When It’s Not Just Lyme

Commentary: I wrote an article in Bottom Line Health on the role of tick borne co-infections and persistent illness in Lyme disease. I have found that co-infections are one of the primary reasons that patients fail classical treatments. This article discusses some of the most common tick-borne infections, such as Babesia, Ehrlichia/Anaplasma and Bartonella, but due to a limited word count, I was not able to discuss in detail the role of newer borrelia species like Borrelia miyamotoi, tick-borne viruses like the Heartland virus and Powassan virus, and other bacterial infections like rickettsial infections (RMSF, Q-fever), Tularemia, etc. I discuss in detail tick-borne co-infections in chapters 4 and 5 of my book, “Why Can’t I Get Better”.

When It’s Not Just Lyme, Bottom Line Health