Lyme Blog Posts
An indefatigable Lyme disease advocate in North Carolina
by Janet Dooley In 1995, while I was living in New England, my body became hijacked by a tick bite that carried five different infections….
“It should not be this hard.” Doctors don’t recognize tick-borne ills.
Jennifer Platt gave the following public comments at the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s Sept. 12 web-based meeting. I’m Jennifer Platt from Pittsboro, North Carolina….
Answering questions about hyperthermia treatment for Lyme disease
By Michelle McKeon If you have never experienced the traumatizing effects of Lyme, take my word, it is a complete nightmare. I spent years in…
Managing stress and tension to heal gut and brain from chronic Lyme
One thing Lyme disease teaches us relentlessly is where we hold stress and tension in our bodies. There’s always something legitimate to feel stressed about…
Ticks are one way tularemia can be spread. Rabbits are another.
By Briana Zellner Ticks can be hosts to many different infectious diseases including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. However, you may not be…
USA’s history of testing bioweapons on the public–were ticks used, too?
by Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway (The University of London) The House of Representatives has instructed the Pentagon to disclose whether it used ticks to infect the…
Disulfiram–breakthrough drug for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases?
By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD I have been practicing medicine long enough to be very skeptical of “breakthroughs.” But disulfiram may be the real thing….
Healing from Lyme with brain retraining and laughter yoga
By Brittany Harrison I’m excited to share my journey of recovering from Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses. I hope my experience can inspire and…
This Finnish doctor uses herbs to heal Lyme disease and co-infections
By Marjo Valonen, MD It was the happiest moment of my life, to hold my twin babies for the first time. I am so glad…
Timelines–a new way to explain health history to your doctor
By Katie McCurdy As a patient with many mysterious symptoms, I know what it’s like to befuddle my doctors. I had heart palpitations, tingling in…
TBD Working Group: Please pay attention to these concerns
The following message was sent to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group after its June 4 meeting. by Jeanne Ryan As an individual in recovery from…
One family’s story of strep, Lyme disease, and PANS/PANDAS
By Jenny Kravitz On January 3, 2019, my family’s whole world changed LITERALLY OVER NIGHT. Our once loving little man (now age 6) was filled…