Most people need to wake-up to this one it is huge and it is everywhere. Recent findings show that 4:5 autistic children have Lyme disease. So to not recognize this and treat it, means you are only looking at 50% of the picture.
Transmission
Lyme disease is not just transmitted by ticks as is commonly believed it is transmitted by:
- Mosquitos and Fleas
- Blood Transfusions
- Sexual Intercourse
- Trans-Placental to Fetus
- Unpasteurized Milk
- Breast Feeding
- Food
Therefore it has to be understood that Lyme Disease is congenital and therefore if a child has it, it is more than likely that it was passed from Mother via the placenta.
There are seven major co-infections that need to be tested for:
- Borrelia (bacteria)
- Babesia (protozoa)
- Ehrlichia (rickettsia)
- Coxiella (rickettsia)
- Bartonella (bacteria)
- Mycoplasma (L-form)
- Viruses (esp. CMV,EBV)
Years can pass before symptoms appear in a patient that has been infected. All asymptomatic carriers of Borrelia are at risk of developing symptomatic Lyme borreliosis. Immune suppression by stress may cause activation.
The only reliable tests for Lyme Disease are the Elisa test, and the Western Blot test both these can be done from the Breakspear Hospital in Hertfordshire http://www.breakspearmedical.com. Blood tests are usually unreliable as the spirochetes live in the connective tissues and eat the antibodies in the blood, so blood tests usually come back negative. You can also get tested by somebody who practices Autonomic Response Testing. This testing is carried out via sympathetic resonance and is highly accurate. For more details on this do contact me.
Dr. Andrew Wright, medical researcher in the United Kingdom, believes that the majority of chronic conditions are Lyme related.
Katrina Tang, Director of Research at the Sierra Integrative Medicine Clinic, states that Lyme disease eludes diagnosis because of its ability to mimic many other diseases. According to an informal study by the American Lyme Disease Alliance, most patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are suffering from Lyme disease. In the study, 28 of the 31 CFS patients were found to be ill because of Lyme.
Paul Fink, past President of the American Psychiatric Association, has acknowledged that Lyme disease likely contributes to every psychiatric disorder, including:
- Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.)
- Antisocial activity
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Panic attacks
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Autism
- Asperger’s syndrome (a form of autism)
Treatment:
Within a couple of days of being bitten by a tick antibiotics are usually affective. However once this time has passed or you have picked it up by other means you will probably need a variety of approaches. In my clinic we use the Klinghardt approach which has been used successfully in over 900 cases. Have a look at www.klinghardtacademy.com There are many approaches which can be used and as with all things each case is different and needs to be addressed so.
So there you have it a very brief run through of some salient points which I think are important.
