by Lawrence Wilson, MD
© Revised, July 208, The Center For Development
Lyme
disease is an opportunistic disease, from my perspective. This is to say that when the body is
weakened by nutritional deficiencies, toxic metal excesses or other imbalances,
which are many, then the Lyme disease progresses quickly to a debilitating
state.
In
contrast, when the body can be strengthened and balanced, which takes some work
in most people, then the illness will tend to recede and the symptoms
fade. This can allow a person to
live a normal life and lifespan, even if the disease is not totally eradicated.
However,
I also believe that if a nutritional balancing process is continued at full
pace, the illness can be totally removed from the body. Of course, one must avoid tick bites as
well, which in some areas is not easy.
Also, this total eradication would probably take some ten or so years,
since it is usually quite a chronic ailment.
The
Lyme spirochete appears to be quite heat sensitive. This is a fact we use to our advantage with the sauna
therapy. We have had excellent
results using the near infrared lamp sauna.
Others also report to us that any heat treatment can relieve the symptoms of Lyme disease. For example, one man told us he stops the spread of the tick bite by immediately putting the bitten area under very hot water in the shower or bathtub for upwards of one hour. If he does this, he claims, the tick bite does not result in the usual bullseye rash.
He also treated severe knee infestation with Lyme disease by placing his knees in extremely hot water or by aiming an electric hair dryer at the area, again for upwards of one hour. He claims this stopped the knee pain and it has not returned.
The infrared sauna is a safe, comfortable and effective way to heat the entire body several degrees. While is may not kill the parasite, it can disable it to some degree and perhaps kill susceptible organisms as well.
Nutritional
balancing can help tremendously if the patient is willing to follow a fairly strict
diet of natural foods in the right combinations and willing to take about five
or six nutritional supplements as well.
Also, one may have to make substantial lifestyle changes such as
sleeping adequately and drinking enough distilled or spring water.
It also
means following a detoxification regimen in most cases that consists of the use
of a near infrared lamp sauna, preferably, although a far infrared type of
sauna will also do in most cases.
The sauna heats the body and this helps disable and perhaps kill the
spirochete.
In
addition, we sometimes use other detoxification methods such as coffee enemas,
colon cleansing, foot baths and other methods to rid the body of toxic metals
and toxic chemicals that everyone has to some degree today.
We do not
use any intravenous chelation therapy.
It does not seem necessary or even wise in most cases. We also do not use many herbs. These will help some cases but are not
needed, usually, and can be toxic.
We also
do not use antibiotics, although they may help control the symptoms. However, they are all quite toxic and
must eventually be removed from the body, so there is no rationale in our
perspective for their use except perhaps as an emergency measure.
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