Lyme Blog Posts
Can chronic Lyme be cured? Dr. Christine Green answers your questions.
Christine Green, MD, is a Stanford-trained, board-certified family medicine physician with 30 years of experience treating patients with tick-borne illness. On the board of LymeDisease.org,…
Problematic Lyme testing shortchanges patients, especially children
by Rosalie Greenberg, MD Many scientists and physicians agree that there are important issues concerning present Lyme disease (LD) testing. In this post, I will…
What can chronic Lyme disease teach us about long COVID?
By Daniel Kinderlehrer, MD One-third of patients who were sick with COVID-19 have come down with chronic symptoms, now known as long COVID or long…
The heartbreaking connection between personality changes and Lyme disease
By Nicole Danielle Bell Early in our relationship, my husband, Russ, and I never argued. We were both engineers, so our disagreements felt more logical…
Answers still needed about possible biowarfare connection to Lyme disease
By Pat Smith Forty-six years after a mother alerted public health about an unknown disease affecting her Connecticut neighborhood, patients still await answers about Lyme…
“Lyme Ease Survival Guidebook” aims to help you heal
By Jenn Hyla Growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, I never worried much about bug bites. In fact, one of my dad’s favorite sayings when…
How good nutrition can help you recover from Lyme disease
By Lindsay Christensen, MS, CNS, LDN, CKNS Your immune system, brain, and gastrointestinal system, not to mention the rest of your body, require optimal nutrition…
Lyme disease can affect the heart in complicated ways
By Dr. Adrian Baranchuk Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme carditis is an early manifestation of Lyme…
Could an 80-year-old drug cure Alzheimer’s disease?
by Greg Richter, Drexel University Unlike diseases that impair the body in a myriad of physical ways, dementia can rob mental faculties and identity, as…
Career and life lessons from survivors of chronic Lyme disease
By Fred Diamond We all know that Lyme disease can cause major career disruption. But what if overcoming the disease can help you find your…
Over age 70½? Get this tax benefit when donating to LymeDisease.org
By Carolyn Degnan A little-known charitable tax deduction allows individuals and couples over the age of 70½ to transfer funds from an Individual Retirement Account…
No Lyme disease in California? That’s a misplaced impression
By Raeena Lari Lyme disease is the most common and the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the country, and constitutes a significant public health threat, with 476,000 new cases each year from…












