More and more often, patients are being misdiagnosed and continue to suffer from symptoms without improvement. One of the more commonly misdiagnosed illnesses is babesiosis. Symptoms of babesiosis overlap with other much more common illnesses, and due to difficulty in testing for the infection, can be left untreated for weeks, months, or even years.

Educate yourself about the risk for infection! Learn what symptoms to look for in order to better inform your doctor and receive proper treatment if infection is suspected. This article sheds light on the tickborne illness babesiosis and the need to be tested for it. If you are having strange symptoms for which your doctor has no explanation, please ask your doctor to test you for babesiosis.