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Our education library is free and open to anyone — whether you were bitten yesterday, you've been searching for years, or you're caring for someone who has. Nothing here asks you to sign up.
- Full guides
- 12
- Stages, by where you are
- 3
- Chapters if you read it through
- 11
- No account, ever
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Ordered by where you are rather than by subject. If you found a tick this morning, start at the beginning; if you have been ill for years and are weighing options, the later stages are written for you. Every guide stands on its own and nothing has to be finished.
STAGE 01
Before & after a bite
STAGE 02
Understanding the illness
- Testing GuideHow the tests work, and why timing decides everything.
- Immune System & LymeHow Lyme evades your defenses.
- CoinfectionsWhy Lyme is rarely just Lyme — and why that matters when treatment stalls.
- Alpha-gal Food SafetyThe meat allergy — hidden sources & swaps.
- Case Counts & TrendsCDC’s own numbers — what they show, and what counting can’t see.
- The Lyme MapReported cases by state and year, with the counting rules on the map.
STAGE 03
Treatment & beyond
Elsewhere
Organisations worth knowing about. We are describing what each one is, not ranking them or recommending one over another.
- Professional societyILADSThe International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Publishes treatment guidelines and maintains a directory of member clinicians.Opens elsewhere ↗
- GovernmentCDC — Lyme diseaseUS federal surveillance data, case definitions and the standard testing recommendation. The source behind most published case counts.Opens elsewhere ↗
- Public–private partnershipLymeXAn HHS partnership funding innovation challenges in Lyme diagnostics and patient tools. Runs open competitions.Opens elsewhere ↗
- Federal platformCureIDAn FDA and NIH platform where clinicians record how existing drugs performed in real cases, including for tick-borne illness.Opens elsewhere ↗
- Non-profitBay Area Lyme FoundationFunds research and runs a free tick-testing programme for ticks removed in the United States.Opens elsewhere ↗
- Patient organisationLymeDisease.orgPatient advocacy and the MyLymeData registry, which collects patient-reported outcomes at scale.Opens elsewhere ↗
Everything in this library is educational information, not medical advice. It cannot diagnose you and it cannot replace a conversation with a clinician who knows your history. Where a page reaches the limits of what general information can do, it says so and points you to the next step.