LYME DISEASE
Lyme Disease is the most common American tick-borne infectious disease, and often goes undiagnosed or becomes misdiagnosed. Each year, up to 300,000 new cases a year of Lyme Disease diagnoses have been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 10 times what researchers previously thought!
Lyme Disease, or borreliosis, is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which can rapidly multiple to every area in your body.
Lyme Disease Symptoms
Symptoms of acute Lyme Disease include:
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Rash
- Night and day sweats
- Chills
- Muscle pain
- Joint pain
- Neck pain
- Sleep issues
These symptoms are often mistaken for other conditions, such as ADHD in children, delaying Lyme Disease diagnosis.
Furthermore, “hallmark” symptoms, such as the Erythema multiforme RASH, are not present in all cases.
Left unchecked, Lyme Disease symptoms worsen, creating a host of health issues, such as ALTZHEIMER’S DISEASE, IMMUNE dysfunction and INFLAMMATION, NEUROPATHY (nerve damage), and more.
Testing and Treatment
If you suspect a tick bite, it is important to get tested early. Patients who are not treated at least two months post-bite and have the untreated disease for months, or even years, often develop CHRONIC Lyme Disease.
Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted treatment. Mainstream medicine treats Lyme Disease with a single round of antibiotics, which is not always so effective.
This is partly because the disease quickly alters its gene expression in response to doxycycline, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for Lyme Disease, creating an antibiotic-resistant phenotype. Doxycycline treatment of Borrelia-infected mice causes genetic changes that lead the immune system to stop searching for the Borrelia, allowing for its persistent infection.
It is important to note that a person with Lyme Disease may be co-infected with other organisms, and require different antibiotic therapy compared to Lyme Disease. Furthermore, the presence of heavy metals can interfere with treatment.
Overcoming Lyme Disease with Us OR Our Approach
At Advanced Integrated Health, we recognize that each case of Lyme is different because YOU are unique.
This is NOT a one size fits all approach.
Our approach utilizes a combination of strategies that address heavy metal toxicity, immune dysfunction, and gut issues.
In other words, the HIDDEN, ROOT CAUSES that most doctors miss.
We practice HERBAL TREATMENTS proven to help resolve symptoms.
A recent study published in the Frontiers of Medicine found that certain plant extracts had strong activity against Borrelia burgdorferi, outperforming two commonly utilized antibiotics, doxycycline and cefuroxime.
Our approach to addressing Lyme Disease is designed to not only help your body eradicate the infection, but to promote your energy, sleep, mood, and overall functioning.
Taking you from Nutritional Deficiency to Nutritional Sufficiency and from Cellular Toxicity to Cellular Purity is the natural, superior way to support your Lyme symptoms.
This is the HOPE of Functional Medicine and the PROMISE of The Roadmap To Health!