Dec 29, 2016 | breastfeeding, Lyme, lyme testing, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, I have been told I have lyme disease by one doctor, and that I do not from another doctor. Both have based it on my lab work, history, and genetic sensitivity. I do not know how to proceed, nor how to go about getting an accurate opinion from someone...
Nov 8, 2016 | breastfeeding, children/teens, Lyme, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, I’m feeling like I live in a nightmare and now my poor babies. I loved nature – now we can’t go out in summer. We live in the woods but my hubby doesn’t fully get it – the fear of the tick isn’t embedded. Ten years of...
Mar 12, 2013 | breastfeeding, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, Just wondering how you know which herbs are safe for nursing (you answered another mom’s question by saying all herbs are in low enough doses to be fine)? Is it your in-depth knowledge of the plant’s properties? I can’t get a single...
Mar 7, 2013 | sexual transmission, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, I got lyme disease about 8 years ago from a tick bite. The bulls eye rash appeared about 9 days after the bite and I was treated with high doses of antibiotics. I have not had any symptoms since than but I’m wondering if I should be concerned about...
Mar 5, 2013 | antibiotics, Miscellaneous, recent tick bites, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, Hello, I’m writing to you from East Europe-Poland and I have a question. I have had lyme for two and a half months. I took doxycycline for only 6 days. Now I don’t know if I should take antibiotics again or would it be better to start your...
Mar 4, 2013 | sexual transmission, Transmission |
Dear Stephen, Do you think a person can get lyme from kissing someone with lyme? Stephen’s response: The spirochetes do tend to enter the saliva of the animals they infect, so . . . it is lust vs caution on this one....
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