What Is A Chronic Lyme Disease Doctor?

A Lyme Disease Doctor, also known as a Lyme Literate Doctor, is a specialist who understands Lyme disease well enough to not only comprehend the vast ranges of symptoms, stages, and co-infections that may indicate a Lyme disease infection, but also to address them effectively. Unfortunately, not all doctors are open to treating Lyme disease, and even if they are, it is an incredibly difficult disease to diagnose.

Known as the Great Imitator, Lyme disease has the unfortunate ability to be able to mimic hundreds of other illnesses, which is why it sometimes takes years for patients to receive both proper diagnosis and treatment.

How Is A Chronic Lyme Disease Doctor Different?

Believe it or not, doctors who treat chronic Lyme disease effectively are actually few and far between. In fact, many medical professionals do not believe that chronic Lyme disease, also known as post-treatment-Lyme disease, exists at all. Others do little to address the entirety of the wide-ranging symptoms their patients face, which is why most patients suffering from chronic Lyme disease see at least four or more physicians before reaching a diagnosis.

Chronic Lyme Disease Statistics

• 72% of Lyme patients see four or more physicians before receiving a diagnosis.
• 36% of Lyme patients are unable to receive a diagnosis before at least six years of illness. 84% of Lyme patients are not diagnosed within the first four months of illness.
• 75% of Lyme patients experience severe or very severe symptoms.
• 63% describe two or more of their symptoms as severe or very severe.

*Statistics pulled from MyLymeData’s 2019 Chart Book by LymeDisease.org

The best Lyme disease doctors are not okay with the way that these statistics read and are therefore constantly looking for ways to innovate new treatments and technologies. They don’t take “no” for an answer and actively listen and thoughtfully when their patients describe their symptoms. If you are looking for a Lyme disease doctor, we recommend asking your physicians the following questions:

• Do you have experience treating tick-borne illnesses?
• How do you diagnose Lyme disease? Which specific lab tests do you use to confirm diagnosis?
• Do you test for co-infections?
• Do you prescribe antibiotics or herbal remedies?
• Do you have any Lyme-specific success stories you can share with me?
• Do you strictly adhere to CDC testing criteria or are you open to alternate methodology?

Where Can I Find Chronic Lyme Disease Doctors Near Me?

As stated above, doctors who treat chronic Lyme disease effectively are not at all easy to find. In fact, over 50% of patients suffering from chronic Lyme disease travel between 50 and over 500 miles to receive their treatment.

At the Biologix Center For Optimum Health in Franklin, Tennessee, our Lyme disease doctors have treated patients from all over the world, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Kansas, Seattle, Tampa, Georgia, California, Missouri, Michigan, Utah, Virginia, Ohio, Australia, UK, France, Switzerland,

If you are able, we recommend that you visit our world-renowned, state-of-the-art chronic illness center, which is located just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Our Nashville treatment facility is unlike any other because our doctors stop at nothing to help our chronic Lyme patients regain control over their lives and their bodies. We recognize that canned protocols—particularly those that involve harmful pharmaceuticals designed “make you feel worse before you feel better”—are completely ineffective when it comes to solving Lyme disease cases…or any chronic illness cases for that matter. Instead, we focus on providing a highly individualized and comprehensive approach that gets to the root causes of a person’s Lyme disease symptoms.

To learn more about our treatment of Lyme disease at the Biologix Center, please visit our blog.