Long COVID and Lyme Disease: What This Webinar Reveals
Long COVID and Lyme share overlapping symptoms
Fatigue, brain fog, autonomic dysfunction
The connection is still being explored
Long COVID and Lyme disease share many overlapping symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, and autonomic dysfunction—symptoms often discussed in autonomic dysfunction in Lyme disease.
In this webinar hosted by Project Lyme, Lyme disease expert Dr. Daniel Cameron joins integrative medicine physician Dr. Bill Rawls to discuss the similarities between Long COVID and chronic Lyme disease, the challenges facing patients, and strategies for maintaining health during the pandemic.
The discussion also features Jennifer Hoffmann, Program Associate at Project Lyme and Senior Director of the Generation Lyme initiative. Jennifer is a Lyme patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2020. Noah Johnston, Administrative Director of Project Lyme, moderates the discussion and takes questions from the virtual audience.
Learn more about the organizations involved in this discussion:
Watch the Long COVID and Lyme Disease Discussion
For a comprehensive overview of the connection between Long COVID and Lyme disease—including my peer-reviewed research involving 889 patients—see Long COVID and Lyme Disease: What Patients Need to Know.
Key Point
Long COVID and Lyme disease share several overlapping symptoms, including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and autonomic symptoms. These similarities raise important questions about persistent infection, immune dysfunction, and post-infectious syndromes.
Clinical Insight
As clinicians learn more about Long COVID, the Lyme disease community may offer valuable insights into chronic post-infectious illness. Research into immune activation, autonomic dysfunction, and persistent symptoms may help improve care for both patient groups.
Additional perspectives on this overlap can be found in experiences of individuals with Lyme disease who contracted COVID-19.
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Dr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH
Lyme disease clinician with over 30 years of experience and past president of ILADS.
Symptoms • Testing • Coinfections • Recovery • Pediatric • Prevention
