When Your Nerves Set Off Alarms One of the most common — and most confusing — symptoms I see in Lyme disease patients is a burning or tingling sensation in the hands and feet. For many, it feels like the nerves are on fire, especially at night. Others describe it as pins and needles, crawling […]
Burning or Tingling in the Hands and Feet? It Could Be Lyme disease. Read More »
Lyme Carditis: When Heart Symptoms Can’t Wait Chest pain in a Lyme disease patient isn’t “just anxiety.” Lightheadedness after a tick bite isn’t deconditioning. And palpitations that started with flu-like symptoms aren’t panic attacks – no matter how many times you’ve been told otherwise. Lyme carditis occurs when Borrelia burgdorferi invades the heart tissue, triggering
Lyme Carditis: When Heart Symptoms Can’t Wait Read More »
Lyme disease eye pain can feel frightening — especially when eye exams and imaging come back normal. This symptom is common in neurologic and autonomic Lyme disease and is frequently misunderstood. Patients frequently describe deep pressure, aching, stabbing discomfort, or soreness behind one or both eyes. The pain may worsen with eye movement, mental effort,
Lyme Disease Eye Pain: Why Tests Are Often Normal Read More »
Many people with Lyme disease describe the same confusing experience: their joints don’t feel reliable. Knees may buckle, ankles feel loose, or hips seem unable to track smoothly during movement. At the same time, balance feels off — especially on uneven ground or in low light. These Lyme disease balance problems are more common than
Lyme Disease Balance Problems and Joint Instability Read More »
Many patients with Lyme disease report symptoms that feel disconnected and unpredictable—heart racing, dizziness, digestive slowing, anxiety-like sensations, and sudden crashes after stress or exertion. While these experiences are often grouped together under the term dysautonomia, the underlying physiology is frequently misunderstood. This article focuses on how Lyme disease disrupts autonomic regulation at a mechanistic
How Lyme Disease Disrupts Autonomic Regulation Read More »
Most Tick Bites Go Unnoticed A patient once told me, “I check myself carefully — I would have seen a tick.” This is a common belief. But actually, tick bites are very easy to miss. The ticks that most frequently spread Lyme disease aren’t large or obvious — they’re nymphs, smaller than a poppy seed
Most Tick Bites Go Unnoticed Read More »
Ticks may seem unstoppable as their range expands and encounters become more common. But nature does have built-in defenses. Long before chemical sprays or treated clothing existed, ecosystems relied on animals that eat ticks as part of natural tick control, helping limit tick populations at different stages of the life cycle. These natural defenses do
Animals That Eat Ticks: Nature’s Role in Tick Control Read More »
Is Lyme Disease Curable? Is Lyme disease curable? This is one of the first questions patients ask me, and they deserve an honest answer: it’s not as simple as yes or no. Some people recover fully. Others do not. And unlike many common infections, there is no test that confirms Lyme disease has been completely
Can Lyme Disease Be Cured? What Determines Outcomes Read More »
Lyme disease psychiatric symptoms are frequently mistaken for primary mental illness. This case illustrates how one patient’s anxiety, rage, OCD, and depression were traced back to an undiagnosed tick-borne infection—and how treatment changed everything. She came to me after eight months of worsening symptoms, including severe anxiety, episodes of rage, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and deepening depression.
Lyme Disease Psychiatric Symptoms: A Misdiagnosis Story Read More »
Where Ticks Don’t Thrive Ticks are resilient parasites that feed on the blood of animals and humans. Understanding where ticks live—and where they struggle to survive—can help reduce your risk of exposure. While ticks are well known for surviving in many environments, they are not invincible. Ticks have specific environmental needs, and knowing which settings
Where Ticks Don’t Thrive Read More »
