Lyme Science Blog

Lyme Disease Relapse Babesia: Why Symptoms Return 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 […]

Lyme Crash After Stress: Why Recovery Stalls After Events After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen a Lyme crash after stress become 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

Does Lyme Disease Go Away After Treatment? Recovery Facts After 37 years treating Lyme disease, one of the most common—and most important—questions patients ask is: does Lyme disease go away? 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

Lyme Brain Fog and Anxiety: When Psychiatric Symptoms Have a Medical Cause After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen brain fog and anxiety misdiagnosed as purely psychiatric disorders. She came to me after eight months of worsening psychiatric symptoms, including severe anxiety, episodes of rage, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and deepening depression. She had been diagnosed

Losing Friends Because of Chronic Illness: Why It Happens When You’re Sick Losing friends because of chronic illness is a question patients with Lyme disease ask me quietly, often with more pain than any physical symptom they describe. They are not angry. They are grieving. As illness persists, plans are canceled, energy fades, and life

Lyme Disease Digestion Problems: Why Symptoms Often Don’t Make Sense Lyme disease digestion problems are common, and many patients notice that digestion is one of the first systems to feel “off.” Meals that were once routine may now trigger nausea, bloating, abdominal discomfort, or unpredictable bowel changes. Some people feel full after only a few

Pain From Light Touch in Lyme Disease (Allodynia Explained) Touch-evoked pain is a symptom many Lyme disease patients struggle to describe—and even more struggle to have believed. When clothing brushing against skin, a gentle touch, or cool air causes pain, it reflects a documented neurologic change, not imagination. This abnormal pain response has a name: