🕷️ Lyme Isn’t the Whole Story—It’s Just the Beginning

If you read our last post on the 2025 DMV tick surge, you know Lyme disease is on the rise. But here’s what most people—and even many doctors—miss: Lyme is rarely alone. Ticks are nature’s dirty syringes. They often carry multiple pathogens, meaning one bite can deliver a cocktail of infections that confuse the immune system, mimic other diseases, and delay recovery. These are called coinfections, and they’re the real reason so many patients stay sick—even after Lyme treatment.

🦠 The Usual Suspects: What Coinfections Look Like

• Babesiosis: A malaria-like parasite that attacks red blood cells. Symptoms include night sweats, fatigue, and shortness of breath.

• Anaplasmosis & Ehrlichiosis: Bacterial infections that cause high fever, chills, muscle aches, and sometimes confusion or rash.

• Bartonella: Known as “cat scratch disease,” but often tick-borne. Can cause neurological symptoms, anxiety, and vascular inflammation.

• Powassan Virus: A rare but fast-acting virus that can cause brain swelling and permanent damage—transmitted in minutes.

These infections often don’t cause a rash, and their symptoms mimic flu, autoimmune disease, or chronic fatigue. That’s why they’re missed—and why PHW takes a different approach.

🔍 Fight the Bite! PHW Specialty Clinic Can Help!

We specialize in tick-borne complexity. Our direct access Specialty Care model means we can go deeper, faster, and more precisely than conventional care.

🏥 How We Treat Coinfections

• Advanced diagnostics: PCR, antibody panels, and specialty labs that detect stealth pathogens

• Functional immune mapping: We assess how your body is responding—not just what’s present

• Targeted antimicrobial therapy: Customized to your infection profile and tolerance

• Detox & mitochondrial support: Because healing isn’t just killing bugs—it’s rebuilding resilience

• Long-term recovery plans: For neuroinflammation, gut repair, and immune recalibration

🚨️️ Been Bitten? Still Feeling Off? Let’s Talk.

If you’ve had a tick bite, unexplained symptoms, or lingering fatigue after Lyme treatment, coinfections could be the missing link. PHW offers same-day and next-day consults. No insurance delays. No dismissive answers. Just root-cause medicine that sees what others miss.

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