Lyme Disease
& Co-Infections
Navigating Lyme disease and its co-infections is challenging when standard antibiotic protocols do not resolve symptoms.
We offer personalized comprehensive testing and treatment for these complex conditions to bring you real relief.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is an acute infection that can turn into a chronic illness that a bacteria called borrelia burgdorferi can cause. It spreads to humans through infected tick bites. Although many patients do not remember being bit by a tick, they have positive tests and clinical symptoms of Lyme disease and/or co-infections. Therefore, many question whether there are other ways of acquiring Lyme disease and co-infections.
Co-Infections Associated with Lyme Disease
Co-infections are additional illnesses that can happen alongside Lyme disease. These may result from other bacteria, viruses, or parasites transmitted by the same tick bite. Examples of co-infections include bartonella, babesia, tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF), anaplasma, ehrlichia, and rickettsia.
Having co-infections can make Lyme disease symptoms more severe and challenging to treat.
Testing for Lyme Disease & Co-Infections
We provide comprehensive testing to help diagnose Lyme disease and co-infections. Unfortunately, the conventional testing for Lyme disease through standard labs has a very low sensitivity. This means that if you have Lyme disease, you could have a 51% chance of being told you don’t have Lyme disease. We offer testing which increases the likelihood of a true positive result compared to conventional screening tests. This includes lab companies such as Igenex, Vibrant Wellness, and InfectoLabs.
Once your medical history review and testing are complete, we work with you to ensure your personalized treatment targets your specific symptoms and addresses the underlying causes of your condition.
Key Strategies for Treating Lyme Disease & Co-Infections
Overall, an individualized and comprehensive approach is crucial for effective treatment of difficult Lyme disease & co-infections. These concepts include:
Infection level reduction
Biofilm reduction
Immune system support
Detoxification support
Inflammation reduction
Pulsed treatment
Persister bacteria reduction
Mitochondrial support
Parasite reduction
Anti-inflammatory diet
Methylation balance
Nutrient deficiency treatment
Neurologic healing
Joint healing
Stem cell activation
Chronic viral level reduction (ex. EBV)
Candida reduction
Microbiome balancing
Neurotransmitter balancing
Hormone balancing
Natural Treatments for Lyme Disease & Co-Infections
We offer many effective treatments for Lyme disease and co-infections, including:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
HBOT acts as an anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, and promotes healing by driving oxygen and circulation deep into the tissue. This helps kill infections, regenerate damaged tissue, improve detoxification, and enhance the efficacy of other treatments. Our HBOT chambers can go up to 3 ATA pressures which is often key for difficult Lyme disease and co-infection cases. HBOT allows oral and IV therapeutics to penetrate deeper into the tissue, which can increase the treatment's overall efficacy. Furthermore, HBOT has been researched as a strong biofilm treatment for chronic infections.
Oral Therapies
We offer numerous innovative oral therapies including pharmaceutical, herbal, peptide, and nutraceutical options tailored to your history, lab results, and symptoms. This includes innovative integrative treatments such as methylene blue, DMSA, ivermectin, and LDN (low-dose naltrexone).
Oral therapies can target many of the anti-infective, biofilm, immune, and detoxification needs of Lyme disease and co-infection patients. We often recommend liposomal oral delivery which helps enhance absorption and biofilm penetrance.
Intravenous (IV) Anti-Infective Therapies
IV therapy delivers nutrients, fluids, and medications directly into your bloodstream for rapid absorption and treatment efficacy in difficult-to-reach areas Lyme disease and co-infection can hide such as the neurologic system. IV anti-infective therapies aim to penetrate the “biofilms” that often hide these chronic infections. Biofilms are protective layers where groups of bacteria can form, shielding them from conventional treatments and contributing to ongoing infections. The most effective IV treatments for helping heal from Lyme disease and co-infections include:
IV ozone MAH (major autohemotherapy)
IV vitamin C high dose
IV antibiotics
UVBI
IV laser therapy
Detoxification & Immune Support
Detoxification and immune support are often key to improving the tolerance and efficacy of anti-infective treatment. Our top in-office therapies to target your immune and detox needs include:
IV ozone MAH (major autohemotherapy)
IV nutrient booster
IV MSM
IV glutathione
IV Plaquex (phosphatidylcholine)
Neurologic Healing
Lyme disease and co-infections can damage the neurologic system. This is why some patients continue to have significant symptoms even after strong anti-infective treatment is completed. Our strongest neurologic healing therapies include:
IV extracellular vesicles (EV) derived from umbilical cord
CVAC therapy
Joint Healing
Even after Lyme disease and co-infections have been treated, lingering joint inflammation and damage can cause ongoing symptoms. Our top joint regenerative therapies include:
Umbilical cord tissue injection
Treatment Guidelines
The two organizations that give recommendations regarding Lyme disease and co-infection treatment are IDSA and ILADS. One of the distinctive differences between these organizations is that the IDSA does not advise anti-infective treatments for chronic Lyme disease however ILADS allows for individualized anti-infective treatment plans.
We follow ILADS approach and have found combining integrative medicine with anti-infective therapies to be the best treatment plan for most chronic Lyme disease and co-infection patients.
