Parkinson’s Secondary to Lyme Disease

[William Seeds, MD]

Re: Dr. Donald Buehler

A patient of mine who has potentially had Lyme disease for roughly 20 years, is now exhibiting symptoms of Parkinson’s.

Has anyone had success treating lyme disease and improving Parkinson’s disease?

[William Seeds, MD]

refer to this discussion board topic on Parkinson’s

https://ssrpinstitute.org/srrp-discussion-board/topic/parkinsons-disease/

[Cynthia Keller]

Also, on the lyme front.  It is possible to improve MS or Parkinson’s by appropriately handling their underlying chronic lyme.

But there are a few caveats…

a)Some people have chronic Lyme AND Parkinson’s and in these patients… the lyme symptoms get better but maybe not the Parkinsonian ones.

b)Some people have parkinsonian symptoms related to lyme… THESE people are easier to have a big impact in by treating their lyme.

c)Some people have Parkinson’s and quiescent lyme picked up on test.  These people would likely not be helped with lyme treatment significantly.

And the problem is… I suspect that many of the above patients look similar to most providers.  Meaning, be careful what you promise the patient as far as the impact of treatment.  Since treating lyme in the above 3 scenarios would likely have different outcomes from treatment.

So my advice would be… have someone super savvy in chronic tick-borne disease evaluate and help you decide how much lyme is an issue.

And then yes… go to Mike’s link about for the Parkinson’s part of this question.

Warmly,

Cynthia

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