Most people are taught to look for a tick bite and a bullseye rash… But what if there was no bite… and no rash?What if the infection didn’t start outside the body....but before birth?

 

Most people are taught to look for a tick bite and a bullseye rash…

But what if there was no bite… and no rash?

What if the infection didn’t start outside the body....but before birth?

Congenital transmission is real.Tickborne infections like Lyme and Bartonella can cross the placenta during pregnancy.....even when the mother has no symptoms and doesn’t know she’s infected.

That means some babies aren’t “catching” anything later… they are being born with it.

And this is where things get missed…

These infants often present with

:• Feeding issues

• Reflux

• Colic

• Developmental delays

• Low muscle tone

• Sleep disturbances

• Recurrent infections

• Neurological symptoms

But instead of connecting the dots....they’re often labeled as:

“just a fussy baby”

reflux

allergies

developmental delay of unknown origin

or told they’ll “grow out of it”

Here’s the problem with testing:

Standard Lyme testing (ELISA + basic Western Blot) was never designed to rule out complex, chronic, or congenital infection.

It only looks for a narrow immune response• It can miss cases where the immune system is suppressed or immature (like in infants)• It often doesn’t account for co-infections (Babesia, Bartonella, etc.)

The standard two-tier Lyme disease testing is ONLY screening for ONE species of Borrelia (lyme) and there are many that infect humans. Coinfections are not tested for at all.

And many clinically significant bands aren’t even reported

The Current Gold Standard Testing is missing over 50% of actual positive cases.

So a “negative” test does NOT rule this out.

This is why clinical evaluation matters.

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society-trained physicians are taught to

: Look at the full symptom picture

Recognize multi-system patterns

Understand the limitations of testing

Evaluate history..including pregnancy and maternal health

Revieve up to date Training through ILADS

Because Lyme and co-infections are often clinical diagnoses- not just lab results.

Most Drs are following outdated IDSA guidelines.. guidelines that havent been updated since the 70s. Guidelines that say lyme is a simple bacterial infection- easy to treat- rare- only in certain locations. They rely on blood testing that misses more positive tests then it detects.

Most MDs revieve only a few HOURS of education on tickborne infection.

No bite. No rash.Doesn’t mean no infection.

 

 

Some of these children were never exposed…They were born into the battle.