A new method is being used to identify more cases of the disease in the US

A new method for tracking Lyme disease may overestimate the number of cases seen in 2022. The new surveillance method is identifying more cases of Lyme disease in the US. Diseases spread by ticks and other insects are becoming more common in the U.S., but a spike in cases could be overestimated.

Lyme disease can become chronic, and patients turn to "underground" treatments found on social media. Like long COVID, patients are just as dismissed and desperate as they are dismissed. When Lyme disease turns chronic, patients seek treatment found in the dark, often in the middle of the day.