Lyme Science Blog

Lyme Disease Can Make You Feel Older Than You Are You’re not imagining it. Lyme disease can make your body feel decades older. Even when tests look normal. Lyme disease aging symptoms can create a disconnect between how old you are—and how your body feels. “I’m 36, but I feel 76.” :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} That’s how one

Anaplasmosis and Lyme Disease: Coinfection Symptoms and Treatment Anaplasmosis and Lyme disease coinfection can cause an acute febrile illness with high fever, severe headache, chills, and characteristic laboratory abnormalities. The same black-legged tick that transmits Lyme disease can also carry Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the bacterium responsible for anaplasmosis. When both infections occur together, patients may feel

Ehrlichiosis and Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease can occur together after tick exposure, producing an acute illness with high fever, severe headache, and characteristic laboratory abnormalities. The same environments that expose patients to Lyme disease may also involve ticks carrying Ehrlichia bacteria. When present, this coinfection can lead to a more

Babesia and Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Testing, and Treatment Babesia is one of the most common Lyme disease co-infections. Air hunger, night sweats, and cyclical fatigue are important clues. Babesia requires different testing and treatment than Lyme disease alone. Babesia and Lyme disease often occur together—and this co-infection is a common reason patients do not fully

Lyme Disease Coinfections: Symptoms, Testing, and Treatment Challenges A single tick bite may transmit multiple infections Coinfections can change symptoms, testing, and treatment response Recognizing them early may alter recovery patterns Lyme disease coinfections can complicate diagnosis, intensify symptoms, and alter recovery patterns following a tick bite. Ticks may carry multiple infectious organisms simultaneously. As

Bartonella and Lyme Disease: Symptoms & Treatment Bartonella coinfection produces neuropsychiatric, pain, and vascular symptoms distinct from Lyme disease alone. Testing is unreliable — diagnosis often depends on recognizing symptom patterns. Standard Lyme antibiotics may not adequately address Bartonella. Bartonella in Lyme disease can contribute to neurologic, psychiatric, pain, and vascular symptoms that are often

Powassan Virus and Lyme Disease: Why One Tick Bite Can Be More Dangerous Powassan virus and Lyme disease are transmitted by the same ticks—but they behave very differently. While Lyme disease typically requires prolonged tick attachment, Powassan virus may be transmitted within minutes and can lead to severe neurologic disease. Quick Answer: Powassan virus is

Tick-Borne Diseases Beyond Lyme: What Doctors May Miss SYMPTOMS AFTER A TICK BITE—BUT TESTS ARE NEGATIVE? IT MAY NOT BE LYME DISEASE ALONE Some patients are told their symptoms don’t fit Lyme disease—or that nothing more can be done. What if your symptoms don’t match Lyme disease—or your test is negative? Quick Answer: Ticks can

Why Are Alpha-gal Reactions Delayed After Eating Meat? Hives hours after dinner? Waking up at night with allergic symptoms? Alpha-gal reactions are often delayed. Alpha-gal delayed reaction is one of the most confusing features of this tick-triggered allergy. Unlike typical food allergies that cause symptoms within minutes, alpha-gal reactions often appear 3 to 6 hours