Chronic Illness, Misdiagnosis & the Truth About Tick-Borne Disease with Dr. Susan Marra

Most physicians were taught only a paragraph about Lyme disease — and almost nothing about chronic tick-borne illness.
Dr. Susan Marra has spent 27 years proving that the real story is far bigger.

In this episode of Doctors Making a Difference, she breaks down why so many patients with strange, multisystem symptoms are actually living with chronic Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia, and other co-infections… and why standard testing misses almost all of it.

Dr. Marra has treated more than 9,000 patients, trained under leaders like Dr. Richard Horowitz and Dr. Charles Ray Jones, and survived Lyme herself — including losing vision in her right eye for six months.

This is the medical education doctors should have received.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — Welcome to Doctors Making a Difference
01:01 — Meet Dr. Susan Marra: Psychology background & early career
02:55 — Discovering a Wave of Strange Symptoms
04:02 — The First Clues: Migratory Pain, Brain Fog, GI Issues
05:45 — Connecting with Early Lyme Experts
07:02 — Dr. Marra Gets Lyme Herself
08:14 — Losing Vision and the Road to Recovery
10:01 — Why Standard Lyme Tests Fail
11:40 — Understanding Co-Infections: Babesia, Bartonella & More
13:21 — Modern Diagnostics: PCR, FISH & Specialty Labs
15:00 — Why Insurance Often Won’t Cover Testing
16:42 — The Cost Barrier in Tick-Borne Illness
18:03 — Why “Just Lyme” Rarely Exists Anymore
19:25 — Navigating Controversy in Tick-Borne Medicine
21:14 — How Patients Find Her Expertise
23:03 — Advances in Treatment Over 27 Years
24:55 — Methylene Blue, Dapsone & Emerging Therapies
26:30 — Botanical Medicine vs. Antibiotics
28:18 — How Tick-Borne Illness Alters Genetics & Immunity
30:02 — Research: Hygromycin A, Dapsone Trials & More
32:01 — The Biggest Concerns: Transfusion & Congenital Transmission
34:12 — What Physicians Must Recognize in Their Patients
36:20 — How to Assess Risk & Choose the Right Tests
38:00 — Dr. Marra’s Website & Resources for Physicians
39:20 — Closing Thoughts from Dr. Crane

LINKS

🌐 Dr. Susan Marra’s Website: https://drsusanmarra.com

🌐 Doctors Making a Difference: https://doctorsmakingadifference.com

Lyme disease, chronic Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia, tick-borne illness, co-infections, specialty lab testing, IGeneX, FISH testing, PCR diagnostics, chronic infection, neurologic Lyme, naturopathic medicine, persistent symptoms