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Lyme Disease can result from the bite of a deer
tick or a black-legged tick. The American Lyme Disease Foundation, located at http://www.aldf.com/templates/DeerTickEcology.cfm
has information on this disease, and further sites will be listed here soon. Prescription for Nutritional Healing, listed
on the Further Reading page, also has very useful information. The purpose of this page on Lyme Disease will be to offer some
essential information, and an alternative medicine regimen that those people who have contracted Lyme Disease may wish to
follow. It is based on the experience of the author of Healthglimpses, who was bitten by a deer tick while working in the
woods in northern Florida. While it is not desirable to have to experience every disease in order to be able to report on
it, the information on the course of therapy followed by the author may nevertheless prove to be helpful. Given the fact that
traditional prescription medication is not always successful in eliminating the bacteria that cause Lyme Disease, Borrelia
burgdorferi, and that the disease has resulted in deaths, there is therefore a lot in the balance when making decisions as
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First Symptoms of Tick Bite
Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Tick Paralysis, Tick-Borne Relapsing
Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Colorado Tick Fever, are some of the most common tick-borne diseases. In the picture
accompanying this text, the pattern of the tick bite does not follow the normal Lyme Disease pattern as seen on the American
Lyme Disease Foundation web site. This rash appeared after only four days, and persisted for one month. It was produced by
a deer tick, which was black. Curiously, there are also cases in which there is no rash, and no symptoms until the diseases
progresses further. Having said this however, it is also very likely the case that symptoms that do present themselves are
mistaken for other conditions. Headache, backache, muscle weakness, difficulty sleeping, stiff neck, and other symptoms of
Lyme Disease are not uncommon in the general population at any given time.
Further Symptoms
As indicated in Prescription for Nutritional Healing, "3 days to 3 weeks
after a tick bite, small raised bumps, and/or a rash appear on the skin, and may cover the entire torso." These may last a
few days or a few weeks, and then fade. This is the first phase of three, and it is important to arrest the disease in this
state if at all possible.
Symptoms from Disease or Drugs?
If one pursues a traditional approach to treating Lyme Disesase, Doxycycline
is the doctor's prescription medication of choice to combat this bacterial infection. The adverse effect manifestations of
this medication however, are about the same as the symptoms that manifest themselves in Lyme Disease in the first four weeks,
though as mentioned, not in all cases. The question then is, what caused the maculopapular (having macules [areas of redness],
and papules [raised hard bumps]) and/or erythematous (redness, not raised) rashes as seen in the photo? The disease or the
medication?
The Century Wellness Clinic
Though this page is not yet complete, at this point I want to insert some information which may
prove very helpful for anyone suffering from Lyme Disease. There is an interesting article in the May 2002 edition of
the Alternative Medicine magazine, written by Jane Hadley-Smith, M.D. According to the article, she contracted Lyme
Disease, suffered very debilitating symptoms, and felt she was close to death. She then heard of work of Dr. James Forsythe,
of the Century Wellness Clinic. She underwent treatment at the Clinic, and after 5 months, 95% of her symptoms disappeared.
For anyone who wishes to check further on this, the link is below. http://www.centurywellness.com/cw/index.html
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