Lyme Science Blog

Palinopsia: Why Afterimages Won’t Go Away Quick Answer: Palinopsia is a neurologic condition where images persist or repeat after the original object is gone. It reflects altered visual processing in the brain and may be linked to migraine, seizures, medications, or other neurologic conditions. When Vision Doesn’t Let Go Some patients notice that an image

Can Lyme cause bladder pain or urgency? She came to see me after months of feeling dismissed. She was experiencing Lyme bladder pain — pressure, burning, and urgency that felt exactly like a UTI, yet every test came back normal. She is not the only one. Many women quietly live with bladder pain due to Lyme

How Do I Parent or Work With Lyme Disease? Practical Strategies After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients struggle with a question they rarely ask directly at first. Instead, they describe the fear underneath it: they worry that they are failing their children, wonder how long an employer will tolerate unpredictability, and grieve

Why Does Lyme Disease Mimic MS or Fibromyalgia? After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients misdiagnosed with MS or fibromyalgia when infection was the underlying cause. A woman was told she might have multiple sclerosis after developing numbness, fatigue, and cognitive problems. Her MRI showed nonspecific white matter changes. Two years later, Lyme

Could Lyme disease be causing neuropathy? Could Lyme disease be causing neuropathy? This question arises when burning, tingling, buzzing, or pressure appears in one area, fades, and then resurfaces elsewhere days or weeks later. In tick-borne illness, symptoms that raise concern for nerve damage are often dynamic, reflecting immune and nervous system processes rather than