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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Lyme Disease Insomnia: Why You Wake Up at 2-3 AM 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
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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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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
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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
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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
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Burning Pain With Normal EMG: Understanding the Disconnect Few experiences are more frustrating for patients than severe burning pain paired with “normal” nerve tests. Burning pain with normal EMG is a well-recognized clinical pattern, yet many patients are told that normal studies mean their symptoms are not neurologic—or worse, not legitimate. This mismatch between severe
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Crawling Skin Sensation: A Hidden Symptom of Lyme Disease Crawling skin sensation is among the most distressing—and most dismissed—symptoms patients report. The feeling of insects moving beneath the skin can be constant, unpredictable, and impossible to ignore. Yet when patients describe these symptoms, they are often met with skepticism or immediate psychiatric referral. Crawling skin
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