Covid and Lyme Blog

POTS Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients POTS symptoms after COVID-19 are increasingly reported, and the pattern mirrors what many Lyme disease patients have experienced for years. A case series by Blitshteyn and Whitelaw describes 20 patients who developed autonomic dysfunction following COVID-19 infection. This pattern reflects post-infectious autonomic dysfunction, where infection disrupts the nervous system and […]

Small Fiber Neuropathy in Lyme Disease and COVID-19 Small fiber neuropathy has been described in both Lyme disease and COVID-19 patients. This condition can cause burning pain, tingling, and autonomic dysfunction that standard nerve tests often fail to detect. The overlap between these infections provides insight into how infectious diseases may damage the smallest sensory

Lyme disease and COVID-19 — Understanding the risks Listed below are several questions from the Lyme disease and COVID-19 survey. Your answers can assist us with understanding the potential side effects from COVID-19 and/or the vaccine in people with Lyme disease. Please note, anyone with Lyme disease can take this survey ─ even those who

PTSD, COVID-19 and Lyme disease: a perspective Patients with chronic Lyme disease have reported symptoms of PTSD. Now, an article entitled “PTSD as the second tsunami of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic,” by Dutheil et al. indicates that some COVID-19 patients are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, as well.¹ The authors highlight several observations on the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic

Long COVID and Lyme Disease Q&A Sponsored by Project Lyme Long COVID and Lyme disease share many overlapping symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, and autonomic dysfunction. In this webinar hosted by Project Lyme, Lyme disease expert Dr. Daniel Cameron joins integrative medicine physician Dr. Bill Rawls to discuss the similarities between Long COVID and chronic

Focus on COVID-19 leads to delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I’ll be discussing a unique case involving a 67-year-old man whose diagnosis of Lyme disease was delayed because clinicians suspected his symptoms were due to COVID-19. By

COVID-19 long haulers share similar experiences and frustrations with chronic Lyme disease patients in a commissioned report. “Anecdotally, there’s no question that there are a considerable number of individuals who have a post-viral syndrome that really, in many respects, can incapacitate them for weeks and weeks following so-called recovery and clearing of the virus,” writes

COVID-19 and Lyme Disease Share Similar Neurologic Symptoms In the article “Neurologic Findings Among Inpatients with COVID-19 at a Safety-Net U.S. Hospital”, Anand and colleagues described the symptoms and clinical presentations of 74 individuals with confirmed COVID-19. [1] The patients were evaluated by neurology consults while hospitalized or within one month of hospitalization. COVID-19 and

Can Lyme Disease Patients Get the COVID-19 Vaccine? Many Lyme disease patients ask whether they should receive the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly if they have an impaired or dysregulated immune system. People can have an impaired immune system from either an overactive or underactive immune response. “A strong immune system responds appropriately to the challenge; a

Are You Reluctant to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? Hello, and welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast. I am your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, I discuss concerns many Lyme disease patients have about the COVID-19 vaccine and the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy. By Dr. Daniel Cameron Key Point: Some Lyme disease patients