Lyme Science Blog

Lyme Disease Treatment Options: What Works and Why It Varies Lyme disease treatment is not one-size-fits-all. While many patients recover with standard antibiotics, others require more individualized approaches based on symptoms, disease stage, and co-infections. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} Lyme disease is often described as straightforward: identify the infection, prescribe antibiotics, and expect recovery. For many patients, that […]

Caring for Someone With Chronic Lyme Disease: A Caregiver Resource Families caring for a loved one with chronic Lyme disease often ask, “What should we expect next?”It’s a question that rarely has a clear or linear answer. Chronic Lyme disease can unfold in waves—uneven, unpredictable, and deeply individual. Symptoms may flare, ease, then return in

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

Early Lyme Diagnosis: Why It Fails and What That Costs 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

Babesia Autonomic Dysfunction: Air Hunger, Breathing Changes, and Severe Symptoms 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

Am I Cured After Lyme Disease? What Recovery Really Looks Like FINISHED TREATMENT? FEELING BETTER—BUT NOT NORMAL? ARE YOU REALLY CURED FROM LYME DISEASE? Am I cured after Lyme disease? It’s one of the most common—and most difficult—questions patients ask after completing treatment. Many patients feel better after antibiotics, but not fully back to themselves.