Pregnant women might be more susceptible to Lyme because a woman's immune system is often weaker during pregnancy. If a woman has or contracts Lyme during pregnancy, potentially it can pass through the placenta onto the unborn baby.

Over the next few weeks, flu-like symptoms started creeping up on her. “I was hurting all over and feeling basically terrible,” Linda says. And then one morning, she woke up with one hand closed up and kind of locked in place. “I couldn’t open up my hand, and if I tried, it was excruciating,” she explains.

If your Lyme Disease treatment has stalled or not working well, it may be time to consider other culprits that need addressed. Here we list 5 other conditions that are common issues with Lyme, and they could be the reason that you are not feeling better.

With society’s reliance on technology, it is important to understand the issues that can be caused by continual exposure to EMF’s, or electromagnetic fields. This important article details the hindrance on healing that EMF’s may cause and lists ways to help protect yourself.

Applying for SSD benefits can be a long, complicated, daunting, and time consuming process. Most cases take months or even years before an applicant may be awarded and, approximately ⅔ of all applicants are denied their first time around. But don’t allow this to dampen your spirit and discourage you. We have collected tips, advice and words of wisdom from various lawyer

My advice to any parents dealing with this terrible disease, is to pay attention to your child. Listen to what they are telling you. They know when something is wrong, and so do you. Be patient and attentive to their needs. Implement a healthy diet and exercise. Movement might not always be easy for them but even the smallest amount of exercise can help. Trust your instinct and push for treatment, if needed. Find online support. Do your research. Share that research with the doctors. If they won’t listen, find a doctor who will.

I promised myself during those nightmare years that when I found some answers I would help others. I have since become a patient advocate in my spare time and am very involved in the Facebook closed groups for PANDAS/PANS, Lyme, LDI and more. It’s vital for us to spread the hope and light from the darkness.

Before being diagnosed with Lyme Disease, I suffered from excruciatingly painful physical and mental trauma. This is my story of how one tiny tick the size of a poppy seed literally ruined my life. I was at the top of the world, I was happily married, with two incredible kids, a thriving business and had just published a book about helping people get healthy.

Matt asked me, his mom, to write his story because even though he lived it, his memories are sketchy. After a long hard struggle, Matt is now back to living and thriving after his battle with chronic Lyme Disease

On July 15, 2018, my 8-year-old daughter Dannika came down with what we thought was a virus. She had low-grade fevers, she could not eat, had a hard time sleeping and was very light sensitive. She had been sick for roughly a week, and then seemed to get better. Within a few short days, she again started having extreme body pains.

I was 9 years old when I was bit by a tick, but it wasn’t until I was 29 that I got the diagnosis of Lyme Disease. 

I had multiple health issues when I was child, ranging from mono to yeast overgrowth issues. I was gluten sensitive, and I struggled to hold down food until I eliminated gluten out of my diet.

One doctor tried to convince me it was just depression:

Doctor: You should consider that it could be depression. Depression can cause a range of symptoms in patients including fatigue.

Me: Ok, I mean I am open to anything, I just don’t really believe that I am depressed. I have this irrational positive mentality and honestly think everything in my life is excellent. No wait, perfect.

In June of 2014, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and Babesia, after a lot of coaxing by my sister-in-law. My daughter and son had already tested Igenex and CDC positive for Lyme in February, my husband came back Igenex positive in March. I figured that I did not have Lyme because I "didn't" have any symptoms.

My Lyme story began almost 2 decades ago when I woke up one morning with a swollen right knee that was painful to put weight on. It took several weeks back then for doctors to figure out what was wrong; after referrals to orthopedics, an MRI of my knee, and bloodwork, the final diagnosis was Lyme disease. I was given 3 weeks of Doxycycline and I was informed that this would cure my Lyme.