Lyme Disease Holistic Protocol, Testing, and Methods for Natural Healing
Learn how to regain your health with Dr. Warren’s Lyme protocol and educational resources.
Do you want to test for Lyme accurately and scientifically but also want to take a more natural approach to healing from Lyme and co-infections? You’ve come to the right place.
Dr. Kyle Warren at Restorative Health Solutions is committed to helping patients regain their health through holistic, natural protocols.
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Modern medicine misses the mark with Lyme
Hi, I’m Dr. Warren, a functional medicine chiropractor in Minnesota who has been helping patients defeat Lyme disease and regain their health for over 10 years.
When my wife became mysteriously ill 14 years ago, we went to various specialists to figure out the source of her debilitating symptoms. Instead of receiving answers, my wife’s motives and mental health were put into question by doctors who had no idea what was wrong.
After three years of searching, I finally discovered she was suffering from chronic Lyme disease and Lyme co-infections.
Two and a half years after that revelation, my wife had reclaimed her health after following my experimental protocol.
The pain and frustration my family and I experienced made me passionate about helping others suffering from chronic Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses.
This is why I advocate and push for:
- Lyme awareness and education
- The use of better, more accurate testing
- More effective protocols
According to studies, the average chronic Lyme patient sees between seven to 10 doctors before getting a proper diagnosis. Before making their way to Restorative Health Solutions, most of our patients have also visited several specialists, yet they’re left without solutions. They either received no answers and help or were misdiagnosed and sent on their way with meds that only masked their symptoms.
Because of this, I made it my mission to help patients overcome these serious health issues and regain their vitality naturally with effective, holistic Lyme disease protocols.
What are chronic Lyme disease and co-infections?
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that typically comes from a tick bite. Unfortunately, most doctors miss chronic Lyme and send patients down a rabbit hole of tests and referrals to other doctors. Those specialists also miss Lyme as the cause, leading the patient on a wild goose chase for years.
Right now, it’s estimated that about 20% of patients (estimates range from 5-35%) who get Lyme disease do not get better and remain chronically sick for years. This means that if 100 people get Lyme disease, 20 will not return to their baseline level of health and functionality. However, of those 20 people who are chronically sick with Lyme, 19 (93%) of them also have co-infections!
Ticks are disgusting, blood-sucking bugs, and unfortunately, they carry more diseases than just Lyme. In addition to Lyme, ticks can be carriers of Babesia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, Powassan virus, and many other infections.
If you are struggling with a chronic illness from ticks, the overwhelming odds are that you picked up multiple infections, not just Lyme alone.
Because doctors don’t know about these co-infections, many of their treatments fail and you stay sick.
Chronic Lyme disease symptoms
While Western medicine has been aware of acute Lyme for decades, the CDC only began recognizing chronic Lyme or “post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome” (PTLDS) in 2022.
The most common symptoms of chronic Lyme include:
- Fatigue
- Muscle and joint pain
- Neck pain
- Headaches
- Swollen joints
- A plethora of odd neurological symptoms such as neuropathies, brain fog, and difficulty sleeping
Because Lyme symptoms can vary, many doctors miss it. The rheumatologist misses Lyme because it mimics rheumatoid arthritis yet the RA tests are negative. The neurologist misses it because it can present like fibromyalgia or even MS. Sadly, many doctors even think you’re making up your symptoms—that it’s “all in your head.”
When my wife got sick, I was confused for three years as I tried to find the cause. Because I didn’t realize standard Lyme testing is so unthorough and inadequate, I spent three years doing the wrong thing before running better testing and finding how to help her regain her health naturally and holistically.
What causes chronic Lyme disease?
In my experience, I have found chronic Lyme disease symptoms come from three main sources: biofilms, a weakened immune system, and damage done to the body.
- Studies suggest that Lyme bacteria can sometimes stay in the body even after antibiotics, causing symptoms to return. Lyme is called a “low abundance bacteria” and uses biofilms and round body forms to make it much more resistant to traditional antibiotics than other bacteria.
- The second source of symptoms is your immune system’s ongoing fight against the bugs. It keeps losing, leading to ongoing inflammation and symptoms. This immune response is one of the biggest hurdles to recovering fully.
- The third source of symptoms is the damage done to your body by the bugs and the immune system’s battle. This damages mitochondria leading to low energy, joint, muscle, and often nerve problems.
Severe symptoms at the start, delays in diagnosis, and lifestyle factors like stress and diet can make recovery tougher.
More accurate Lyme testing is available
If you’ve heard Lyme testing isn’t great, that’s only partially correct.
The standard testing used by most doctors is outdated and misses at least a third of patients suffering from Lyme disease. To make matters worse, doctors aren’t testing for other species of Lyme and the various co-infections that often accompany a tick bite.
