Understanding Herxheimer Reactions During Lyme Treatment
Why do you feel worse a few days into Lyme treatment? What a Herxheimer reaction is, how to tell it from a real setback, and how we manage it during a stay.
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Why do you feel worse a few days into Lyme treatment? What a Herxheimer reaction is, how to tell it from a real setback, and how we manage it during a stay.
Why fly to Germany for Lyme disease when you have doctors at home? What is available here that is not, what a stay involves, and what to weigh before you book.
Could tiny clots explain your Long COVID? What fibrinoid microclots are, how they impair microcirculation, and how they can be measured and treated.
Why are your hands shaking after COVID? What is known about post-COVID tremor, how it is distinguished from other causes, and how we approach treatment.
Told nothing can be done for ME/CFS? What has changed: the mechanisms now being targeted, the treatments being tested, and what we use in the clinic.
What are “zombie cells,” and can you really clear them? How senescent cells drive inflammation and aging, what senolytic therapy does, and where the evidence stands.
Still short of breath long after the infection cleared? Why post-COVID lung inflammation lingers, how it is assessed, and which therapies target it.
Is longevity medicine anything more than expensive check-ups? What healthspan means, which markers of aging can be measured, and which interventions have evidence.
Why does the room still tilt months after COVID? What drives post-COVID vertigo and dizziness, which tests show it, and how we treat the causes rather than the sensation.
Is this symptom Long COVID too? A body-system list of Post-COVID and Long COVID symptoms, how common each is, and what they suggest about the mechanism behind them.
Does “spike protein detox” mean anything medically? What the evidence says about persistent spike protein, apheresis, nattokinase and autophagy, and what is hype.
Persistent headaches are among the most debilitating and common symptoms reported by long COVID patients. Unlike typical tension headaches or migraines, post-COVID headaches often resist conventional pain management and can persist for months or even years after the initial infection. At St.…
Anonymised, documented treatment courses. Individual courses are not a promise of outcome.
An anonymized clinical case demonstrating that even patients with decades-long chronic Lyme disease and concurrent COVID-related complications can respond to comprehensive multimodal treatment.
An anonymized clinical case demonstrating that pediatric Long COVID can respond to targeted treatment addressing the underlying pathophysiology, with full return to health, schooling, and competitive athletics.
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