Lyme Disease Treated as a Metabolic Syndrome
Conventional medicine still has Lyme disease pegged as a bacteria problem. In reality, it is a disease rooted in inherited and acquired disturbances in many [...]
Conventional medicine still has Lyme disease pegged as a bacteria problem. In reality, it is a disease rooted in inherited and acquired disturbances in many [...]
A person may have diabetes, asthma, bowel disease, mitochondrial diseases, dysautonomia, autism, cancer, MS, ALS, and virtually every other named illness from alterations in their body's symbiotic (friendly) bacterial populations caused by a myriad of [...]
To age is normal. To experience accelerated aging to the point of premature illness and death is a travesty and is now preventable. Almost every [...]
The Secret to Proper Tick Removal Having written four books on the natural treatment of people who were diagnosed with Lyme disease, and treating over [...]
As a doctor, I was taught to never use the word, "cure." Cure is a four-letter dirty word in medicine. I have come to believe [...]
The question that dominates most Lyme Disease Forums is "Why don’t I feel better, even after doing everything I can think of to get well?" [...]
If you have Lyme disease, MS, ALS, Parkinson's, Autism, Alzheimer's, and other chronic conditions, you definitely have ammonia accumulating in your brain and body. As the discoverer that Lyme spirochetes cause the accumulation of ammonia it is very validating to me that other scientists and clinicians have confirmed the finding.
When a person's life and dreams are shattered due to chronic illness it almost always sets up a Chronic Traumatic Stress Disorder (CTSD). Much like our wounded warriors and others who have suffered through prolonged stressful events and have the predictable physical and emotional problems we know as PTSD.
Since the 1990's I have been one of the first doctors to take a stand against using severe Herxheimer reactions as guide and indication of "good" treatment. When a doctor uses a natural or pharmaceutical antibiotic to kill some Lyme spirochetes in a person, there is often a resultant Jarisch- Herxheimer reaction (Herx) -- a worsening of the patient’s symptoms in response to the increased release of bacterial die-off toxins.
I was at a Lyme conference with about 60 medical doctors. It was interesting to hear most, if not all of them, agree that prescription antibiotics are not a good long-term solution.