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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Volunteer

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. Yme Disease is an issue that effects everyone! Even if it hasn't personally touched your life, you most certainly have come into contact with or already know someone with Lyme disease. So often we hear about outbreaks and epidemics on the news, with terrifying descriptions and doomsday forecasts, but when info isn't buzzing across our screens or considered the hot new topic, vital knowledge can easily be overlooked or outright ignored. This can be achieved in numerous wa...

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: TBD Awareness Group, May 21st, 6 pm.

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. Sunday, April 19, 2015. TBD Awareness Group, May 21st, 6 pm. Our May meeting "Lyme Disease: A Beginner's Guide" will take place on Thursday the 21st at 6 pm. Pittsfield, MA 01201. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lymepedia: Terms and Definitions. Prevention is the Best Medicine! Everything to Know About Ticks. I Have a Tick Bite! What's the Deal with Chronic Lyme? Central MA Lyme Foundation. Lyme Awareness of Cape Cod. Lyme Disease Resource Center, Inc. An organizatio...

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Lyme Videos

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. The Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires is dedicated to archiving as much information as possible for the benefit of those who wish to learn more about tick-borne disease. Below you may easily access our growing playlist of educational videos available via Youtube. As time goes on we will continue to add videos as we find them. We have also included a summary list below the video reel to help visitors better navigate this page. Videos included on the. I Have a Tick Bite!

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Lymepedia: Terms and Definitions

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. Lymepedia: Terms and Definitions. Any protein released by blood cells to destroy invading foreign organisms or substances. Antibody detection is the primary agent of detection used via the commonly available Lyme tests. Babesia ( or Babesiosis):. Also known as WA-1). B. divergens. Is the predominant strain found in Europe. There are numerous other species of Babesia, many not recognized by current testing methods. Bacteria, only recently found to cause disease in humans&...

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Treatment

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. The link above is an invaluable resource for both Lyme patients and their doctors, outlining the best and most proven tactics for treating Lyme disease and it's many co-infections. Dr. Burrascano's work is the basis for many LLMD (Lyme-Literate Medical Doctor) treatment protocols and has led many patients towards recovery. Largely considered to be the most accurate testing. Facility for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. More to come soon. I Have a Tick Bite!

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Photos

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. ID$A 2011 Annual Conference Protest. October 22nd, 2011 in Boston, MA. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lymepedia: Terms and Definitions. Prevention is the Best Medicine! Everything to Know About Ticks. I Have a Tick Bite! What's the Deal with Chronic Lyme? Central MA Lyme Foundation. Lyme Awareness of Cape Cod. Lyme Disease Resource Center, Inc. MA Lyme Coalition (Legislation). Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of MA. All Things Lyme Blog by Dr. Cameron. Columbia TBD Research Center.

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (Herxing)

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (Herxing). The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (or Herx for short) is an inflammatory response to antibiotic treatment for certain diseases (although some non-antibiotic treatments can produce the reaction). It’s also referred to as a “healing crisis” or “die-off,” meaning a detoxification of dead or dying bacteria and other pathogenic organisms in the body. A Herxheimer reaction feels like a worsening of illness symptoms and can include:.

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Lyme News

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. To read the entire Poughkeepsie Journal. Lyme series by reporter Mary Beth Pfeiffer. Researchers’ discovery may explain difficulty in treating Lyme disease. From US Senator Kristen Gillibrand, “Will you join me in calling on Congress to fund Lyme disease research? Review of Lyme disease treatment leaves out patients. 05/28/15 LymePolicyWonk: Delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease has devastating effect on patients. Mayday Protest on Livestream, Thursday and Friday. 4/08/15 TO...

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires: Testing for Lyme

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Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires:. The most widely used tests, the ELISA and Western Blot, are by today's standards considered largely inaccurate, with around a 50% accuracy rate- literally the flip of a coin. The United States also only tests for one strain of Lyme disease when there are in fact many strains, leaving the possibility for misdiagnosis quite high. A Lyme-literate doctor may be willing to make a diagnosis with one positive Lyme-specific band. However, a general practitioner will likely r...