HOW IS CHRONIC LYME DISEASE TREATED WITH ACUPUNCTURE?

CHRONIC LYME DISEASE 

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is acquired by an infected tick bite that carries the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. In most cases, Lyme disease can be cured within 2-4 weeks with oral antibiotic treatments if diagnosed in the early stage. However, chronic Lyme disease is when an individual still experiences a persistent ongoing symptom for more than six months after completing their antibiotic therapy treatment. Chronic Lyme disease also affects the cognitive function and produce musculoskeletal pain that lasts for months or even years. 

CHRONIC LYME DISEASE SYMPTOMS 

Chronic Lyme disease has similar symptoms as the early stage of Lyme disease but with a lingering effect. They often experience severe fatigue, headaches, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, restless sleep, neck stiffness, numbness, or tingle in the hands or feet, joints or muscle aches, and pain or inflammation in the knee and other large joints. Chronic Lyme disease affects the cognitive function by decreasing their short-term memories and difficulty with speech and concentration.

Risk Factors are:

Tick bite that carries the infected disease 

Not treating tick bite immediately 

TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LYME DISEASE 

There is no cure for chronic Lyme disease. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), studies have shown no beneficial effect in treating chronic Lyme disease symptoms with prolonged antibiotic therapy. It has proven that long-term antibiotics for chronic Lyme disease are dangerous. It can cause severe impairment in the individual overall physical health and quality of life. 

ACUPUNCTURE TO BENEFIT CHRONIC LYME DISEASE 

Acupuncture and herbal medicine induce homeostatic response on the cellular level by influencing the body’s internal organs to correct imbalances in their digestion, absorption, and energy production activities. They stimulate the nervous system to release chemicals in the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These chemicals will change the experience of pain, or they will trigger the release of other chemicals and hormones which influence the body’s own internal regulating system. Acupuncture helps chronic Lyme disease by reversing autonomic dysfunction, reduces inflammation, relieves muscular pain, and improves their quality of life. Acupuncture is safe and painless. There are no drugs or hazardous equipment used, and no surgical operation performed. 

CASE STUDIES: 

Testimonials on Agape Natural Health have shown a patient with Lyme disease have substantially improved with acupuncture. By receiving acupuncture regularly, it has proven to cause their chronic Lyme disease symptoms to disappear, improve health and quality of life.

Work Cited

"Chronic (Persistent) Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Diagnosis" Healthline, September 17, 2018, https://www.healthline.com/health/lyme-disease-chronic-persistent

"Chronic Lyme Disease" National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/chronic-lyme-disease 

"CHRONIC LYME DISEASE: 5 CO INFECTIONS: ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBS: INTENSE PHYSICAL PAIN" AGAPE NATURAL HEALTH,  June 16, 2017, http://www.agapeacupuncture.com/blog/chronic-lyme-disease-5-co-infections-acupuncture-and-herbs-intense-physical-pain?rq=chronic%20lyme%20disease

"Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/postlds/index.html

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