by Dietrich Klinghardt PhD/MD

A Few Words on Chronic Lyme Disease

Chronic Lyme disease is a fast-spreading problem in the USA and worldwide. Classical Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial spirochete called Borrelia burgdorferi. Conventional belief attributes Lyme Disease conveyance through tick bites. Interestingly to the physician, more recent literature has shown that also certain stinging flies, spiders and even some mosquitoes can infect humans with this spirochete. This means that the disease vector can be more widespread than previously anticipated. Lyme disease typically does not occur alone but together with a number of co-infections. Classical Lyme disease, also known as Borrelia, affects the immune system in predictable ways: it lowers the white blood count and lessens the host's immunity. When the immune system becomes dysfunctional, the patient then becomes infected with a multitude of secondary bacterial, fungal, mycoplasmal and viral infections. A necessary co-condition for the thriving of infectious organisms in the system is the presence of toxic metals and other environmental toxins.