It starts small. A tick bite you never noticed. A fever that comes and goes. An ache you blame on a long day, a restless night, a bad chair. But Lyme disease, left unchecked, doesn’t stay small. It spreads. It settles. It rewires. And sometimes, it doesn’t leave.
The Joints: A Slow, Relentless Ache
At first, it’s a stiffness, a morning tightness you stretch out and ignore. Then the pain deepens. It burrows into the knees, the shoulders, the hands. The joints swell, the mobility shrinks. For some, it never fully resolves. They move differently now. They live differently now.
The Nervous System: A Tangled Web
The nerves misfire. The body tingles, burns, goes numb. The hands don’t feel the same. The feet betray you.
The brain dulls, the thoughts scatter, the words don’t come. A fog rolls in and lingers. For some, seizures follow. Muscle twitches. Coordination slips. Walking, once automatic, becomes deliberate.
The Heart: A Disrupted Rhythm
Lyme reaches the heart. It interrupts its signals. The beats stutter, speed up, slow down. The chest tightens, the world tilts.
Sometimes, a pacemaker is needed. Sometimes, it stops beating altogether.
The Body’s Automatic Functions: A System in Disarray
Blood pressure swings. The heart races with no warning. Standing up feels like falling.
The stomach rebels. Nausea is constant. The bladder forgets what to do. Everything once automatic now requires thought.
The Mind: A Storm of Uncertainty
In children, sudden rage, OCD, anxiety. A personality shift overnight.
In adults, a quiet unraveling. Panic attacks. Depression that doesn’t lift. Paranoia that wasn’t there before. The self, altered.
How Bad Can It Get?
For many, Lyme is a chapter that ends with antibiotics. For others, it lingers. It changes them in ways they never imagined. Some recover, but not as they were. Others adapt to a life they did not choose.
If there is one truth about Lyme disease, it is this: early treatment makes all the difference.
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I’m from Australia and was bit by a tick 45+ yrs ago. I only found out that I actually do have LD 12 mths ago during a bioresonance scan. Drs are not allowed to treat Lyme here, so knowing I have it makes no difference. What can I do myself to lighten the load. I was bedbound for 8yrs and too sick to work for 20yrs now. I can’t afford anything but will go without food just to improve and be able to work. My damaged brain stops me from researching, I just get confused and forget. My fatigue and exhaustion/excessive daytime sleepiness and bone crunching pain in my legs are brutal. I just want this to end. I can’t even get treatment or guidance. I need to improve or I’m out of here. I’m done.
I am sorry to hear you are test. The medical community had focused on the two tier test. The bioresonance scan is an example of a test that has not been studied enough