Lyme disease and fibromyalgia are closely related and their symptoms often overlap. Lyme is the world’s first vector-borne disease and mimics common conditions such as the aforementioned fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis), some autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, as well as psychiatric illnesses such as depression and anxiety. Since blood tests to arrive at a diagnosis of Lyme disease have so far proven to be unreliable, it is suspected that a high percentage of those diagnosed with fibromyalgia are cases of Lyme disease. Lyme and tick-borne infections are often one of the underlying causes of the problem.
In medicine, it is essential to get to the root cause of the symptoms. In addition to an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent that can cause fibromyalgia, we find that patients often have multifactorial causes of their illness.
Currently, ticks carry multiple bacterial, viral and parasitic infections that can be transmitted simultaneously. Among these is Borrelia Burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease. Patients infected with Lyme disease and associated co-infections are much more resistant to standard therapies. This is one of the infections that can cause chronic fatigue and musculoskeletal pain.
The early stages of Lyme disease can be very difficult to diagnose, even with a blood test. In addition to physical examination findings, most physicians rely on environmental factors, such as tick exposure and the patient’s medical history. It should not be forgotten that some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia overlap with those of Lyme disease, especially muscle pain and fatigue.
Lyme disease can affect the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in two ways: through neurotoxins and epigenetic changes. Imbalances in this axis can lead to chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, insomnia and widespread pain, which is related to fibromyalgia. There appears to be a strong link between Lyme disease and its co-infections and fibromyalgia.
Lyme disease involves a multitude of infections that can also include other complications such as heavy metal and chemical toxicity. If you really want to atomize Lyme disease and its co-infections, it is ideal to have a combination of advanced immunotherapy, aggressive natural antiviral, antifungals, IV antibiotics and biodetoxification. When all of these are provided by the properly trained integrative physician in a personalized treatment plan, these therapies will help bring the patient back to optimal health.
80% of fibromyalgia is Lyme disease.
Most often, 80% of fibromyalgia cases are actually Lyme disease, which is not fibromyalgia as such, but the manifestation of a mosquito or tick bite disease due to borrelia burgdorferi infection. A symptomatic treatment will not solve the problem.
At IAH Wellness we try to discern whether the patient is suffering from Lyme disease, which manifests itself with symptoms similar to what is now known as fibromyalgia and is characterized by very specific pain at the muscle level. The scientific community has localized the points where these pains occur, but has not found the cause of the pains.
The necessary treatment will be the one applied by IAH Wellness for Lyme disease, since apart from specific treatments for pain, it is necessary to look for the cause. When fibromyalgia is compounded by fatigue, we speak of chronic fatigue syndrome, and many of these cases also find their origin in Lyme disease. Our Lymy treatment will be indicated in these cases.
The biggest difficulty is that being an infection, everything that is acidification of the body and tissues, ie, everything that produce anti-inflammatory, will increase or maintain the infection, ie, fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome will not be cured until they are not treated with an anti-infectious and personalized treatment.
There is undoubtedly a relationship between Lyme disease and fibromyalgia. It is absolutely advisable to rule out the first disease if you have symptoms or even diagnosis of the second. At IAH Wellness we offer the possibility to have this information and to approach an effective treatment against Lyme disease.
