Lyme Disease
Favorite Lyme Blog Posts
When Lyme Disease Makes Driving Difficult
When the Road Stops Feeling Safe For many patients, the realization hits suddenly — you’re behind the wheel, and something feels off.The light changes, but your reaction time is...
Lyme, POTS, and Adrenaline Surges Explained
It starts the moment you stand. Your heart races, your hands tremble, your chest tightens, and your body reacts as if you’ve just run a sprint. Then, when you...
30 Hidden Lyme Disease Symptoms
Most people think of the bull’s-eye rash or a swollen knee when they hear “Lyme disease.” But many patients never develop these classic signs. Instead, they struggle with a...
Lyme Disease: One Teen’s Story of Struggle and Strength
A Patient’s Story Worth Sharing Today, I want to share a story that has stayed with me—a story about one of my teenage patients who faced overwhelming challenges after...
Babesia Pregnancy: How Two Mothers Passed It to Their Babies
Babesia pregnancy transmission is real and underrecognized. In this Inside Lyme case study, I discuss two mothers who unknowingly passed this tick-borne parasite to their babies. Saetre and colleagues...
Babesia and Lyme — it’s worse than you think
Although Lyme disease is the most talked about tick-transmitted disease, Babesia coinfection is more common than you might think. In the 2015 issue of Trends in Parasitology, Diuk-Wasser and...