Lyme Blog Posts
Head trauma, prolonged neurological symptoms, and Lyme disease
By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD When Brian finished college, he had dreams of becoming a professional hockey player. Unfortunately, he got a rough blow to…
These are my top 12 recommended books on Lyme disease
By Fred Diamond When someone close to me had a major Lyme flare late this spring. I realized it was time to ramp up my…
Young Lyme warrior on a journey to become “American Ninja Warrior”
By Carolyn Degnan Lyme disease and its associated illnesses can wreak havoc on children both physically and mentally. Thirteen-year-old Talan Yorn could have been just…
What’s behind this epidemic of chronic, inflammatory conditions?
by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD I have witnessed many changes in the over 40 years I’ve been a doctor, including epidemic rises in multiple medical…
“Messages on the Mirror”: Family endurance and a Lyme love story
By Donna Z. Falcone If you have lived with chronic Lyme disease, you may be familiar with this phenomenon. Significant life events—the ones most people…
A tick bite at age 6, followed by more than 40 years of health problems
Marta Edmisten gave the following as public comments at the August 26 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Good morning, my name is…
“A tick bite turned me into the bionic woman–entirely preventable”
The following public comments were provided by telephone to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on August 26. My name is Meghan Bradshaw and I’m…
Teaching physical therapists when and how to suspect Lyme disease
By Jennifer Shea, PT, ATC-R I practiced physical therapy for many years prior to becoming ill with Lyme disease and babesiosis. My education included a…
Bransfield: IDSA guidelines ignore psychiatric consequences of Lyme disease
Dr. Robert Bransfield delivered the following public comment at the recent meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m a psychiatrist from New Jersey,…
Learning to be supportive when your partner has Lyme disease
By Fred Diamond The woman I love has been coping with chronic Lyme for many years. For most of the 11 years we’ve been together,…
When children and adolescents with Lyme have neuropsych symptoms
By Rosalie Greenberg, MD The association of Lyme disease (LD) and mental illness has been an area of hot debate among medical professionals for a…
Ecologically diverse Texas needs county-level data for tick-borne diseases
By Sarah Maxwell, PhD Welcome to the complex world of tick-borne disease surveillance. But honestly, it should not be so difficult. Why does the public…