies on detecting
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The Duty to Stay: What Ethical Lyme Disease Care Requires 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, traveling weekly and leading a large team. Now, she could barely get through a
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Nearly One in Five Individuals with COVID-19 and Lyme Disease History Developed Long COVID In my peer-reviewed study published in the journal Antibiotics (2023), I examined the experiences of 889 individuals with a history of Lyme disease who contracted COVID-19. The findings were striking: nearly one in five developed Long COVID.This rate is significantly higher
Lyme Disease Weight Gain and Weight Loss: Why Both Happen Lyme disease weight gain and weight loss can both occur—and often confuse patients. Some lose weight rapidly without trying. Others gain weight despite eating the same or less. These changes are not random. They reflect how Lyme disease disrupts metabolism, inflammation, hormones, gut function, sleep,
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Tired but Wired in Lyme Disease: Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Off “My body is exhausted, but my brain won’t shut off.” This is one of the most common—and confusing—patterns patients describe. You feel completely drained, yet your mind stays active. Your body needs sleep, but your system won’t settle. This “tired but wired” pattern
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Sacroiliitis in Lyme Disease as a Cause of Low Back Pain When Back Pain Doesn’t Add Up You’ve tried stretching, therapy, or even imaging — but your back pain won’t quit.For some, this pain isn’t purely mechanical. Many Lyme disease patients report chronic back or hip pain that actually stems from sacroiliac joint inflammation —
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