Immunity Issues

This section looks at the multitude of internal and external factors that challenge our immune systems and make healing a difficult path. Included below is the list pf factors referred to as MSIDS by Dr Horowitz and ILADS as well as other issues such as;

What is MSIDS

Multi-Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome

A wide range of health concerns can complicate recovery from Lyme and related disease, says Richard Horowitz, MD, author of Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme & Chronic Disease. Many patients get well only when multiple factors are addressed:

1. Co-infections (often coming from the same tick as the Lyme spirochete) most commonly Babesia, Anaplasma,Ehrlichia, and Bartonella
2. Immune dysfunction
3. Inflammation
4. Environmental toxins and detoxification problems
5. Vitamin, mineral, and/or nutritional deficiencies
6. Mitochondrial dysfunction
7. Hormonal abnormalities
8. Neurodegenerative disorders, possibly precipitated by infection
9. Neuropsychiatric disorders in the aftermath of infection
10. Sleep disorders
11. Autoimmune disease and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system and causes such symptoms as low blood pressure, fatigue, palpitations, and dizziness
12. Allergies
13. Gastrointestinal disorders
14. Liver dysfunction
15. Pain disorders
16. Deconditioning and lack of exercise