By Dr. Myriah Hinchey, ND, FMAPS, FILADS, Medical Director, TAO Vitality | Founder, LymeCore Botanicals Summary: The acute window following a tick bite is the highest-yield period for early detection and also the period when standard diagnostic approaches are least reliable. A sound tick bite testing protocol for this window must account for the biological… Continue reading After the Tick Bite: What Clinicians Need to Know
Interview with Dr. Robert Mozayeni at the NorVect Conference 2015 Watch Now
Integrative Lyme Solutions with Nicole Bell Listen Now
Harnessing the Power of Sample Enrichment Slow-growing, immune-evasive pathogens present a particular challenge for scientists developing diagnostics for confirmation of infection. These elusive microbes often fly under the radar, evading direct and indirect detection using standard testing methods. From a clinical perspective, documentation of low abundance infection presents a significant false negative problem and may… Continue reading Leaders in Direct Detection of Hard-to-Detect Pathogens
Bartonella and Lyme Borrelia are easily confused because they are both vector-borne bacteria with similar sounding names and frequently have complex, interrelated roles in chronic illnesses. Patients often believe Bartonella and Borrelia are the same before speaking to us, or they may mistake something they read online about one for the other. In this post, we are going to describe some unique characteristics that distinguish these bacteria from each other.
Skin is the largest human organ. It is also the first place that flea and tick-borne pathogens encounter the human immune system. While some skin symptoms are signature markers for specific pathogens or families of pathogens, others provide hard-to-interpret clues that can be linked to a wide variety of diseases. Lyme borreliosis and bartonellosis are… Continue reading Vector-Borne Disease and Skin: Your First Layer of Defense
