THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME

Websites and books discuss Lyme disease as a cause of long term symptoms and disability. It has been postulated that the Lyme infection persists after the acute condition resolves. The bug continues to be active, wrecking havoc. Fatigue, cognitive impairment, and pain are the most common expressions of this syndrome. Patients have reported maladies affectingContinue reading “THE CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYNDROME”

LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS”

There are millions of people who suffer from multiple chronic and disabling symptoms.  Their physical examinations and laboratory testing are all normal.  This syndrome usually follows a medical illness.  It manifests after recovering from an infectious disease, surgery, trauma, injury, stroke, heart attack, or a flare-up of another chronic condition, like Crohn’s Disease. After researchingContinue reading “LYME DISEASE AND THE “AFTER-ILLNESS””