Hidden in the Hours: Why Rare and Autoimmune Conditions Keep Slipping Past After-Hours Telehealth Screens
Conditions like lupus, fibromyalgia, and late-stage Lyme disease do not behave the same way at midnight as they do at noon — yet most telehealth screening protocols were designed around daytime presentations. Understanding how circadian biology masks rare disease symptoms could be the difference between a timely diagnosis and years of suffering.