Lyme Disease, tick-borne illnesses and mystery symptoms

Lyme Disease rates have doubled in the last 30 years in the USA and rates are rising across the world in affected areas. In this episode I look at Lyme, other tick-borne illnesses and the mystery symptoms they can give rise to, as well as strategies to treat and prevent them.

Lyme disease factsheet:

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/borreliosis/facts/factsheet

The Bullseye rash: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/rashes.html

The life cycle of a spirochaete: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro2714

B.Burgdorferi - the major cause of Lyme disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532894/

B.mayonii - another strain causing Lyme disease: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/mayonii/index.html

Dr Horowitz Lyme questionnaire: https://caudwelllyme.com/do-you-have-lyme-disease-the-horowitz-questionnaire

Differentiating arthritis from Lyme Diseases: https://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/ra-or-lyme

Dr Horowitz interview:

 https://lymeconnection.org/support_and_resources/meet_the_lyme_disease_experts.html/title/dr-richard-horowitz-latest-treatments-in-lyme-disease

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