When a Doctor Dismissed Lyme Disease Sometimes the hardest part of Lyme disease isn’t the infection itself — it’s what happens when a doctor dismisses Lyme disease before the patient truly recovers. This is one patient’s story. But it echoes thousands I’ve heard in my practice. He sat across from me, eyes tired but steady […]
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A Common Question After Recovery After treatment for Lyme disease, many patients ask: Can I donate blood if I’ve had Lyme disease? The short answer: Lyme disease is not known to spread through blood transfusions. However, blood donation centers recommend waiting until you’ve finished treatment and remain symptom-free for a recovery period before donating. Why
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Updated January 2026 to reflect current clinical understanding of cognitive symptoms and nervous system involvement in Lyme disease. Brain fog is one of the most common and frustrating symptoms reported by patients with Lyme disease. People describe slowed thinking, difficulty concentrating, word-finding problems, short-term memory lapses, and a feeling that their mind is working through
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When Babesia Testing Failed for Six Months Babesia testing failed this patient for six months. She came to my office exhausted after fevers, sweats, and crushing fatigue. Her initial tests were negative—but she had Babesia all along. It wasn’t confirmed until much later, after PCR and antibody testing came back positive. By then, treatment was
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It starts the moment you stand. Your heart races — or sometimes it doesn’t — but you still feel that surge of adrenaline. Your hands tremble, your chest tightens, and your body reacts as if you’ve just run a sprint. Then, when you sit back down, the feeling slowly fades. For many patients with Lyme
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You stand up to walk to the bathroom at night—and wince. The soles of your feet ache like you’re stepping on broken glass. By morning, the pain fades, only to return the next night. This pattern may seem harmless, but painful feet and Lyme disease are often connected—an early warning sign that shouldn’t be ignored,
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You finished treatment. The antibiotics are done. Your doctor says you’re cured. So why do you still feel terrible? For many patients, the answer may lie in Lyme persisters—dormant bacteria that survive antibiotic therapy and can reignite symptoms long after treatment ends. The Role of Lyme Persisters For many Lyme patients, fatigue creeps back. Joint
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A healthy 16-year-old became unrecognizable within days. Once outgoing and confident, he suddenly developed anxiety, irritability, and repetitive rituals. His handwriting deteriorated, grades plummeted, and he withdrew from friends. Parents were told it was psychiatric. But Lyme disease had triggered PANS—an autoimmune condition where infection causes antibodies to attack the basal ganglia, resulting in abrupt
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Dr. Sarah reviewed the file carefully. Her patient exhibited all the classic symptoms of Lyme disease and had been exposed to ticks. But the test was negative. She knew from experience that early Lyme tests miss up to 50% of cases, yet she hesitated to make the diagnosis. This kind of physician reluctance in Lyme
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Three years after beating Lyme disease, Jennifer tested positive for COVID-19. Months later, the same crushing fatigue, brain fog, and joint pain that she experienced with Lyme had returned. Was it Long COVID — or Lyme again? Doctors disagreed, and meanwhile she felt worse by the day. This scenario is increasingly common. Many patients discover
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