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What is Lyme Disease? 

   Lyme Disease (Ld),often misspelled, ‘Lime’, is also called Borrelia, Borreliosis, Lyme Burgdoferi or Lyme Arthritis (because arthritis is a common symptoms).  In the United States,Borrelia burgdorferi  (Bb) is the predominant cause of Lyme disease and the name is also often used.  In most European cases, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii are implicated. 

   Lyme disease is named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, where a cluster of cases were identified in 1975.  However, these other names are sometimes used because itis a bacterial infection that can be caused by over 300 different strains of the genus, borrelia, found worldwide.  In the United States, it is most prevalent in the northern mid-west and north-east.  

How is Lyme Disease Spread? 

   Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere.  The bacteria can be spread by several means but the most common way is by tick bites.   It is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected hard ticks belonging to several species of the genus Ixodes. 

   There have also been reports of lyme spirochetes in biting flies as well as mosquitoes.  There is also unconfirmed evidence of sexual and breast milk transmission - through these routes has yet to be proven. 

How is Lyme Disease Diagnosed? 

   There are no clinical Lyme disease tests at this time that can first diagnose a patient with the Lyme disease bacterium.  They are also unable to show that a patient is now free of the bacterium.  Therefore Lyme disease has to be a “clinical diagnosis”.  This is based on observing signs and symptoms, along with travel conditions, to help form a diagnosis.  

   This presents huge problems.  The biggest problem is that lyme disease very often goes undiagnosed – which is not very good because it allows it to progress.  Even worse, it is often wrongly diagnosed for other conditions – including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome! 

How is Lyme Disease Treated? 

   The treatments for Lyme disease vary.  The key considerations depend on how quickly the diagnosis is made and how it may have progressed into the organ systems.  Of course, if diagnosis and treatment can occur early in the course of illness, it is much better.  Late or inadequate treatment can make it more difficult to treat and even cause disabling conditions. 

   There are no definitive treatments at this time.  Failures have occurred with all standard protocols.  In a majority of cases, symptoms can be eliminated with antibiotics.  Oral antibiotics can be sufficient in the early stages of the infection.  For long-standing Lyme disease, intravenous antibiotics have been found to respond best. 

   This situation lends itself strongly to the natural use of monolaurin if in doubt.  We will include clinical studies on monolaurin’s effect on lyme bacterial infections in other articles.  The advantages of monolaurin are that monolaurin can be used for very low cost and doesn’t interfere with other standard treatments. 

Early Stage Symptoms 

   Lyme Disease is an infectious disease caused by a spirochete type bacteria - so named because it is a long, skinny ‘spiro’ snake-like shape.  In its early stages, Lyme Disease is usually marked by one or more of the following symptoms: 

Flu-like symptoms, fever and chills
A reddish rash on the skin. 
Muscle and joint pain
Headache
Lymph node swelling
Fatigue
Nervous system abnormalities. 

The Key to Early Diagnosis  

   The key to early diagnosis is recognition of the characteristic lyme disease rash called erythema migrans.  Erythema Migrans is a rash that forms a ring(s) that look like a “bulls-eye”.  This ring is usually 3-4 inches in diameter.  (A rash smaller than two inches generally doesn’t turn out to be lyme disease – unless it grows larger.) 

   This rash is observed in about 80% of Lyme Disease patients.  The rash may appear on the skin within a day of the bite or as much as a month later.  Common sites are the thigh, groin, trunk and armpits.  The rash may be warm, but it is usually not painful.  Left untreated, later stage manifestations can occur that involving the joints, heart, and nervous system. 

Late Stage Symptoms   

   Late stage symptoms may not appear until weeks, months, or even years after a tick bite.  Whenever they appear, they include: 

Often, the first and only sign of Lyme disease is arthritis.  The arthritis often appears as brief bouts of pain and swelling, usually in one or more large joint - especially the knees. 

Sometimes, nervous system abnormalities are the only evidence of Lyme disease.  These can include numbness, pain and meningitis. 

Mild abnormalities in liver functions 

Difficulty in breathing, pneumonia. 

Premature births, still-birth, miscarriage and neonatal deaths. 

Less frequently, irregularities of the heart rhythm may occur. 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 

   Some well known doctors, specializing in Lyme Disease, (included in our other articles) believe that Lyme Disease infections are much more common than currently believed – perhaps 10 times more!  Because it is difficult to diagnose, they, and other groups, have argued that "chronic" Lyme Disease is responsible for a range of medically unexplained symptoms.  Common mis-diagnoses of Lyme disease include:  

Alzheimer's Disease
Anorexia Nervosa
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Dementia
Fibromyalgia
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lupus
Multiple Sclerosis
Manic depression
Panick Attacks
Paranoia
Schizophrenia 

   It is especially with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as Lyme Disease, that many people have been experiencing relief with the nutrients in our 3-Step Program.  These people believe that Lyme Disease is actually the cause of CFS symptoms – or even Lyme Disease itself.  Either way, this does the job! 

1^st Step: Monolaurin Dosage 

   “Does the job” refers to monolaurin.  Monolaurin is a derivative of coconut oil that is also prevalent in mother’s milk.  It is a lipid fat molecule similar in length to the lipid exterior of the Lyme disease bacteria.  It absorbs into the exterior of Lyme borrelia, weakening it until it ruptures, killing the bacteria.  It even does this without harming other good bacteria! 

   Our Ultimate Monolaurin is natural and so good at destroying all pathogen (bad) bacteria, and lipid viruses, that many people have a straight forward practice of taking it on a regular basis.  If Lyme disease or chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms are present, it would seem very wise to use monolaurin early on, in addition to any standard treatment. 

   In fact, monolaurin is so good at killing bad bacteria that it can do so faster than the liver can eliminate the dead bacteria.  So, it is a good idea to start with 1 scoop (1 tsp.) a day for a few days.  Then go to 1 scoop morning and evening for a few days.  Then, go to 1 scoop 3 times a day.  

   A person can be re-infected with Lyme disease, as the body does not maintain a natural immunity. The bacterium is able to move around the body through the bloodstream and between tissues.  It can also invade tissue, replicate, and leave the cell, destroying the cell as it emerges.  This action may aid the bacteria's ability to hide from the immune system response.   

   Because borrelia can hide in a cell in between its travels in the blood stream, it is good to take the full monolaurin amount for 3-6 months to kill as much of the borrelia as possible when it moves around.  After the symptoms have gone for a month, a maintenance amount of 1 scoop a day will help fight against re-occurrences.  

2^nd & 3^rd Steps 

   The top Lyme aware doctors also press the importance of detoxifying heavy metals, especially mercury, and Lyme borrelia caused toxins out of the body.  We have designed the best heavy metal Body Detox available to do so. 

   The third recommendation they have are several nutrients that help the body’s own defense rise to the challenge.  While more in the “good common sense” category than requirement, we also provide the best available in the Ultimate Foundation.