The Human Side of Lyme - An Inhumane Disease of the Brain
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. . . Chronic or persistent Lyme disease--neuroborreliosis--seldom is identified by the symptoms of its most frequent form--subacute encephalitis--an infected/inflamed brain as well as an infected nervous system. However, this is the form in which it most commonly exists.
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- How the toxicity of lyme (and liver stress) can relate to anxiety:
BIOCHEMISTRY OF LYME DISEASE: BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SPIROCHETE / CYST
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ADRENAL EXHAUSTION / dysfunction can contribute to anxiety.
Lyme patients are nearly always affected with a hit to the HPA axis (Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal triangle of sorts between the hypothalamus and the pituitary in two parts of the brain ordering the action of the slave adrenal organs that sit on top of the kidneys). As well, the entire endocrine system takes a huge hit.
What can help:
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Great information about treatments options and support measures, including those to help adrenal/endocrine function:
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