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I will be speaking on Day 6 of the summit, October 29th: How to overcome the Lyme Disease Epidemic!
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Thank you for the information relayed in the summit! Would you consider a person who tests positive/present on bands 41 and 23, but negative overall to be a Lyme patient? My MD does not, but I have been seeing a naturopath who indicated Lyme before I was ever tested and was treating with a blend of Chinese herbal tea (as well as treating co-infections and doing a detox regimen), but I feel like I’m missing something somewhere because after about 6 months of this, I’m just not coming out of the valley. So all of that to ask what a good next step would be. I don’t have an MD willing to even recognize I need treatment, but feel lacking somewhere even though the naturopath has been AMAZING.
(and to avoid being wordy, just a snapshot of my health is being diagnosed with Fibromyaligia for 15 years and having thyroid symptoms as well and the typical co-issues of IBS, adrenal fatigue, MTHFR issues and insomnia. Tried treating hypothryoid with NDT and went significantly to the hyper extreme and have high iodine even though I don’t take any iodine supplements). Thank you for any direction!
Hi Melissa,
Thank you for listening in on the summit 🙂 The 23 kd band is a Lyme specific band, so good evidence you’ve had exposure. Doctors seem to forget that Lyme disease is a clinical diagnosis (even according to the CDC) and NOT a lab diagnosis, so a negative test does not exclude the possibility of having Lyme. In fact, Maryland now requires labs to send a letter to patients who have had Lyme testing stating as such…that a negative test does not mean you don’t have Lyme disease. Most Lyme patients I for with have multiple immune issues, so we are often working on several things at once, including diet, allergies, other coinfections, sleep problems, mood problems, etc. If you’ve been doing 6 months of treatment and don’t feel much better, time to change things up. I would look into other herbal protocols that you might wasn’t to discuss with your naturopath. I use a lot of Dr. Zhang and Dr. Cowden protocols and find they work well for most people. Its very important to get your thyroid squared away too as this is a big part of your metabolism, which also affects your sleep, mood and appetite. My therapeutic order is thyroid, adrenals and then reproductive hormones in getting them balanced if your labs show they are out of range. The gut is the cornerstone of the immune system, so if you have ben dealing with IBS, then losing at the root cause will no doubt help. A stool test, food allergy testing and/or gluten intolerance testing may be ignorer if you have not already looked at the things. I know it seems complicated, but you have to work with your naturopath and go down the list and try and find out what triggers you most and then make the treatment adjustment appropriately. Best of luck on your health journey!