After Infection

This section covers what happens after infection and treatment, including persistent symptoms some people experience and the scientific explanations researchers have proposed to understand them.

In this section

  • Living with Lyme and PTLDS — This section explores post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) and examines competing scientific explanations for why some people experience persistent symptoms after Lyme disease treatment. Learn about the different hypotheses researchers have proposed and where expert organizations and federal reports differ in their interpretation of the evidence.

  • Living with Alpha-Gal Syndrome

  • The Disease Landscape — clinical disease entity descriptions (what Lyme is, what AGS is, transmission, epidemiology); this article covers living with those diseases, not what they are

  • The Human Cost — the emotional advocacy entry point and the case for why the frustration is legitimate; this article covers practical navigation, not the emotional argument

  • The Systemic Picture — the analytical account of why the medical system fails tick-borne disease patients — funding gaps, research neglect, diagnostic test limitations, CDC case definition constraints; this article covers the patient experience of navigating those failures, not the systemic analysis

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