How I Became a Lyme Disease Doctor How did I become a Lyme disease doctor? It’s a question I’m asked often, and the honest answer is that medicine—let alone Lyme disease—was not my original plan. I didn’t set out to become a physician. And I certainly didn’t imagine that Lyme disease would become the focus […]
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Lyme Guidelines Conflict: IDSA vs ILADS Explained My patient had been sick for two years, caught between conflicting Lyme guidelines that left her doubting her own experience. One specialist told her, “You’re cured—what you’re experiencing now is psychological.” Another said, “You still have active infection and need continued treatment.” She didn’t know which doctor to
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Babesia Symptoms: Often Missed, Easy to Misdiagnose Babesia is a malaria-like parasite spread by ticks and often found alongside Lyme disease. But unlike Lyme, which is caused by a bacterium, Babesia infects red blood cells, leading to symptoms that are sometimes vague, systemic, or easily mistaken for other conditions—including menopause or anxiety. In this blog,
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When Does Lyme Become Chronic? Understanding the Transition It’s one of the most debated questions I hear in clinic: When does Lyme become chronic? Is it after a few months? A year? Or when antibiotics “fail”? The truth is, chronic Lyme disease isn’t defined by a date—it’s defined by persistence. The infection and immune response
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Not All Lyme Treatment Approaches Are Created Equal Proactive individualized Lyme treatment can be the difference between full recovery and chronic illness. In my practice, I’ve seen patients respond very differently depending on how—and how soon—their Lyme disease was treated. Some improve after a brief course of antibiotics. Others continue to struggle for months or
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Will I Get Better After Lyme Disease? What Research Shows After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients who were certain they’d never recover—and did. Every patient living with Lyme disease eventually asks: “Will I get better after Lyme disease?” I hear it in examination rooms, in follow-up calls, in the quiet pauses between
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When Lyme Recovery Stalls: What Happens Next This article examines a clinical decision point in Lyme disease care: whether clinicians stop at protocol completion or reassess when recovery does not occur. The Real Divide: What Happens When Lyme Recovery Stalls When Lyme recovery stalls, the problem is rarely just “chronic Lyme vs primary care.” It
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Pediatric Lyme Disease: Why Children Are Frequently Misdiagnosed Pediatric Lyme disease misdiagnosis occurs because the illness rarely looks like the textbook descriptions clinicians learn in medical school. While adults often present with fatigue and joint pain, children may develop sudden behavioral changes, academic struggles, or psychiatric symptoms that are attributed to other causes. This diagnostic
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Babesia can spread through blood transfusions—over 200 US cases reported. If you’ve had Babesia, you may be permanently deferred from blood donation. Learn what patients need to know about screening and blood supply safety.
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Childhood Lyme doesn’t just make kids sick—it takes their confidence, joy, and the childhood they should be living. One father watched his son lose interest in school, sports, and friends. “It was taking away who he was.” Learn why doctors miss these invisible losses.
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