ADHD… or a hidden infection

 ADHD… or a hidden infection

What if the diagnosis isn’t the root cause… but a symptom?

Multiple species of tick-borne infections-- including #Borrelia (#Lyme), #Bartonella, #Babesia--can affect the brain and nervous system in ways that closely mimic ADHD:

Inattention & poor focus
Brain fog & memory issues
Impulsivity
Emotional dysregulation
#Hyperactivity or internal restlessness

These infections drive neuroinflammation, disrupt dopamine/serotonin, and impair blood flow in the brain---creating a clinical picture that often gets labeled as #ADHD.

But it goes deeper…
This isn’t just “tick-borne.”

These pathogens have been associated with transmission through:
Ticks
Misquitos
Fleas
Mites
Lice

And even more overlooked—mother-to-child transmission (#congenital spread)

A mother may carry one or more of these infections and not even know it… because they don’t look the same in every person.

●One person may have fatigue.
●Another anxiety.
●Another joint pain.
●Another no symptoms at all.

So a child may be born already carrying infections that later show up as neurological or behavioral symptoms--like ADHD.

The biggest gap
AWARENESS.

Most doctors are not trained to recognize theseinfections as neurological drivers.

Testing is also limited and unreliable:
• Standard Lyme testing misses over 50% of cases
▪︎ Multiple species of Borrelia but the CDC Two-tier Lyme disease testing only detects 1 species.
• Co-infections (like Bartonella & Babesia) are often not tested at all
• These infections can suppress the immune response, leading to false negatives.. often a clinical diagnosis by an ILADS trained Physician
• Multiple species of Co infections

So what happens?

Children are labeled.
Medicated.
Managed.

But the root cause may never be investigated.

Sometimes it’s not a disorder.
Sometimes it’s an infection
that was missed
misunderstood
or passed down.

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