{"id":50089,"date":"2024-05-28T23:51:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50089"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:51:21","slug":"lyme-disease-diagnosis-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50089","title":{"rendered":"Lyme Disease &#8211; Diagnosis and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-50090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lyme_Disease_Bullseye_Rash-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Lyme Disease Bullseye Rash\" width=\"714\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lyme_Disease_Bullseye_Rash-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lyme_Disease_Bullseye_Rash-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lyme_Disease_Bullseye_Rash-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lyme_Disease_Bullseye_Rash.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">The prevalence of Lyme disease was reported to be 70% higher in 2022 than the annual U.S. average from 2017 to 2019, primarily due to changes in case reporting standards in high-incidence jurisdictions. High-incidence areas now report Lyme disease cases based on laboratory evidence alone, potentially inflating statistics due to eliminated requirements for clinical data<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Early symptoms of Lyme disease include a distinctive &#8220;bulls eye&#8221; rash, fatigue, and fever, progressing to more severe neurological and arthritic symptoms in later stages<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Diagnosing and treating Lyme disease is a complex affair, made even more complicated due to the frequent existence of co-infections<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Holistic specialists may integrate antibiotic therapy with dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and natural remedies to manage and treat Lyme disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Effective prevention includes avoiding tick habitats, using protective clothing, and using safe insect repellents like oil of lemon eucalyptus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finish reading:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/28\/tick-borne-disease.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/28\/tick-borne-disease.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prevalence of Lyme disease was reported to be 70% higher in 2022 than the annual U.S. average from 2017 to 2019, primarily due to changes in case reporting standards in high-incidence jurisdictions. High-incidence areas now report Lyme disease cases based on laboratory evidence alone, potentially inflating statistics due to eliminated requirements for clinical data &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50089\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lyme Disease &#8211; Diagnosis and Treatment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50091,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089\/revisions\/50091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}