When the Road Stops Feeling Safe For many patients, the realization hits suddenly — you’re behind the wheel, and something feels off.The light changes, but your reaction time is slower. A familiar route looks disorienting. You miss a turn, or your vision blurs for a few seconds. These aren’t just “bad driving days.” For some […]
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It starts the moment you stand. Your heart races — or sometimes it doesn’t — but you still feel that surge of adrenaline. Your hands tremble, your chest tightens, and your body reacts as if you’ve just run a sprint. Then, when you sit back down, the feeling slowly fades. For many patients with Lyme
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Most people think of the bull’s-eye rash or a swollen knee when they hear “Lyme disease.” But many patients never develop these classic signs. Instead, they struggle with a wide range of hidden Lyme disease symptoms that don’t fit the textbook picture — leading to missed diagnoses, delays in care, and years of unnecessary suffering.
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A Patient’s Story Worth Sharing Today, I want to share a story that has stayed with me—a story about one of my teenage patients who faced overwhelming challenges after getting Lyme disease. His journey isn’t just about physical illness; it’s about resilience, emotional pain, and the life-changing power of support. Already Struggling—Before Lyme Even before
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Babesia pregnancy transmission is real and underrecognized. In this Inside Lyme case study, I discuss two mothers who unknowingly passed this tick-borne parasite to their babies. Saetre and colleagues first described these cases in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society in 2017. This parasite can be contracted from the bite of a deer
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