Lyme disease is often overlooked by physicians when assessing patients complaining of symptoms, which are like many other illnesses. Lyme disease is caused by a tick bite and more specifically from a microbe called Borrelia burgdorferi. Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) has shown benefits in treating people suffering with Lyme disease.
Borrelia is transmitted during a tick bite and a “Reddish Bullseye Rash” will occur in 30% to 40% of the patients after 5 to 7 days and has been as long as 7 to 10 weeks after. Only 20% of patients will show flu-like symptoms and experience a feverish reaction lasting only for a couple of days. As many as 90% of patients are cured with or without antibiotics. What about the 10%? Only 30% to 40% of chronic Lyme patients ever remember a tick bite.
Stage III Chronic Lyme Disease Symptoms
- Power loss or reduction at work, home or sports (mental or physical)
- Fatigue, drowsiness, listlessness
- Tingling like ants running, numbness, burning skin sensation
- Neck pain and/or stiffness
- Shoulder pain
- Heachace, dizziness
- Migrating joint pain (all joints are possible)
- Feverish infection
- Mental strain, depression, schizophrenia, psychosis
- Back pain, sciatic pain syndrome
- Sleeplessness with partly sweating, urge to urinate mostly between 2 and 4 o’clock at night
- Sore throat, tendencies for general infections – HSV or EVB infections
- Burning eyes, overproduction of tears, blurred vision, double vision, lightheadedness
Many times, Lyme Disease can be miss diagnosed. Could the following conditions really be chronic Lyme disease?
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis
- ALS
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Parkinson’s
- Dementia
- Depression
- Autism
- Thyroid disorders
- Infertility
- Arrythmia, heart attacks, strokes
- Cancer
Dr. Axe has a good article on the symptoms of Lyme disease and causes to look out for.
Craig Wells, RPh
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