Is Lyme Disease Contagious? Is Lyme disease contagious? That is one of the most common—and important—questions I hear from patients and families, especially from those worried about exposing loved ones. The short answer is no: Lyme disease is not considered contagious in the traditional sense. But as with much in Lyme disease, the full answer […]
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Lyme Disease Seizures in Children: 4-Year-Old’s Story Lyme disease seizures in children are rare but serious. Lyme disease seizures in children can occur when infection affects the brain and nervous system, triggering inflammation that disrupts normal neurologic function. A 4-year-old boy developed status epilepticus requiring intubation—no warning, no fever, no obvious cause. When seizures didn’t
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Pediatric Lyme Disease: Why Children Are Misdiagnosed Pediatric Lyme disease 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, and psychiatric symptoms that are attributed to other causes. This diagnostic blind spot means many children spend
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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 Teenager Lyme disease refers to Lyme infection affecting adolescents, often presenting with fatigue, headaches, joint pain, and cognitive changes that may be mistaken for normal teenage behavior. Note: Patient details have been modified to protect privacy. This case represents a composite of typical presentations I have observed
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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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After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients describe a distinctive insomnia 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. This pattern is common
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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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