However, advanced testing options are now available. I believe in using the most up-to-date, accurate testing, such as serology tests. The immunoblot test for Lyme tests multiple species, and you can also test for various species of each co-infection.
A regular clinic will only test one species of Lyme, whereas we test 18 species. Regular clinics don’t run tests on Babesia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, or any other co-infection. However, we run tests on various species and strains. Testing multiple strains and proteins is absolutely necessary to pinpoint what you are fighting.
Doctors are getting Lyme wrong
Many doctors don’t believe Lyme is a problem. Others think two weeks of antibiotics will cure everything. They’re all wrong.
Some Lyme doctors simultaneously use three to four antibiotics for 6-24 months. I’m not a fan, and here’s why.
Many patients who end up in my office have previously tried healing from Lyme by taking multiple, heavy antibiotic protocols for years, yet they still couldn’t defeat the infections. They also felt horrible throughout the process and could barely function.
I believe there’s another way to handle chronic Lyme disease and co-infections.
You can recover from Lyme and co-infections
How do you get better from Lyme and co-infections?
To get better from Lyme and co-infections, you need to do three things:.
➔ Support the immune system (because it’s currently losing the fight). Effective immune boosters like cat’s claw, Andrographis, reishi, vitamins A, C, D, and more can help support your immune system.
The No. 1 mistake I see in Lyme protocols is not doing enough to restore healthy immune system function. To do this, you need to test for micronutrient deficiencies. When you’re deficient in certain micronutrients, your immune system isn’t getting the support it needs to help you in your fight against pathogens. These deficiencies can also produce more symptoms.
➔ Dissolve biofilms and directly attack/kill the Lyme bacteria and co-infections with herbs like oregano, garlic, Chinese skullcap, cryptolepis, cloves, and more. There are many natural antibiotics that can be used. We have to balance this with immune support and detoxification to eliminate the “herx” or die-off reactions. Herbs are better at killing Lyme and co-infections in chronic forms than antibiotics. They are also far less toxic to your body.
➔ Repair the parts of your body that have been damaged with micronutrients and other support. Even after getting rid of Lyme and co-infections, we often have to help your body repair nerves, joints, muscles, and more with micronutrients and other support. It’s like repairing a desolated country after a war. Just because the war has ended doesn’t mean everything is fixed. Your diet, lifestyle, and supplement support often need to be adjusted to repair the parts of your body that have taken the brunt of the attack.
My patients who have tried the “nuke it with antibiotics” approach have much more damage to repair than those who have used gentler herbs for Lyme disease.
This is another time when testing micronutrient levels and stool samples is important in your healing journey. Stool and micronutrient tests highlight how you can repair your body after these harmful infections have been defeated.
Over the last 10 years, I have worked on building the most efficacious protocol that produces the fewest side effects. I firmly believe an herbal approach is the fastest, most scientific way to heal from chronic Lyme and co-infections and that it results in the fewest side effects possible.
Along with accurately testing for Lyme and co-infections, testing stool samples and micronutrient levels is necessary throughout your healing journey.
There are natural remedies for Lyme disease, but each protocol must be adjusted to fit your individual needs to deliver the greatest success in your journey toward healing.
Lyme disease holistic protocol: Herbals vs. antibiotics
Dr. Warren’s thoughts on natural treatment for Lyme disease and co-infections
After four years of treating some patients with antibiotics and others with only nutraceuticals and herbals, I discovered that the patients who went the all-natural route did better than the patients who were using multiple antibiotics.
The all-natural route delivered effective results, produced fewer side effects, and had a much lower infection recurrence rate. Furthermore, the patients taking antibiotics didn’t recover any faster than the patients who went the all-natural route.
Noting these observations, I eventually phased out antibiotic use in most of my protocols.
I don’t like antibiotics for neurological Lyme disease and only use antibiotics for about 10% of my patients—if appropriate for their particular case. While I have seen people get better using long-term antibiotic therapy, I believe it is one of the hardest ways to heal from chronic Lyme. Most of my patients either don’t want to do heavy antibiotic protocols or they’ve already tried that and it didn’t work well for them.
If you want to take a scientific, accurate approach to Lyme testing and a more natural approach to treating Lyme and co-infections, I’m happy to help.
You CAN regain your health
You don’t have to suffer from Lyme disease and co-infections for the rest of your life.
➔ If you want accurate testing to get a firm diagnosis, we can help.
➔ If you want a more holistic, natural protocol that will lessen side effects and provide effective solutions to your illnesses, we can help.
To heal effectively, you need to run accurate testing for Lyme and its co-infections, attack the bugs through their unique defensive strategies, balance the immune system in its fight, and repair the damage that’s been done to your body.
Any approach that does not effectively address all these areas is not a complete Lyme and co-infection program.
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