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Herxing and Lyme Disease: What is Herxing?
What is a herxheimer reaction? Dr. Richard Horowitz, a renowned Lyme Literate Physician describes herxing in his book “How Can I Get Better?” as a temporary worsening of the symptoms of...
Alpha-gal Syndrome Symptoms & Treatment
Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), also known as mammalian meat allergy, is an IgE antibody response to the disaccharide galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-Gal). This sugar, commonly known as alpha-gal,...
The Face Of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease (LD) is a multisystem condition caused by certain species of spirochetes from the Borrelia burgdorferi complex. The bacteria can spread to multiple organs throughout the body causing a...
Lyme Disease In Kids | The Truth
One of the more tricky aspects of Lyme disease in kids is that it is an illness of opportunity. Once infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) bacteria, your child may display a range of...
Are There Ticks In Hawaii? Ticks and Lyme Disease In Hawaii
Are there ticks in Hawaii? Well yes, but maybe not the ones you’re thinking of. According to the state of Hawaii deer ticks have not been located on the islands but they do have ticks! Ticks in...
Meet A CNS – An Interview With Michelle McKeon, MS, CNS, LDN
Interview with Integrative and Functional Nutrition Supervision on what graduates are up to have receiving their CNS.
The Next Generation of Lyme Disease – A Focus on Gestational Transmission
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease, the most prevalent tick-borne disease, and one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States.1 There are many different...
Corona Infection – A Shift in The Way We Think of Modern Medicine
As a global community we are facing a major crisis over the pandemic of “superbugs” resistant to many treatments. People are dying by the tens of thousands from pathogenic diseases, and while...
Evaluating the Success of Hyperthermia Treatment in Chronic Lyme Disease
Lyme Stories, Symptoms, Treatment By Bay Area Lyme Guest Post from Michelle McKeon, MS, President, Lyme and Cancer Services Bay Area Lyme is happy to share the editorial contributions of care...
Answering questions about hyperthermia treatment for Lyme disease
Authored by Michelle McKeon If you have never experienced the traumatizing effects of Lyme, take my word, it is a complete nightmare. I spent years in pain, battling confusing symptoms and feeling...
Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle McKeon | Original article from the Townsend Letter Hyperthermia treatment…not really a treatment that is often talked about in the United States, is it? Similar to Lyme disease,...
The Explosion of Ticks This Year and How to Protect Yourself!
Authored by Michelle McKeon Why 2019 is the Worst Year Ever in Tick Numbers Tick, Tick, Tick Boom! This season it is as if a “ticking” time bomb has exploded across the country! Ticks are found in...
What is Plasmapheresis?
Plasmapheresis is a process where the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Usually, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or the...
Avril Lavigne Releases Her First Single in Five Years After Her Long Battle With Lyme Disease
After a difficult and at times, life threatening battle with Lyme disease, Avril Lavigne is making a return to the music scene with the release her new single – Head Above Water – which she wrote...
Infrared Saunas and Lyme Disease
Authored by Michelle McKeon Working with Lyme and Cancer Services, we are huge advocates of two things: hyperthermia treatment through the use of infrared heat, and detoxification to aid in the...
Lyme Disease Memory Loss Treatment
Lyme Disease, caused by the bite of a bacteria-infected tick with Borrelia burgdorferi, mayonii, afzelii or garinii (depending on the region of the world), not only attacks the patient’s organs and...
Cutting-edge Lyme Disease Clinic in Mexico Gives Hope to Sufferers
With Lyme disease now one of the fastest growing infectious diseases worldwide, a state-of-the-art lyme disease clinic called Sanoviv Medical Institute, located one hour’s drive from San Diego...
Those of us who are sick are the ‘canaries in the coal mine’
Authored by: Pamela Connellan Recently Dr Neil Nathan, a specialist in chronic illness, spoke at a conference for Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tick-borne Disease. He said: “We live in...
Mold, Micotoxins, and Lyme
Authored by Michelle McKeon Recovering from Lyme disease has been a huge part of my life for almost a decade now. When I first began this journey I had no idea how many pieces to this puzzle I would...
Dental Amalgam
Authored by Michelle McKeon In 2010, when I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease, I remember sitting in my Lyme Literate Medical Doctor’s (LLMD) office. He asked to look inside my mouth. As I...
Detoxification of Heavy Metals with Chelation
Authored by Brendan Fillar Chelation is the standard treatment for removing heavy metals from the body. A few of the heavy metals that are quite common in people include mercury, lead, nickel and...
Interview on Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle Mckeon Hyperthermia treatment has been around for centuries as a safe and successful treatment option for various illnesses. However, recently it has become a therapy that is...
What is Lyme disease and what causes Lyme disease?
Authored by Michelle Mckeon What is Lyme disease Lyme disease is caused by a spiral-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called Borrelia Burgdorferi. There are 5 subspecies of Borrelia Burgdorferi, more...
Stages of Lyme Disease
Authored by Michelle Mckeon Lyme disease occurs in three stages. The stages of lyme disease are known as Early Localized, Early Disseminated, and Late Disseminated. The severity of the...
Whole-body Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle Mckeon A little over two years ago, I remember looking at myself in the mirror and trying to figure out who the person was that was staring back at me. Growing up I...
Chronic Lyme Patient Undergoes ‘Treatment of Last Resort’
Michelle McKeon, of Ridgewood, went to Germany to seek treatment for the illness, which remains a disputed condition in the medical community By Laura Bertocci, Neighbor Feb 28, 2012 9:09 pm ET |...