Lyme Science Blog

Shania Twain’s Lyme Disease: When Neurologic Symptoms Affect the Voice Quick Answer: Lyme disease can occasionally affect the nervous system in ways that interfere with speech, vocal control, and muscle coordination. Singer Shania Twain has described losing control of her voice following Lyme disease, highlighting how neurologic symptoms may appear in unexpected ways. Most people […]

The Ethical Cost of Dismissing PTLDS The ethical challenges of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) often begin at the moment symptoms persist after treatment. Patients may do everything right—receive a timely diagnosis, complete recommended antibiotics, and follow medical advice—yet continue to worsen. This is not simply a clinical dilemma. It is an ethical one. Why

Lyme Disease Gut Problems: Gastrointestinal Dysregulation and Motility Issues Many patients with Lyme disease develop gastrointestinal symptoms that persist despite dietary changes, fiber supplementation, hydration, or normal testing. Symptoms may include constipation, bloating, early satiety, nausea, abdominal discomfort, or a constant sense that digestion is not moving forward properly. In Lyme disease, these symptoms most

Central Sensitization in Lyme Disease: Why Pain Persists Pain that spreads, shifts, or worsens over time may not reflect ongoing infection—it may reflect how the nervous system is processing pain. Central sensitization in Lyme disease can explain why some patients continue to experience pain long after treatment. The pain may move, intensify, or feel out

Why Am I Exhausted After Sleeping? Lyme Disease and Non-Restorative Sleep Many patients with Lyme disease describe the same experience: they sleep through the night yet wake feeling depleted. Feeling exhausted despite sleeping often reflects what clinicians describe as non-restorative sleep, a state in which sleep occurs but the body does not complete its normal

Brain Fog and Cognitive Dysfunction in Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Causes Many patients with Lyme disease describe a frustrating and often frightening experience: they can no longer think the way they used to. Brain fog in Lyme disease reflects slowed thinking, poor concentration, and memory problems driven by neurologic and inflammatory changes. Concentration becomes harder.

7 Gut Clues Lyme Disease Might Be Involved Stomach pain. Nausea. Bloating. Sometimes the gut is one of the first systems affected. Normal GI tests do not always mean normal function. An 11-year-old girl had been struggling with stomach aches, poor appetite, and nausea for months. She was missing school, and every gastrointestinal test came

Early Warning Signs of a Lyme Flare: Symptoms Patients Notice First The early warning signs of a Lyme flare often begin before a full crash. Patients may notice subtle mood changes, strange fatigue, sensory overload, digestive changes, or a sudden sense that something is shifting. These symptoms are often dismissed—yet many patients recognize them as

Constipation in Lyme Disease: Why Gut Motility Slows CONSTIPATION THAT WON’T RESPOND? NORMAL TESTS BUT PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS? COULD THIS BE LYME-RELATED DYSFUNCTION? Constipation in Lyme disease is common and often misunderstood—especially when diet, hydration, and routine testing appear normal. “I was doing everything right—but nothing was working.” Quick Answer: Constipation in Lyme disease is often