Kris Kristofferson’s Lyme Disease Misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s (2016)

Kristoffferson struggled with memory problems in recent years and was told he had Alzheimer’s disease, but it appears he was misdiagnosed and all along has actually been suffering from the tick-borne illness Lyme disease. Kristofferson and his wife Lisa told Rolling Stone that for years, doctors had been telling him that his increasingly debilitating memory loss was due to either Alzheimer’s or to dementia brought on by blows to the head from boxing and playing football and rugby in his teens and early twenties. Earlier this year, though, a doctor decided to test Kristofferson for Lyme disease, which can cause neurological problems, including memory issues and what some describe as “brain fog,” as well as a broad range of other symptoms.

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