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Just How Complex Lyme Disease Really Is

Pam Dodd — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:49:32 +0000

Guest post by Doug M, New York State. Lyme disease continues to amaze me with its astonishingly varied and complex combinations of symptoms. Perhaps it might be helpful if I described my own journey. I first complained to my doctor in 1988 about shoulder pain. “Bursitis” he said, and wrote it in my record as [...]

Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Lyme Disease

Pam Dodd — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:48:16 +0000

The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (or herx for short) is an inflammatory response to antibiotic treatment for certain diseases (although some non-antibiotic treatments can produce the reaction). It’s also referred to as a “healing crisis” or “die-off,” meaning a detoxification of dead or dying bacteria and other pathogenic organisms in the body. A Herxheimer reaction feels like [...]

Infusing for Lymies Download

Pamela Dodd — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:35:18 +0000

Here’s everything you need to know about PICC line IV infusions in a free 58-page ebook. Southern California sister Lymie Linda Slocum posted the book online as a gift to the Lyme Community. You’ll learn steps and tricks that will make using a PICC line much easier than having to learn how to do it [...]

The Eight Types of Human Herpes Virus

Pamela Dodd — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:05:47 +0000

Herpes viruses have been around for thousands of years and are the third most common kinds of viruses behind colds and the flu. The word herpes comes from the Greek for “creep,” so named for sores that seem to crawl over the skin. These microscopic infectious agents use the mechanisms of living cells to replicate [...]

Chronic Lyme Disease

Pamela Dodd — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:51:44 +0000

Lyme that isn’t treated long enough (or at all due to misdiagnosis) can turn chronic, often called Late Stage Lyme disease. The longer the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) bacteria stay around and reproduce, the more serious the complications, including immune system breakdown, additional infections, hormonal imbalance, and more. Under these circumstances, getting rid of the disease takes [...]

Getting Rid of Lyme Disease

Pamela Dodd — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:13:44 +0000

Early Stage Lyme Disease Treatment If Lyme Disease is diagnosed within the first few weeks after infection and treated with antibiotics for long enough, it can frequently be cured. Unfortunately, there’s no general agreement on what “long enough” means. Most doctors prescribe an antibiotic for two to three weeks, four weeks tops. Often this is [...]