Women with Lyme disease take longer to get diagnosed, have more severe symptoms and experience higher rates of disability when compared to men.

They may also be more likely to develop persistent Lyme disease.
The culprit: ehrlichiosis.

“He lost all motor skills, all function, he couldn’t speak. He was just yelling. He was just chattering. Come to find out these were all mild seizures.”
The two-day event brought together researchers, health officials, and patient advocates to chart a new course.


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A journal article called Lyme Disease and the Pursuit of a Clinical Cure looks at three factors that can result in treatment failure.

"From 2003 until 2005, I was misdiagnosed with piriformis syndrome, arthritis, hip pain syndrome, multiple sclerosis, adhesive capsulitis, early onset menopause, depression, and fibromyalgia."
The Love, Hope, Lyme podcast this week features Dr. Nancy Fox.

She is a chronic Lyme survivor, author, and educator.

She discusses how caregivers can maintain a good relationship with the person in their life with Lyme.
The latest issue of the Lyme Times is open-access–freely available to all.

This special issue offers articles from 10 prominent Lyme-treating physicians on such topics as:

  • New treatments for chronic Lyme
  • An overview of Lyme testing
  • Lyme carditis
  • Brain inflammation
  • Lyme in young children
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