| Description: |
x, 470 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary: |
Describes Lyme disease and its frequent co-infections, including anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis, and the measures that can be taken to treat these diseases, including antibiotic and vitamin therapies. |
| Contents: |
Part I. Testing and treating Lyme disease -- Identifying Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses -- A comprehensive diagnosis: the Horowitz sixteen-point differential diagnostic map -- Lyme disease specifics and treatment options -- "Persisters" and pulsing for treating resistant Lyme disease -- Part II. Lyme and MSIDS -- Ticks can carry more than Lyme: associated bacterial infections -- Lyme and other co-infections: parasitic, viral, and fungal infections -- Lyme and immune dysfunction -- Lyme and inflammation -- Lyme and environmental toxins -- Lyme, functional medicine and nutritional therapies -- Lyme and mitochondrial dysfunction -- Lyme and hormones -- Lyme and the brain -- Lyme and sleep disorders -- Lyme and autonomic nervous system dysfunction/POTS -- Lyme and allergies -- Lyme and gastrointestinal health -- Lyme and liver dysfunction -- Lyme and pain -- Lyme and exercise -- Meditation and the MSIDS model -- Appendix A. Medications, dosages, and common side effects -- Appendix B. Glossary of pharmaceutical names -- Appendix C. Journal names and abbreviations. |
| Bibliog.: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-453) and index. |
| Subject: |
Lyme disease -- Treatment.
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Chronic diseases -- Treatment.
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Tick-borne diseases -- Treatment.
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781250070548 (paperback) |
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1250070546 (paperback) |
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