Lyme Disease Underfunded: Why Research Is Still Too Slow Lyme disease is underfunded—and patients are paying the price. Every day, I work with people living with this illness. I see the pain, the confusion, the fatigue, the brain fog—the profound disruption Lyme disease causes in a person’s life. As a physician who has treated thousands […]
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Lyme Disease and Decision Making: When Cognition Gets in the Way Not every challenge in Lyme disease is physical. One of the most overlooked problems involves Lyme disease and decision making—when patients struggle to make choices not from lack of motivation, but because the illness has impaired memory, clarity, and cognitive function. This raises important
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Lyme Disease Misconceptions That Contribute to Medical Dismissal Lyme disease misconceptions continue to influence how patients are evaluated, diagnosed, and treated in clinical practice. These misconceptions rarely arise from ill intent. They develop from simplified teaching models, reliance on laboratory testing, and the understandable desire for diagnostic certainty. When applied rigidly, they can contribute to
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Chronic Lyme Education Gap: Why Training Falls Short The Chronic Lyme Disease Education Gap: A Crisis in Training and Care The chronic Lyme disease education gap remains one of the most urgent yet underrecognized problems in modern medicine. Many clinicians are well trained to identify early Lyme disease, but far fewer are prepared to manage
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Lyme Disease Myth: Not Always Cured in 30 Days This is the first article in a series addressing persistent myths about Lyme disease—beginning with the claim that Lyme disease is cured in 30 days. For an overview of the most damaging beliefs affecting patient care, see Lyme Disease Misconceptions. Many people still believe that Lyme
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Has Anyone Recovered from Lyme Disease? If you’ve just been diagnosed with Lyme disease, one of the first questions you’re likely asking is whether you can recover from Lyme disease—and whether healing is truly possible. You’re not alone. As a Lyme disease specialist, I hear this question almost daily—from patients diagnosed early to those who
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Lyme Rage: When Anger and Aggression Signal Infection Lyme disease can cause sudden behavior changes in children, including irritability, aggression, anxiety, and oppositional behavior. After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve treated middle and high school students whose severe oppositional behavior resolved with antibiotic treatment. These weren’t psychiatric disorders—they were neurologic symptoms of tick-borne infection
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Why Lyme Disease Causes Vivid Dreams and Night Sweats After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients experience disruptive sleep symptoms including vivid dreams and night sweats, intense dream recall, or waking drenched in sweat. These experiences are often attributed to stress or anxiety, particularly when routine testing is unrevealing. However, vivid dreams and
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Eye Pain in Lyme Disease Despite Normal Exams A man with Lyme disease described persistent eye pain and pressure despite repeated normal eye exams. He worried that something serious was being missed, yet ophthalmologic evaluations and imaging were reassuring. The pain fluctuated and worsened with fatigue and stress. Over time, the eye pain gradually improved.
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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis in Children: One Family’s Story A young athlete went from starring on the soccer field to unable to climb stairs without his heart racing. His parents searched for answers for two years before anyone mentioned Lyme disease. With no tick bite and no rash, they didn’t recognize the early warning signs. What
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