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 Disease​International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society​Global Lyme Alliance statement on the CDC update​NC Lyme Disease Foundation statement on the CDC update​CDC's current opinion on Chronic Lyme Disease​Article published by Infectious Disease Clinics of North America June 2015 on Chronic Lyme Disease​Frequency of bull's eye rash, as reported by CDC​Article published by IDCNA June 2008​Article by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Lyme Disease November 2018​Lyme Disease in Psychiatry, an article published in Psychiatric Times, 2022.​IDSA's 2025 analysis of clinics offering treatments for Lyme Disease​Time Magazine article on Chronic Lyme Disease, May 2024​John Hopkins study on the effects of Lyme on the brain, 2022​Article about the effects of Lyme on the brain, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 1994​Another article by the same author in the same journal, 2021​An article about the relationship of Lyme Disease and Alzheimer's, published in Nature, 2020​Another article about Lyme Disease and Alzheimer's, published in 2022​A PLOS One Journal article about how Lyme Disease impacts the brain, 2020.​Maine taking part in new studies on Lyme Disease