Lyme Disease: Treatment is a Multidisciplinary Approach
As we head into Lyme Awareness month, let us highlight the multi-modal approach that it takes to treat the complex condition that is Lyme disease. Treatment for Lyme disease is not a “one size fits all” approach and looks different for every single patient. Several factors, including but not limited to, duration of illness, parts of the body involved, co-infections present, and underlying health status, play a significant role in clinical decision making to decide what treatment(s) are appropriate for any specific patient. Lyme disease can infect any tissue in the body, and therefore has the ability to affect several body systems at once. This often leads to a multitude of symptoms across body systems that seem to be unrelated, but are in fact, all connected. Since this can look different for every patient, having a practitioner in Integrative Medicine to take the time to listen to you and put all of the pieces together is essential to achieve proper evaluation and treatment.
Once evaluation is established, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of a well rounded treatment plan that includes not only medical therapy, but nutrition and mental health support. Nutrition that is needed for healing from Lyme disease most often will look different than what may have worked for you nutritionally when you did not have Lyme disease. Nutrition is also not a one-size-fits all approach and having a Lyme literate dietician to guide you through healing has been shown to have a positive impact on improving your overall treatment outcomes.
Likewise, mental health support from a certified professional is essential. Not only does chronic illness impact our mental health, Lyme and co-infections can cause neuro-inflammation that contributes to mental health symptoms that can occur in someone that may have never had a history of mental health conditions. Our mental health counselor, Danielle Stram, at the Stram Center has experience in helping patients who have Lyme and other chronic illnesses, given her the ability to help you in a unique way given the lack of practitioner education for Lyme disease in our current healthcare system. It has been shown that patient treatment outcomes improve significantly when regular mental health support is included in the treatment plan.
Our medical team at the Stram Center treats Lyme disease through a multidisciplinary collaborative approach. We are constantly adding to our treatment options and protocols to stay up to date. Some of our more recent additions have included Platelet Rich Plasma, Sublingual ImmunoTherapy, and expanded IV therapy offerings. Through bringing together natural and conventional treatment modalities, we are able to treat patients comprehensively, leading to positive treatment outcomes.
See our previous posts for ideas for tick bite prevention and what to do if you get a new tick bite. Stay safe out there this season!
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