Focus – Opinions and Features

August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month. The disorder affects stomach muscles, making it difficult for the body to process food. There can be many causes for gastroparesis. It is often associated with Lyme disease and related infections. Guest blogger Savannah Marcum writes about... Read More »

By Gabriela Wijegunawardena Over the past seven years I’ve seen: five primary care doctors, two neurologists, five OB-GYNs, one gastroenterologist, two urologists, one allergist, five dermatologists, five ER doctors, three functional medicine doctors, one ophthalmologist,... Read More »

Alexandra Moresco delivered the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. I’m Ali Moresco, a 27 year old tick-borne illness patient and advocate, having created readily available tick-borne disease resources and raising $400,000 over the... Read More »

Beth Carrison delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Over the past several months, increased attention is being paid to minority health disparities. As written in the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s 2018 Report to Congress, cases... Read More »

Wendy Adams gave the following statement via telephone, during the July 8 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m Wendy Adams of Bay Area Lyme Foundation, and I was a member of the inaugural Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, and most recently a member of the... Read More »

Dr. Elizabeth Maloney delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Good morning. I am speaking with the support of ILADS’ board of directors. I co-authored ILADS 2014 guidelines. If you haven’t read our guidelines, please do. I’m here to... Read More »

By Rachel Leland As someone who has done more than my share of “sheltering in place” over the years, I’ve long been a fan of ordering things from Amazon. I buy everything from groceries to clothing to flashlight batteries. Heck, I even bought the dress I got married in from... Read More »

by Jennifer Shea In 2016, I had a flu-like illness with a sudden onset of neck and back pain. I suspected Lyme disease, so my physician ordered the two-tiered test. It was negative. Thus began a two-year quest to find the cause of my unrelenting neck pain and a growing list of... Read More »

By Meghan Ward As a young, adventurous girl, I loved exploring the outdoors and its beauty.  I grew up on Long Island, where the threat of ticks is high and playing in the woods did not reduce my chances of being infected. Around the age of seven, I was bitten by a tick and... Read More »