When Is It Too Late to Treat a Tick Bite? Many patients worry that it may be too late to treat a tick bite, especially when symptoms appear months or even years after the initial exposure. This concern is understandable—but the answer is reassuring. It is never truly too late to seek medical evaluation after […]
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One-Sided Symptoms in Lyme Disease One-sided symptoms in Lyme disease can be alarming for patients, especially when weakness or numbness affects only one side of the body during flare-ups. Some patients report that an arm, a leg, the face, or even an entire side of the body feels weaker, numb, heavier, or less responsive than
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Lyme Misdiagnosis Apology: When Silence Hurts More Than the Mistake My patient couldn’t understand why an “I’m sorry” never came.His experience captures the need for a Lyme misdiagnosis apology—the simple act of acknowledgment that can mean more than any prescription. After years of fatigue, pain, and cognitive fog, his Lyme diagnosis finally explained what he
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What Do I Do When Specialists Disagree? When specialists disagree about Lyme disease, patients ask me this question every week. It often arises at a moment when confidence in medicine begins to fracture—not because patients doubt science, but because no one is stepping back to connect the full clinical picture. Disagreement among specialists does not
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When Symptoms Are Attributed to Perimenopause Perimenopause symptoms mistaken for illness are a common reason women are reassured when something else may be contributing to their symptoms. A woman noticed worsening fatigue, disrupted sleep, night sweats, palpitations, and rising anxiety. Brain fog interfered with focus, and exercise tolerance declined. She was told it was perimenopause.That
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Lyme Disease and Conversion Disorder: Medical Dismissal in Children Some of the most challenging cases in my Lyme disease practice involve adolescents who were initially diagnosed with conversion disorder. In many of these cases, the diagnosis reflects a broader pattern of Lyme disease medical dismissal, where real neurologic and psychiatric symptoms are attributed to psychogenic
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IBS symptoms and Lyme disease are not often discussed together, yet gastrointestinal complaints are among the most common reasons patients are reassured rather than fully evaluated. A patient developed bloating, abdominal pain, and unpredictable bowel habits. Certain foods worsened symptoms. Stress seemed to aggravate everything. She was told it was IBS. Over time, symptoms appeared
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When a Teen’s Symptoms Don’t Match Lyme Disease A 15-year-old student came to my office after months of headaches, fatigue, and joint pain. Her pediatrician had told her family, confidently, “Your symptoms don’t match Lyme.” But her symptoms began weeks after summer camp in a region known for ticks. Her MRI was normal. So were
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The Chronic Lyme Disease Debate Explained For decades, patients with persistent symptoms after Lyme disease treatment have found themselves caught in the middle of the chronic Lyme disease debate. At the center of this debate is a single unresolved question: what explains ongoing illness after standard Lyme disease therapy? In clinical practice, I routinely see
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Patients often ask me, “Do all ticks carry Lyme disease?”The short answer is no—but the full answer is more nuanced. In simple terms, only certain ticks can spread Lyme disease, and most tick bites do not lead to Lyme. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. In the United States, it is transmitted
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