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How did we come to be in the testing standard predicament we're in?

 As a practitioner, it is noteworthy to share the information and story behind how current testing standards have come to be and the inadequate and inaccurate situation we have found ourselves in when it comes to testing by accurate means for chronic Lyme Disease.

I believe that understanding the past is helpful in making informed choices for the future.

This is a topic of much controversy. 

Currently, the ELISA test and the Western Blot are the gold standards used to test for Lyme Disease. 

These tests measure antibodies in the bloodstream related to certain infectious conditions. 

Both tests are problematic because producing antibodies requires a capable immune system— and with blebbing occurring, disabling the immune system- 

this leads to many false negative test results. 

The testing history of Lyme holds much controversy surrounding changes made to this disease over the past 30 years.

 In 1990, lab tests were designed to capture positive results for nearly all cases of Lyme disease- from arthritic knees to those with more complex neurological cases. 

All that was required was a positive result for band 41kDa. 

In 1994, the CDC set up a conference to standardize the testing for Lyme. 

At the same time, several physicians from the CDC and Yale were developing a vaccine for Lyme. 

Those same physicians were also developing standards for testing Lyme to present at the conference.

The alleged intention was to change the testing parameters only to allow those with arthritic knees to test positive for Lyme—about 15% of cases. 

Despite the labs disagreeing with these parameters, the CDC approved changes to the testing, which is the current standard to date—and a very poor one at that.

 It was later learned that the parameters were changed deliberately to eliminate positive outcomes for 85% of people so the vaccine could prove to be effective!

In other words- if 85% of people who received the vaccine tested negative for Lyme, the trials would indicate the vaccine was highly effective. 

In another twist - the vaccine was comprised of recombinant blebbed proteins and proved to have given people the disease - with the FDA soon having to pull it off the market.

 When you research why the vaccine was pulled, it’s written that it “didn’t get enough interest.” 

Those are pretty slick moves by the CDC. 

Because of the inaccuracy of the test and the standards, many people cannot get a diagnosis or treatment through medical systems because they can’t get a positive Lyme diagnosis. 

I cannot begin to tell you the amount of medical gaslighting I have experienced in my 20+ years of experience with the anomaly of Lyme.

Today, a test is considered positive only if an IgM immunoblot shows 2 of 3 specific bands. 

It also requires that an IgG immunoblot be considered positive only if 5 of the 10 specific bands are present. 

Unfortunately, this standard makes it nearly impossible for anyone with chronic illness to test positive because they are unable to make the antibodies necessary to achieve a positive outcome. 

According to the CDC, a person can only have Lyme if they test positive for these bands and have only the arthritic knee as the issue. 

This eliminates the neurological cases and the people who are sickest from a positive result. 

    Lyme disease, often dubbed as 'the great imitator,' 

is a complex condition that can mimic various other illnesses, posing a significant challenge to diagnosis. 

This is further complicated by the ingenious survival tactics of the spirochetes, the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, which shed their outer surface proteins to evade the immune system's detection. 

These are truly smart bugs.

    The spirochetes' strategy of shedding proteins triggers the immune system to respond, but often, these proteins are fungal antigens that disable the immune system, making it difficult to produce antibodies. 

This allows the spirochetes to continue evading the immune system and survive in the host, leading to development of chronic illness.

This creates an environment where opportunistic viruses, bacteria, and fungal infections thrive and cause chronic illness and disabling disease. 

It's common to see infections such as EBV, CMV, Herpes, Mycoplasma, Candida, heavy metal toxicity, and other parasites co-habituating with a Borrelia infection.

Lyme disease is rarely a standalone condition. 

Ticks that carry the Borrelia infection, the primary cause of Lyme disease, often carry other microbes. 

These co-infections, including Mycoplasma, Bartonella, Babesia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia, can cause symptoms similar to Lyme disease, further complicating the diagnosis and treatment of this complex disease. 

They can also lead to chronic, long-term health issues with a wide range of symptoms.

The difficulty of these microbes lies in their adaptability and strong survival mechanisms. They can manipulate the immune system of the host for long-term survival.

The best solution in dealing with chronic Lyme Disease and co-infections in general is to view it as a pot boiling over. 

The solution to this? 

 Address the root cause-

by lowering the heat, i.e., reducing cellular inflammation and restoring immune imbalance.

This is achieved through proper foundational health and restorative therapies, such as stress reduction, proper nutrition, adequate rest, avoiding toxins, and supportive herbal therapies to target the microbes and support the body's systems.

With slow progressive changes and improvements to one's foundational health (i.e., anti-inflammatory diet, proper hydration, exercise, and toxin elimination)

combined with restorative therapies, and frequency or herbal therapies targeting microbes- 

one can regain their health from the terror that is Lyme disease- and I am walking proof. 

The idea is to strengthen your terrain (immune system/proper physiology) to better function against Lyme Disease and 

starve the "bugs" so they can no longer proliferate.

 Utilizing these methods, combined with time and dedication, 

I have been able to heal myself from an utterly debilitated state to one of functional health - 

and I genuinely believe that God and the Universe put me here for a reason- to help you do the same!

Begin your healing journey today!