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Yep - this happened to a family member about 9 months ago.

Wasn't as straight forward as you might think to diagnose.

This seems to be the story with a lot of tick related illness. People come down with some random illness and they see doctor after doctor who runs a battery of tests that yield no results. Finally someone decides to run the test for Lyme Disease and lo and behold the results come back positive. Kris Kristofferson is a prime example. His doctors thought his memory loss was due to dementia, until a someone finally decided to test for Lyme Disease.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kris-kristofferson-misdiagnosed...

A childhood friend of my sister was always shorter and skinnier than her classmates, didn't really hit the same kind of growth spurt as they did. I think she also had some indicators of ADHD, and she did run out of energy rather quickly.

It turned out after quite some time that she had lyme disease, and once that was treated, she basically hit her growth spurt with back interest. It was honestly surprisingly how much of a change it made. She grew much taller, and now has a very active career as a musician and social activist, barely ever sitting still for very long.

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