Dr. Daniel Cameron

Forget the Rash: These Are the First Symptoms of Lyme Disease What are the first symptoms of Lyme disease? Early Lyme disease symptoms often include severe fatigue, flu-like illness, brain fog, and migratory joint or muscle pain—frequently without a rash or known tick bite. Quick Answer: The first symptoms of Lyme disease may include fatigue, […]

Lyme disease triggers herxheimer reaction in infant When a 21-day-old infant developed a fever and rapid heartbeat just hours after receiving antibiotics for Lyme disease, doctors were faced with a critical question: Was it sepsis—or something else? Could it possibly be a Herxheimer reaction? This case highlights a rare but important phenomenon: a Herxheimer reaction

She Was Told To Wait. Then Told It Was PTLDS. But Her Lyme Infection Never Left. Lyme disease triggers herxheimer reaction in infantA “wait and see” approach in managing Lyme disease can have long-lasting consequences, sometimes resulting in months or even years of unnecessary suffering. In this case, a woman was diagnosed with Post-Treatment Lyme

Mold Treatment and Lyme Disease: My Common-Sense Take It’s a fair concern. Mold toxicity has received growing attention, and some patients with chronic Lyme disease are told that mold is the real issue—or that detoxing from mold is the missing link. But in my experience, treating mold without addressing a persistent tick-borne infection seldom leads

A Patient’s Story from the South My patient from Florida looked me straight in the eye and said, “But Lyme doesn’t exist down here, right?” That’s what she’d been told—by more than one doctor. She had a rash. Fatigue. Joint pain. Classic signs of Lyme disease. But instead of being tested or treated, she was

The Question I Hear Most Often Babesia negative tests are one of the most common reasons patients go untreated. When a patient asks why I treat Babesia even if the tests are negative, they often say: “But my test was negative—why are we treating Babesia?” It’s a fair question. I’ll often explain that Babesia testing

What Happens if a Tick’s Mouthparts Stay in Your Skin? Quick Answer: If a tick’s mouthparts stay in your skin, it usually does not increase the risk of Lyme disease. In most cases, the body will naturally push the material out over time without complications. It’s not uncommon for the mouthparts of a tick to

Should I Worry About Herxing? My Answer for Lyme Patients One of the biggest concerns patients have when beginning treatment is whether they will have a Herxheimer reaction. In fact, it’s one of the most common questions I hear in clinical practice: “What if I Herx?” A Herxheimer reaction (or “Herx”) is a temporary flare

Lyme Disease and Joint Pain: Is It Debris—or a Missed Persistent Infection? New research into Lyme arthritis is challenging long-standing assumptions about what causes persistent symptoms after treatment. For years, many clinicians believed that when patients continued to experience swollen joints, even after treatment with antibiotics, the inflammation was simply due to an overactive immune

Babesia Lyme Treatment Failure: Why Healthy Patients Stay Sick Babesia lyme treatment failure is more common than most patients realize. She wasn’t immunocompromised. So why was she still sick months after Lyme treatment? That was the question we kept coming back to. She’d been told Babesia wouldn’t be a problem—unless she had a weakened immune