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Are There Ticks In Hawaii? Ticks and Lyme Disease In Hawaii
Are there ticks in Hawaii? Well yes, but maybe not the ones you’re thinking of. According to the state of Hawaii deer ticks have not been located on the islands but they do have ticks! Ticks in Hawaii While there are ticks in...
Evaluating the Success of Hyperthermia Treatment in Chronic Lyme Disease
Lyme Stories, Symptoms, Treatment By Bay Area Lyme Guest Post from Michelle McKeon, MS, President, Lyme and Cancer Services Bay Area Lyme is happy to share the editorial contributions of care providers, patients, caregivers, and others in the community who are eager...
Answering questions about hyperthermia treatment for Lyme disease
Authored by Michelle McKeon If you have never experienced the traumatizing effects of Lyme, take my word, it is a complete nightmare. I spent years in pain, battling confusing symptoms and feeling as though I had very little control over my life after antibiotics...
Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle McKeon | Original article from the Townsend Letter Hyperthermia treatment…not really a treatment that is often talked about in the United States, is it? Similar to Lyme disease, this treatment has been around for a while, though it has not...
The Explosion of Ticks This Year and How to Protect Yourself!
Authored by Michelle McKeon Why 2019 is the Worst Year Ever in Tick Numbers Tick, Tick, Tick Boom! This season it is as if a “ticking” time bomb has exploded across the country! Ticks are found in parks, yards, fields, and even beaches! Along with ticks, can come some...
What is Plasmapheresis?
Plasmapheresis is a process where the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Usually, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or the plasma is treated and then returned to your body. Some people refer to...
Avril Lavigne Releases Her First Single in Five Years After Her Long Battle With Lyme Disease
After a difficult and at times, life threatening battle with Lyme disease, Avril Lavigne is making a return to the music scene with the release her new single – Head Above Water – which she wrote from her bed during the height of her illness. Lavigne took to social...
Infrared Saunas and Lyme Disease
Authored by Michelle McKeon Working with Lyme and Cancer Services, we are huge advocates of two things: hyperthermia treatment through the use of infrared heat, and detoxification to aid in the recovery process. One of the main points I have my clients try to take...
Lyme Disease Memory Loss Treatment
Lyme Disease, caused by the bite of a bacteria-infected tick with Borrelia burgdorferi, mayonii, afzelii or garinii (depending on the region of the world), not only attacks the patient’s organs and joints, but causes significant changes in their neurological state,...
Cutting-edge Lyme Disease Clinic in Mexico Gives Hope to Sufferers
With Lyme disease now one of the fastest growing infectious diseases worldwide, a state-of-the-art lyme disease clinic called Sanoviv Medical Institute, located one hour’s drive from San Diego airport in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, is giving Lyme patients from all around...
Those of us who are sick are the ‘canaries in the coal mine’
Authored by: Pamela Connellan Recently Dr Neil Nathan, a specialist in chronic illness, spoke at a conference for Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tick-borne Disease. He said: “We live in an incredibly toxic world and unless we change things, we could all be...
Mold, Micotoxins, and Lyme
Authored by Michelle McKeon Recovering from Lyme disease has been a huge part of my life for almost a decade now. When I first began this journey I had no idea how many pieces to this puzzle I would have to put together to solve my body’s health crisis. What I had...
Dental Amalgam
Authored by Michelle McKeon In 2010, when I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease, I remember sitting in my Lyme Literate Medical Doctor’s (LLMD) office. He asked to look inside my mouth. As I opened up real wide, I thought now what is he going to find inside my...
Detoxification of Heavy Metals with Chelation
Authored by Brendan Fillar Chelation is the standard treatment for removing heavy metals from the body. A few of the heavy metals that are quite common in people include mercury, lead, nickel and arsenic. Lyme disease and many other chronic illnesses can impede the...
Interview on Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle Mckeon Hyperthermia treatment has been around for centuries as a safe and successful treatment option for various illnesses. However, recently it has become a therapy that is gaining more popularity with patients suffering from cancer, Lyme...
What is Lyme disease and what causes Lyme disease?
Authored by Michelle Mckeon What is Lyme disease Lyme disease is caused by a spiral-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called Borrelia Burgdorferi. There are 5 subspecies of Borrelia Burgdorferi, more than 100 strains in the US, and around 300 strains all around the world....
Stages of Lyme Disease
Authored by Michelle Mckeon Lyme disease occurs in three stages. The stages of lyme disease are known as Early Localized, Early Disseminated, and Late Disseminated. The severity of the symptoms can depend upon where the infection has spread in your body, genetic...
Whole-body Hyperthermia Treatment
Authored by Michelle Mckeon A little over two years ago, I remember looking at myself in the mirror and trying to figure out who the person was that was staring back at me. Growing up I felt that while I had my insecurities at times, my sense of self had...
Chronic Lyme Patient Undergoes ‘Treatment of Last Resort’
Michelle McKeon, of Ridgewood, went to Germany to seek treatment for the illness, which remains a disputed condition in the medical community By Laura Bertocci, Neighbor Feb 28, 2012 9:09 pm ET | Updated Mar 8, 2012 10:51 pm ET On a summer day in July 2006, Michelle...
Could hyperthermia help you?
We’d love to hear about where you are at with your current lyme treatment, tell you more about hyperthermia and what it could look like to schedule a treatment in Mexico or Germany.