A 501(c) nonprofit
Education, dignity, and a real path forward with Lyme.
Lyme Revive Foundation builds clear, evidence-literate resources for patients, families, and clinicians navigating Lyme disease and the tangle of chronic illness that can follow. We publish, we listen, and we connect people to community.
About the illness
Lyme is not
one story.
It is a tick-borne bacterial infection with a long shadow. For some, a single course of antibiotics resolves it. For others, a tangle of co-infections, inflammation, and misdiagnosis follows for years.
Read the overview- Figure
- 476,000
- Estimated new US Lyme cases annually (CDC)
- Figure
- 40+
- Distinct symptoms tracked across patient reports
- Figure
- 1 in 5
- Patients who report persistent symptoms post-treatment
The library
A reading room
for the careful.
- Chapter 01Available
The History of Lyme Disease
From Old Lyme, Connecticut to a global public health question — and the classified programs that may have shaped it.
Read chapter~20 min - Chapter 02In progress
Tick Biology and Transmission
How ticks find hosts, feed, and transmit Borrelia and its companions.
Read chapter~18 min - Chapter 03Coming soon
Co-Infections Explained
Babesia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, and why a single diagnosis often is not enough.
~22 min - Chapter 04In progress
Controversies in Diagnosis
The CDC and IDSA positions, the IGeneX lab debate, and what patients are asking.
Read chapter~25 min - Chapter 05Coming soon
Chronic vs Acute Lyme
What resolves, what lingers, and what the literature currently supports.
~20 min - Chapter 06Coming soon
What We Have Learned From Patients
Patterns pulled from patient reports that are now driving research questions.
~18 min
The work
Three jobs.
Done well.
Educate
Plain-language explainers on Lyme, co-infections, and the contested corners of diagnosis, sourced from peer-reviewed research.
Connect
Patient stories, community, and routes into trusted practitioner networks for people who feel lost in the system.
Research
A curated library that tracks the evolving science so patients and clinicians can meet on common ground.
The next step
Ready to go beyond education?
The Foundation exists to orient you. The Lyme Revive PMA is where patients find community, aligned practitioners, and the resources to act on what they have learned.
If you have read enough and you are ready to move forward, joining the PMA is the most valuable thing you can do.
Join the Lyme Revive PMA