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Start with knowing
Guides for before a bite, after it and during treatment. Free, with no account needed.
Free · open to everyone · no account needed
Start with knowing
Whether you were bitten yesterday, you’ve been searching for years, or you’re caring for someone who has. Ordered by where you are rather than by subject. Every guide stands on its own and nothing has to be finished.
- Full guides
- 13
- Stages, by where you are
- 3
- Chapters if you read it through
- 11
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If you found a tick this morning, start with what to do with a tick you just found. Ordered by where you are rather than by subject. 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.
Before & after a bite
- Tick PreventionProtect yourself, your family, and your yard.Pending clinical review
- Tick IdentificationKnow which tick you're dealing with.Pending clinical review
- Rash IdentificationRecognize the signs on your skin.Pending clinical review
- Understanding TicksThe biology behind the bite.Pending clinical review
Understanding the illness
- Testing GuideHow the tests work, and why timing decides everything.Pending clinical review
- Immune System & LymeHow Lyme evades your defenses.Pending clinical review
- CoinfectionsOther infections the same tick can carry, and what each test can and cannot settle.Pending clinical review
- Alpha-gal Food SafetyThe meat allergy — hidden sources & swaps.Pending clinical review
- Case Counts & TrendsCDC’s own numbers — what they show, and what counting can’t see.No clinical claims
- The Lyme MapReported cases by state and year, with the counting rules on the map.No clinical claims
Treatment & beyond
Elsewhere
Organisations worth knowing about. We describe what each one is; we do not rank them or recommend 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 partnershipLymeXA public–private partnership between HHS and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, running prize challenges for next-generation Lyme diagnostics.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 supports the Lyme Disease Biobank. Its free tick-testing programme ran from 2016 to 2019 and has ended.Opens elsewhere ↗
- Patient organisationLymeDisease.orgPatient advocacy and the MyLymeData registry, which collects patient-reported outcomes at scale.Opens elsewhere ↗