19. Lyme Disease Wars
The Family Herbalism Podcast - A podcast by Naomi Kilbreth - Mondays

Lyme Disease Wars is a term used to acknowledge that theapproach to handling this very serious condition is highly disputed. It’s afrustrating subject for me, and I want to share with you some of the realfacts. Today, I’m not talking about pathophysiology. I’m focusing on treatmentand therapy options, and I refer to numerous studies, articles, and other research that you can use the following links to discover for yourself.If you have suffered from Lyme Disease and need more options for recovery, please visit www.laureltreewellnessllc.com to get started.Listed in this episode are the following references:Medical Gaslighting and Lyme DiseaseInternational Lyme and Associated Diseases SocietyGlobal Lyme Alliance statement on the CDC updateNC Lyme Disease Foundation statement on the CDC updateCDC's current opinion on Chronic Lyme DiseaseArticle published by Infectious Disease Clinics of North America June 2015 on Chronic Lyme DiseaseFrequency of bull's eye rash, as reported by CDCArticle published by IDCNA June 2008Article by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Lyme Disease November 2018Lyme Disease in Psychiatry, an article published in Psychiatric Times, 2022.IDSA's 2025 analysis of clinics offering treatments for Lyme DiseaseTime Magazine article on Chronic Lyme Disease, May 2024John Hopkins study on the effects of Lyme on the brain, 2022Article about the effects of Lyme on the brain, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 1994Another article by the same author in the same journal, 2021An article about the relationship of Lyme Disease and Alzheimer's, published in Nature, 2020Another article about Lyme Disease and Alzheimer's, published in 2022A PLOS One Journal article about how Lyme Disease impacts the brain, 2020.Maine taking part in new studies on Lyme Disease