Beyond the Bullseye Rash: Why Lyme Goes Undiagnosed in Children

Dr. Somer DelSignore is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner, CEO, and founder of Hudson Valley Integrative Health who spent 20 years moving from pediatric ICU medicine to becoming one of the few practitioners in the country specializing in complex chronic illness and vector-borne disease in children.When a child changes and nobody can explain why, where do parents even begin?Expect to learn...Why Lyme disease is so frequently missed, why only 20 to 30 percent of people ever get the telltale rash, and why the diagnosis is still dismissed by providers who should know betterHow Lyme is far more than a tick bite, with lice, fleas, mosquitoes, sandflies, and even congenital transmission all capable of passing Bartonella, Babesia, and Borrelia into the bodyThe distinct symptom profiles of Babesia, Bartonella, and Borrelia and why Bartonella in particular can look like a neurological takeover with gut issues, blood pressure swings, and that internal buzzing sensation patients are afraid to tell anyone aboutWhy mold and Lyme almost always show up together, and how an overwhelmed immune system creates the exact environment these infections need to take hold and spreadHow the Reset Protocol Dr. DelSignore developed approaches chronic illness through ten categories of immune dysfunction, and why jumping straight to killing pathogens before supporting drainage and detox can make everything worseFind Dr. DelSignore at hudsonvalleyintegrativehealth.com or on Instagram at @drsomerdelsignore