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The Lyme Center of New England was created to diagnose and treat patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.  We manage and treat chronic lyme disease, newly diagnosed lyme patients, patients with a known diagnosis  who continue to have symptoms, and  patients who have been diagnosed with conditions such as lupus, ALS, MS, or fibromyalgia displaying atypical symptoms.

We offer a caring, supportive environment with professionals who have significant experience providing care to patients with Lyme and other related diseases.  The practice is open to all ages from pediatric to geriatric.

• Lyme disease is a clinical diagnosis based on a patient’s symptoms, history, and examination


• Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi.


• The bacteria can persist long after treatment.


• The bacteria are able to hide in the central nervous system, eyes, and other difficult to infiltrate sites.


• It is possible to contact more than one tick borne illness from the same tick.


• The longer a tick is attached, the greater likelihood of transmission of disease.


• Lyme symptoms can develop days, weeks, or months after a tick bite.


• An erythema migrans(EM) rash in an endemic area is diagnostic of Lyme disease.


• CDC criteria are for surveillance purposes, not to diagnose Lyme disease.


• Lyme patients often get worse before getting better while on treatment.(Jarisch-Hexheimer reaction)


• Lyme disease can cause death occasionally and the bacteria can cross the placenta into the fetus.

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