Covid and Lyme Blog

POTS Symptoms After COVID and Lyme Disease POTS can develop following an infection COVID-19 and Lyme disease may involve overlapping autonomic symptoms Dizziness, tachycardia, fatigue, and exercise intolerance are common Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has been reported following COVID-19 and other infections. Symptoms may include a rapid heart rate upon standing, dizziness, fatigue, brain […]

Can Lyme Disease Cause Small Fiber Neuropathy? Burning Nerve Pain Explained Lyme disease may affect the smallest sensory and autonomic nerves. Symptoms include burning pain, tingling, allodynia, and dizziness despite normal nerve tests. Early recognition may help guide diagnosis and treatment. Can Lyme disease cause small fiber neuropathy? Yes. Small fiber neuropathy has been described

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: Questions About Symptoms, Brain Fog and Recovery Fatigue, brain fog, and autonomic symptoms Similarities between Long COVID and Lyme disease Questions, answers, and recovery insights Can Long COVID and Lyme disease cause similar symptoms? Many patients with Long COVID and Lyme disease report overlapping problems including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness,

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

COVID Vaccine and Lyme Disease: What Patients Should Know Can Lyme disease patients receive a COVID-19 vaccine? Immune responses and individual health risks may differ Vaccination decisions should be individualized Questions about the COVID vaccine and Lyme disease became common when the first mRNA vaccines were introduced. Patients wanted to know whether Lyme disease, persistent

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