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 […]
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When Medicine Says There’s Nothing More to Do “NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE?” WHEN SYMPTOMS STILL PERSIST What does it really mean when you’re told there is nothing more to do—yet your symptoms continue? Author’s note: I wrote this because I often meet patients who have been told there is nothing more to do, even
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When Symptoms Are Blamed on Aging, Look Deeper When Symptoms Are Blamed on Aging Symptoms blamed on aging are often accepted without question. A patient noticed a gradual decline in stamina as routine activities became exhausting, sleep no longer felt restorative, and shortness of breath appeared with simple tasks. He assumed it was just getting
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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
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Lyme Disease vs Long COVID: How to Tell the Difference Lyme disease and long COVID can look nearly identical. Fatigue, brain fog, and nerve symptoms overlap. But the timeline of symptoms often reveals the difference. Lyme disease and long COVID can cause many of the same symptoms—but they are not the same condition. The key
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Parenting or Working With Lyme Disease: What Changes—and What Doesn’t Your capacity may change Your role still matters Productivity is not linear There is a way forward Parenting or working with Lyme disease is one of the most difficult—and least discussed—challenges patients face. Patients often don’t ask the question directly at first. Instead, they describe
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Fear of a Herxheimer: Why Delaying Treatment Backfires Fear of a Herxheimer reaction is one of the most common reasons patients delay Lyme treatment. The worry can feel bigger than the disease itself. I remember one patient sitting across from me, struggling to find the words before finally admitting: “I’m scared to treat my Lyme
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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
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Can Lyme Disease Cause Neuropathy? Burning, Tingling, and Moving Nerve Pain Can Lyme disease cause neuropathy? Burning, tingling, buzzing, or electric sensations that move from one area to another are common in Lyme disease—and often occur even when standard nerve tests are normal. Key Insight: If nerve symptoms move, fluctuate, or don’t follow a clear
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When Lyme Disease Mimics a Sinus Infection: Why Symptoms Persist Lyme disease mimics sinus infection symptoms so closely that some patients are treated for sinusitis before the underlying cause is recognized. When Lyme disease mimics sinus infection patterns, patients may present with months or even years of facial pressure, headaches behind the eyes, ear fullness,
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