Chronic Infections & Lyme disease

Lyme Disease is a devastating condition that can significantly affect a person's health, and if contracted during childhood, the development of the child, with potentially very debilitating consequences.

Lyme Disease is insidious. It is transmitted by one or several different bacterial agent(s), often of the genus Borrelia and other tick-borne bacterial and viral agents. These infective vectors are transmitted to the individual by an insect bite, most commonly but not unlikely, a tick bite. It can also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn child in utero.  Lyme Disease progresses gradually. The infection initially leads to flu-like symptoms and sometimes, but not always, a rash called erythema migrans, often called bull-eye rash. If untreated, the disease progresses to a multi-system chronic condition. In chronic Lyme Disease, potentially any tissue or organ is affected, causing a wide range of symptoms that fluctuate daily.