Environmental Medicine, Lyme Disease, Mold Exposure
Inflammation – Lyme Disease Dr. Susan Marra talks the importance of understanding inflammation and Lyme Disease.
Category: Environmental Medicine
Environmental Medicine, Infections
In September 2012, Dr. Stephen Fry, Director of Fry Laboratories in Scottsdale, Arizona, presented on Protomyxzoa rheumatica, the most recently identified vector-borne illness which is probably transmitted by a mosquito bite, as well as other biting insects. Dr. Fry noted that Protomyxzoa is an autoimmune vascular pathogenic protozoan that adheres to the endothelium of blood vessels and … Read More “Protomyxzoa Rheumatica” »
Environmental Medicine, Nutrition
Recent scientific research has unveiled the complexity of the human microbiome which is composed of trillions of nonpathogenic organisms that work in concert to perform various physiological functions in the human body. These microbes have coevolved with human beings over millions of years to live symbiotically and in probable functional groups, to survive in challenging … Read More “Microbiome” »
Environmental Medicine, Lyme Disease, Nutrition
Oxalate Intolerance can mimic Lyme Disease symptoms. Oxalates are molecules found in foods which can accumulate in the body. Vitamin B-6 deficiency, magnesium and thiamine deficiency can also increase oxalate synthesis. Additionally, there appears to be a genetic predisposition for sequestering oxalates as well. Symptoms of oxalate intolerance include: Joint inflammation Muscle stiffness Kidney stones … Read More “Oxalate Intolerance” »
Environmental Medicine
Recommended Reading for patients with tick-borne illness Townsend Letter, July, 2010. The issue is devoted to discussion of Lyme Disease. Recipes for Repair: A Lyme Disease Cookbook. Piazza, G, Piazza, L., Peconic Publishing, LLC, 2010. Insights into Lyme Disease Treatment. Strasheim, C., BioMedical Publishing, 2009. Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Disease Epidemic. Weintraub, P. 2008. … Read More “Tick-Borne Illness Reading” »
Conditions Caused by Tick-borne Illness, Environmental Medicine, Infections, Lyme Disease
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a spirochetal infection cause by Borrelia hermseii, Borrelia miyamotoi, and several other less well known bacterial species. Tick-borne relapsing fever is found in Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Asia, Canada, and the western United States. Rodents are the primary reservoir and ticks are the likely vector for this disease. Tick-borne Relapsing … Read More “Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever” »
Environmental Medicine, Lyme Disease
Recommendations for Infected Patients with Tick-Borne Disease DO NOT donate blood. You have been infected with a bacteria that can live in the blood, and therefore can be passed onto someone else. Carry a card in your wallet indicating that you have Lyme Disease (and co-infections if applicable) and the drugs that you are taking. … Read More “Recommendations for Infected Patients” »
Environmental Medicine, Infections, Lyme Disease
Spirochetes are unique bacteria that include Borrelia species. They are likely to be some of the first bacteria inhabiting the earth roughly 4 billion years ago. Spirochetes may have evolved from the sea and adapted to a terrestrial environment to capitalize on warm blooded mammals. There are probably more than 300 species and at least 101 of … Read More “Spirochetes” »
Conditions Caused by Tick-borne Illness, Environmental Medicine
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is characterized by extreme intolerance of environmental odors such as diesel fuel, tobacco smoke, chemicals, perfume, cleaning products, new carpeting, formaldehyde, chlorine, and a host of other odors that plague our modern world. MCS is frequently associated with “sick building syndrome” where the patient has been exposed to … Read More “Multiple Chemical Sensitivities” »
Environmental Medicine, Lyme Disease, Treatments
The Herxheimer reaction (HERX) was originally noted in 1895 by Dr. Jarisch who worked with Syphyllis (a spirochete) patients. In the 21st century, we observe Herxheimer reactions in tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme Disease, also caused by a spirochete. A Herxheimer reaction (Herx) typically occurs hours to days after antimicrobial administration and is thought to … Read More “Herxheimer Reaction (HERX)” »