By Jennifer Crystal People who haven’t had late-stage Lyme disease sometimes ask what the worst symptom I experienced was. Without hesitation, it was insomnia. The Lyme bacteria had burrowed so deeply into my nervous system …More
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Lyme and the Limbic System
By Jennifer Crystal The longer I’ve been in remission from Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and chronic active Epstein Barr virus, the more I’ve been able to do. Once bedridden, I now only need naps in …More
Podcast: Two Much Lyme
By Julia Allyn & Madison Pinckney Welcome to the Two Much Lyme podcast! Hosts Julia and Maddy both live with late-stage Lyme disease. Their conversations focus on the challenges of living with chronic illness through …More
Staying the Course When the End is in Sight
by Jennifer Crystal At long last, the solution we’ve all been hoping for to get out of the COVID-19 pandemic is here: vaccines have been approved. The end is in sight, but we’re not quite there …More
COVID-19 Long Haulers, We See You
by Kerry J Heckman There is a new chronic illness emerging throughout the world. People with this illness are being referred to as “COVID-19 long haulers.” The term is used to describe COVID-19 patients with …More
Meet the Researcher: Lise Nigrovic, M.D., M.P.H.
Meet the Researcher is a blog series to introduce GLA-funded Lyme disease researchers Lise Nigrovic, M.D., M.P.H. is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, …More
Dear Lyme Warrior…Help!
by Jennifer Crystal Every few months, Jennifer Crystal devotes a column to answering your questions. Do you have a question for Jennifer? If so, email her at [email protected] How do you differentiate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …More
2020: The Lyme Year in Review
by Jennifer Crystal By any definition, 2020 has been a difficult year. When I considered writing my annual “Year in Review” post, I at first thought, can’t we just forget 2020 altogether? But from the …More
An Innovative Approach To Understanding Pediatr...
by Mayla Hsu, Ph.D., Director of Research and Science, GLA In the late 1970s, children presenting with arthritic symptoms were among the first cases of what is now known to be Lyme disease. Almost 50 …More
