Lyme Science Blog

Lyme Disease Fatigue: Why It Causes Crushing Exhaustion Quick Answer: Lyme disease fatigue is driven by immune activation, neuroinflammation, autonomic dysfunction, sleep disruption, and co-infections such as Babesia. It often includes post-exertional malaise, where even minor activity leads to significant energy crashes. Lyme disease fatigue is one of the most common and disabling symptoms of […]

Do I have Lyme disease? Do I have Lyme disease? It’s a question many people ask after experiencing fatigue, pain, or brain fog without a clear explanation. You may not remember a tick bite—or even see a rash. Testing may come back negative. Yet Lyme disease can still be the cause. That’s why early signs,

Lyme Disease and Dementia: When Brain Fog Isn’t Alzheimer’s Lyme disease patients have described brain fog for decades. When COVID-19 emerged, millions of new patients began reporting the same symptoms — slowed thinking, memory lapses, word-finding problems, and mental fatigue that persisted long after the acute infection resolved. The overlap is striking. And it’s not

Persistent Lyme Disease: Clues You Can Treat Too many patients with persistent Lyme disease are told, “You’re fine,” when they clearly aren’t. Their fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and autonomic issues are dismissed or misattributed—and the longer that goes on, the more trust in the system erodes. But what if we approached persistent Lyme the

Ticks at the Beach Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is closed for the entire summer of 2025—not for a storm, but for ticks. Multiple species were discovered, including the Asian longhorned tick, an emerging invasive threat. Officials are applying treatments, but the closure highlights a bigger issue: ticks at the beach are now part of

She Was Told It Was Aging — It Was Lyme All Along After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen older adults whose symptoms were dismissed as aging when infection was the cause. A woman in her late 60s was getting weaker. Her joints ached. Her memory was slipping. Her balance felt off. She woke

Lyme disease was behind her seizures It’s one of the most emotional stories parents share. They tell me their child was once full of energy and curiosity—but suddenly began struggling. Fatigue, brain fog, dizzy spells, and even seizure-like episodes. Brain scans? Normal. EEGs? Clear. Yet the worry remained. “We were told they were functional seizures—just

Persistent Lyme Symptoms: Why I Still Treat When Others Stop Persistent Lyme Symptoms: Why I Still Treat When Others Stop As a Lyme disease expert, I’ve treated many patients who continue to suffer from persistent Lyme symptoms—even after completing a full course of antibiotics. They’re often told their fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, or headaches

What Malaria teaches us about the Lyme disease persister theory A recent study published in Nature Microbiology has revealed how malaria parasites survive in the human body for years without causing symptoms—offering powerful insights into the Lyme disease persister theory. Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, including Dr. Kirk Deitsch, found that Plasmodium falciparum—the parasite responsible

Lyme Recovery Takes More Than Just Rest For a complete overview of recovery, see our Lyme disease recovery guide. After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve heard the same question countless times: should I rest or move during recovery? When you’re dealing with exhaustion, joint pain, or brain fog, rest may feel necessary—and sometimes it