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 — a form of sacroiliitis. Sacroiliitis occurs when the SI joints (where […]
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You can’t catch your breath. The inhale stalls halfway, as if something inside your chest has tightened or locked. You try again and again, convinced the next breath will finally feel complete. It doesn’t. You go to urgent care. They listen to your lungs—clear. They check your oxygen—normal. The chest X-ray shows nothing. You’re told
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Why Lyme prevention fails often comes down to one thing: when you’re feeling healthy, it’s hard to imagine being sick. A college student I treated brushed off her mother’s reminders to wear long sleeves and check for ticks. She was busy, healthy, and said she “didn’t want to worry about something that probably wasn’t going
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Babesia air hunger causes a sudden, terrifying sensation of not being able to draw a full breath, even when oxygen levels appear normal. The first time many patients experience it, the moment feels surreal. They go to take a breath—something they have done automatically for their entire lives—and suddenly the inhale does not arrive the
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A babesia treatment protocol is frequently the missing piece for patients who remain ill after Lyme disease therapy. When this co-infection goes unrecognized, patients cycle through treatments without progress. Once identified, choosing the right treatment protocol can change everything. My Preferred Babesia Treatment Protocol For this infection, I generally avoid quinine and clindamycin because of
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This discussion highlights ethical failures that occur when patients are dismissed in the face of diagnostic uncertainty. When Policy Replaces Judgment: Justice and Diagnostic Uncertainty in Lyme Disease Modern medical policy is designed to protect patients. Guidelines aim to standardize care, reduce harm, and prevent overtreatment. But when policies are applied rigidly in conditions marked
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Lyme Disease Treatment Options: What Patients Need to Know Lyme disease treatment is often described as straightforward: identify the infection, prescribe antibiotics, and expect recovery. For many patients, that approach works well. For others, treatment is far more complex. In clinical practice, patients present at different stages of illness, with varying symptoms, co-infections, immune responses,
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Caring for Someone With Chronic Lyme Disease: A Caregiver Resource Families caring for a loved one with chronic Lyme disease often ask, “What should we expect next?”It’s a question that rarely has a clear or linear answer. Chronic Lyme disease can unfold in waves—uneven, unpredictable, and deeply individual. Symptoms may flare, ease, then return in
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Is Lyme Disease Contagious? Is Lyme disease contagious? That is one of the most common—and important—questions I hear from patients and families, especially from those worried about exposing loved ones. The short answer is no: Lyme disease is not considered contagious in the traditional sense. But as with much in Lyme disease, the full answer
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Lyme Disease Seizures in Children: A Rare but Serious Sign A mother watched her 4-year-old convulse and lose consciousness. No warning. No fever. No explanation. When the seizures didn’t stop with medication, he was intubated. Doctors scrambled for answers—but the real cause wouldn’t be discovered for days. His diagnosis? Lyme disease. Lyme disease seizures in
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