Lyme Science Blog

Autonomic Dysfunction in Lyme Disease: Why Symptoms Fluctuate Autonomic dysfunction in Lyme disease often explains why symptoms come and go, worsen with stress, and persist despite normal testing. Key Insight: If your symptoms fluctuate, don’t match test results, or affect multiple systems at once, autonomic dysfunction may be driving the pattern. In clinical practice, autonomic […]

Traveling with Lyme Disease: Realistic Strategies for Summer As a Lyme disease expert, I often hear the same concern: “Is traveling with Lyme disease even possible?” The answer depends on the person—but with the right mindset and preparation, many patients can travel while honoring their body’s limits. Whether you’re dealing with fatigue, POTS, food restrictions,

Single Dose Doxycycline For Tick Bite – Ethical Concerns This post has no ethics hub link yet. Let me add it plus cornerstone links and a proper Related Articles section. What if you did everything right after a tick bite—and still ended up sick? That’s what happened to a 37-year-old woman who followed medical advice

Can Lyme Disease Make EDS Symptoms Worse or More Complex? That’s a question I’ve heard more often in recent years—from patients, parents, and even colleagues. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is already a complex condition with far-reaching effects. But when patients with EDS report a sudden downturn—new neurological symptoms, worsening fatigue, or cognitive decline—it’s worth asking whether

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. In some cases, persistent fatigue may follow unrecognized or repeated tick exposures, which

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 Brain Fog vs Dementia: Is It Alzheimer’s or Lyme Disease? Can Lyme disease brain fog be mistaken for dementia? Yes—and it happens more often than many patients realize. Patients may notice memory problems, slowed thinking, word-finding difficulty, or trouble focusing—and begin to worry about early Alzheimer’s disease. But in many cases, the cause is

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

Can You Get Lyme Disease at the Beach? Ticks Are Moving to Coastal Areas Can you get Lyme disease at the beach? Yes. Ticks are now being found in coastal environments—changing how we think about Lyme disease risk. Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was closed for the summer—not for weather, but for ticks. Key Insight:

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