Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases often go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed. This is partially because Lyme mimics other illnesses such as the flu, manifesting as diverse symptoms including headaches, muscle aches, stomach ulcers, constipation, and joint pain, making diagnosing and treating Lyme very difficult. Left unchecked, Lyme symptoms can worsen, creating a long-running inflammatory response and autoimmune illness. Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which can proliferate to every area in your body. The good news is that with some work and effort, you can successfully treat Lyme disease.
In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to identifying and treating chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.
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Every disease is based on the Germ Theory, which was the theory of ONE man over 100 years ago. It was never proven to be 100% valid. In order for a theory to be valid, it must be reproduceable in each and every person 100% of the time. If you cannot “catch” cancer, arthritis or diabetes from another person, then you cannot “catch” a cold or flu. There is no such thing that only SOME diseases are communicable, but not all. It’s either all or none of them…they are all based on the same Germ Theory. What the media and government is doing to people is criminal. Western Medicine is based on fraud.
Live blood cell analysis helped me visually see the spirochetes when my white blood cells were so low I couldn’t make antibodies to be detected.
My mom has had chronic Lyme disease for 13 years now. there are some day’s that her whole body hurts that she can’t even get out of bed.i always wish I could do something for her.
Stem cell is only answer if you can find a physician in USA. Otherwise Mexico and other Countries will help.
*Biofilm* Medical Upcoding, Medical Gaslighting ‘it’s all in your head’, occult running healthcare?
Help me out – what does this mean?
Where was this video eleven years ago.
Very interesting! But a lot of the terminology was over my head.
Please tell me if psoriasis can be caused by tick borne diseases.
Loved your question. My psoriasis only occurs if I eat processed sugar. I put a good quality frankincense essential oil on it twice a day and it’s gone in less than a week, and I don’t indulge in sugar for as long as I can resist it.
@Fluffy Lee where do you get the oil? Try really hard to not eat sugar also no gluten, has helped some, but still itchy and sore. Seems now it is hot it has broken out more but if sun it it helps although some places are to private to expose sun to, lol.
I was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever last year. It has been a very difficult year. I was hospitalized 4 days with sepsis from this tick born illness.
“In functional medicine we do things differently.” Referring to not dismissing lyme. CLEVELAND CLINIC WHICH YOU RUN THE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO TREAT AND ACCEPT LYME AS A DIAGNOSIS. Sorry to say but you’re all talk. The medical system makes it impossible to get help. INCLUDING YOUR OWN FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT.
I agree with you. I have been to both. There is really no cure for anything and if you don’t have money you can’t see a functional medicine doc OR mainstream doc. None of them will help a sick person for free.
symptoms. I Need to get tested.
Thank you Mark for sharing, finally! Ist cousin to syphilis. After years of misdiagnosis I was finally told I had Chronic Lyme. Am suffering more as I age. Antibiotics did not work. ONLY temporary. Stem cell healing had worked for someone I know. After 17 years of suffering Lyme. Had to get help iin Mexico from physician there. In less than 1 year finally well. Age 60. When in USA will AMA finally admit it to be epidemic. I’m 78 and giving up. No where to turn on a social Security budget. So SAD for thousands of ailing seniors.
I would love to go to the Wellness Center however it is outrageously expensive and no insurance is accepted. How can you really help people when it’s too costly for most folks?
Thought that they would talk about mold
I was on antibiotics for three years!