Heavy metals seem to be a problem for Lyme patients. I was also tested and my lead levels were extremely high. I grew up in Flint Michigan. I don't know if the water had anything to do with my lead levels. I also tested the old dishes I had inherited from my mother in law and they contained lead. I was using these dishes on a daily basis and using them to microwave food. Lyme disease changes so much about the body and I think we have trouble detoxing heavy metals.

I was unable to do the EDTA chelation because I am allergic to ethylenediamine, which is what is in EDTA. My integrative doctor has me on Pectasol-C, modified citrus pectin. It will take quite a while to chelate the lead this way, but it is supposed to be gentler on the body than other methods.

Lead can cause neuropathy so it is good to get rid of it.