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General description of the disease
Lyme disease (tick-borne borreliosis, Lyme borreliosis) is a natural, transmissible disease of an infectious nature, which is caused by spirochetes of the Borrelia genus and is transmitted through the bite of ixodid ticks.
Symptoms of the disease, depending on the stage of the course:
- The first stage: there is a rise in body temperature, fever, muscle pain, fatigue, weakness, sometimes nausea and vomiting, in rare cases – a runny nose, cough (dry), sore throat. A large round redness appears at the site of the bite, which grows over time (may be 10 cm in radius). The edges are bright red and slightly voluminous, in the center there is a papule (macula), and the skin inside the formed ring is slightly pinkish. Patients complain of pain and itching in the area of the ring (erythema). Also, there may be hives, a rash on the face. Within a couple of days after the bite of an infected tick, other ring-like pigments appear, but already smaller than the main focus.
- In the second stage neurological and cardinal symptoms are manifested: strong, throbbing headaches, photophobia, the occipital muscles become rigid, severe fatigue occurs when performing light physical or mental stress, constant weakness, shortness of breath, dizziness suffers, problems with sleep, memory begin, atrioventicular block is formed. These are the most common symptoms of Lyme disease. Rare symptoms: meningoencephalitis, meningitis, paresis of the nerves of the skull (mainly the facial nerves are damaged, there are cases that borreliosis can only be determined by bilateral paralysis of the facial nerve), peripheral radiculopathy. If the treatment is delayed, then myocarditis, pericarditis may develop.
- The third – at this stage, the joints are affected (the defeat can occur in 3 variations: in the form of arthralgia, recurrent arthritis of a benign nature, progressive arthritis of a chronic nature), the skin is damaged (atrophic acrodermatitis occurs) and neurological symptoms are observed that resemble neurosyphilis in the tertiary period …
The first and second stages are referred to the early period of the disease, the third – to the late. The disease can be asymptomatic for several years. It is also possible that the patient will have only 2 stages (without the 3rd) and, conversely, without the second stage.
Healthy foods for Lyme disease
For a patient with Lyme borreliosis, it is necessary to eat foods that normalize the intestinal microflora (real kefir and yogurt should be drunk 2 times a day – in the morning and in the evening), which reduce the amount of toxins in the body (drink large volumes of pure filtered water, freshly prepared juices, green tea or tea – oolong) and improve liver function.
If the patient has symptoms of a neurological type, then the diet should include fatty fish, chicken meat, cottage cheese, chicken eggs, dressing salads with linseed and pumpkin oils (it is recommended to use 3 tablespoons of this dressing per day).
Vitamin C is useful to help fight immune deficiencies.
To increase efficiency and energy, coenzyme Q10 is needed (consume no more than 400 milligrams per day). It is found in red palm oil, pickled herring, sesame seeds, peanuts, pistachios (fried), and fried beef.
Folk remedies for the treatment of Lyme borreliosis:
- To eliminate toxins, drink pharmacy white clay for 6 months (if necessary, you can take short breaks). At night, you need to make such a drink: stir 1 teaspoon of clay in 250 milliliters of water, leave it overnight, in the morning before eating, drink settled water (for greater effect, it is better to stir and drink with sediment).
- To cleanse the blood, lymph and intestines, buy seaweed in powder at the pharmacy. Drink 1 sachet before going to bed for a decade, then you need the same break and then you need to start the course of treatment again. So (10 through 10 days) should be continued until recovery. As a rule, the course of treatment should be at least 5 months.
- Drink infusions of nettle, cucumber grass, horsetail, comfrey, wormwood, tansy, immortelle, elecampane, birch leaves, strawberries, calendula, mountain ash, rosehip and hawthorn, linden flowers. In order for the erythema to pass faster and not to itch, compresses should be made of these decoctions and infusions.
- Treat the bite site with brilliant green, iodine or smear with celandine juice. From time to time it needs to be rubbed with plantain juice or elderberry leaves, oil or walnut powder.
- For prophylaxis purposes, when going out into the countryside, in the forest, or just walking in the park (during the mite breeding season), you need to wear long-sleeved clothes, tuck your pants into socks or boots, wear a cap or scarf (kerchief). Open areas of the body can be lubricated with fish oil (its smell repels all insects).
Treatment of tick-borne borreliosis is a long and painstaking process that requires regular intake of herbal decoctions (as the spirochete can hide in the body and wait for the right moment to start its reproduction). It is necessary to drink infusions for several years, and periodically alternate the type of grass. Each species must be drunk for at least one month. The method of preparing broths is the same for everyone: a tablespoon of herb is required for half a liter of hot boiled water. Insist half an hour. Drink before meals (a quarter of an hour), 250 milliliters (if not bitter herb), if bitter, then half a glass.
Dangerous and unhealthy foods for Lyme disease
With this disease, it is strictly forbidden to use:
- sweets (they provoke the growth of bacteria and fungi);
- dietary supplements (glucosamine, chondroitin and similar supplements) – help the disease to penetrate the joints and can stimulate the progression of the disease.
In the acute course of the disease, products containing B vitamins should be limited.
It is worth giving up non-living food.
Attention!
The administration is not responsible for any attempt to use the information provided, and does not guarantee that it will not harm you personally. The materials cannot be used to prescribe treatment and make a diagnosis. Always consult your specialist doctor!