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Early Lyme diagnosis can prevent months or years of suffering—yet it fails to happen in thousands of cases each year. When Lyme disease is not recognized in the first weeks after infection, patients often develop complex, debilitating symptoms that are harder to treat and slower to resolve. Understanding why early diagnosis fails and what that […]
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Babesia autonomic dysfunction causes some of the most severe and frightening symptoms in tick-borne illness. Air hunger, crushing fatigue, night sweats, and a terrifying sense of impending collapse stem from disruption of the autonomic nervous system—the body’s automatic control system for breathing, heart rate, and temperature regulation. Understanding why Babesia autonomic dysfunction produces such severe
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Lyme Treatment for Kids: Why Children Are Missing From Clinical Research Lyme treatment for kids is guided largely by studies that never included children. While clinical trials shape the guidelines doctors follow, the pivotal research on Lyme disease has focused almost exclusively on adults—leaving families and clinicians to extrapolate from data that may not apply
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Teenager Lyme Disease: When Symptoms Look Like Attitude Note: Patient details have been modified to protect privacy. This case represents a composite of typical presentations I have observed in clinical practice. Teenager Lyme disease strikes during some of the most pivotal years of a young person’s life. While younger children rely on parents to notice
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Am I Cured After Lyme Disease? What Recovery Really Looks Like Note: Patient details have been modified to protect privacy. “Am I cured after Lyme disease treatment?” It’s the question I hear most often from patients who’ve finished antibiotics and feel better—but not quite like themselves yet. My patient had just completed treatment when he
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Lyme Disease Insomnia: Why You Wake Up at 2-3 AM Lyme disease insomnia often follows a distinctive pattern: waking suddenly between 2 and 3 AM, sometimes with sweating, shakiness, a pounding heart, or an internal buzzing sensation. Even when profoundly exhausted, patients find their bodies jolting them awake as if something has abruptly switched on.
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Can You Survive Lyme Disease? Yes, Recovery Is Possible Note: Patient details have been modified to protect privacy. This case represents a composite of typical presentations I have observed in clinical practice. “Am I going to survive this?” Maria asked the question quietly, staring at her hands. She’d been sick for fourteen months. Four doctors
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Lyme disease relapse Babesia coinfection is one of the most overlooked reasons symptoms return after treatment seems to work. Patients often describe a familiar pattern: meaningful improvement after completing antibiotics, followed weeks later by returning symptoms. Fatigue comes back. Night sweats appear. Breathing feels difficult again. The gains they made seem to slip away. This
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Lyme Crash After Stress: Why the Body Can’t Bounce Back A Lyme crash after stress is one of the most frustrating patterns patients describe during recovery. They function reasonably well day to day—then travel, emotional strain, or a minor illness triggers a delayed crash that feels completely out of proportion to the trigger itself. Note:
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Does Lyme Disease Go Away After Treatment? Does Lyme disease go away? It’s one of the most common—and most important—questions patients ask. In clinical experience, the answer is often yes. With timely and appropriate care, many patients improve and return to their usual level of function. That said, recovery is not identical for everyone. Some
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