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Chronic Lyme Disease
Demystifying Lyme Disease
Understanding, Diagnosing, & Treating This Mysterious Illness
The number of Lyme disease cases in the US is greater than breast cancer, yet its still widely misunderstood and misdiagnosed.
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Lyme Bingo: What a Negative Test Can't Tell You
The symptom pattern that should trigger the test, and how to read the result when it comes back.
A patient of mine spent 40 years sick before anyone ran a Western blot. Standard two-tier testing was built to count cases for state health departments, not to diagnose the person in the chair, and it shows: sensitivity as low as 22% at the first blood draw. Here is the one symptom pattern that should always prompt the test, why bands 31 and 34 aren’t even printed on most blots, and how to read a result that comes back negative.
Why a Year of IV Antibiotics Didn't Work: The Persister Problem in Chronic Lyme
What the leprosy literature taught Dr. Richard Horowitz about dosing, dormancy, and the forms of Borrelia that standard treatment leaves behind
She spent a year on IV antibiotics at a specialist clinic and came back no better. That happens often enough that it stopped looking like bad luck. Dr. Aaron Hartman and Dr. Richard Horowitz on the persister and biofilm forms of Lyme, the leprosy drug that reaches them, and the decade it took to get the dose right.
What If Some Alzheimer’s Begins as Lyme Disease?
A new case study challenges which direction the causal arrow points
A 67-year-old woman had been dealing with joint pain for fifteen years. It moved around (a detail…
Mystery Illnesses | Part 2
The Great Imitators
When Infection Doesn’t Look Like Infection
Some infections hide behind fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and gut issues. Learn how “great imitator” diseases can mimic other conditions and delay diagnosis.
Chronic Lyme | Part 2
Beyond Antibiotics
Why Treating Lyme Requires More Than Killing Bacteria
Why antibiotics alone often fail in chronic Lyme. Learn how biofilms, immune dysfunction, and treatment sequencing affect persistent symptoms.
Chronic Lyme
Why the Tick Bite Is Rarely the Whole Story
For many patients, Lyme disease is not resolved by antibiotics alone. Understanding immune load, toxins, and nervous system stress explains why.
Low-Dose Naltrexone
The Tiny Dose That Tricks Your Body Into Healing Itself
After 25 years treating chronic conditions, I’ve found one therapy that consistently delivers results where conventional medicine fails. This simple, affordable treatment has helped my patients overcome Long COVID, POTS, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune conditions by teaching their bodies how to heal naturally.
Made for Health | Part 0
Lyme... Covid... Mold... Oh My!
The Puzzle of Chronic Illness — Unraveling the Truth
Discover the complex web of factors behind chronic illnesses like Lyme disease, long COVID, and mold toxicity. Dr. Richard Horowitz, a leading expert on…
Superpower or Supersyndrome? | Part 2
Hypermobility & Chronic Health Issues
Connecting the Dots between Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Disease, & POTS
If a syndrome is a condition associated with a cluster of symptoms, a supersyndrome is a group of related conditions often seen together.
Inflammation
The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease
Inflammation is a normal response of our body’s immune system … but it can sometimes run amok, leading to all kinds of problems.
Chronic Health Issues
Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Disease
Addressing the Seismic Rise in Chronic Health Issues
Chronic health issues (autoimmune & autoinflammatory) are now the most common medical problems we deal with. How can you protect yourself?
Chronic Viral Infections – Which 10 are you harboring?
Today, we are going to discuss infections by looking at viruses, our body and our health….
The Mysterious History of Lyme Disease (And How Functional Medicine Approaches It)
A timeline of this tick-borne illness—and why modern medicine is failing those who suffer
Cutting Edge Treatments for Long Haulers: Ampligen
Social Media Resources Link to Social Media Post Published: October 19th, 2020 This news release drew my…