I don't think it is good for Lyme disease sufferers to consume alcohol. This was Wildcondor's experience (See the link to Wildcondor's story on my post to the Lyme Update Thread) This is my experience. I have been getting better for the past 8 days or so using sea buckthorn in addition to my regular supplements. Last night I had about 9 ounces of wine (Being gluten intolerant, having a couple of glasses of wine on Friday evenings is a special treat). This morning, the numbness on the left side of my face was definitely worse that the day before.

It makes sense. Among other things, Lyme disease produces neurotoxins that are bad for your brain, your nerves and your liver. Alcohol is also a neurotoxin that is bad for your brain, your nerves and your liver.

I guess I will just have to give up alcohol in addition to gluten and dairy

One should be cautious about using corticosteroids if one is suffering from Lyme disease because corticosteroids can suppress the immune system. This is not what you want to happen if your body is fighting an infection:

http://www.lymenet.de/literatur/steroids.htm

Interesting article. I think people should avoid aspartame regardless of its possible connection to Lyme disease:

http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/toxicol...er/003043.html

Here is an article on excitotoxins in general:

http://www.whale.to/a/blaylock5.html

Ehrlichiosis is one of the bacteria that can be transmitted by the deer tick in Lyme disease. Here is a short article about ehrlichiosis:

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/ehrlichiosis.html

Babesia is parasitic infection that can be transmitted by the deer tick in Lyme disease. It is a protozoa that infects red blood cells and causes malaria like symptoms. Here are some relevant sites:

The Tick Research Laboratory - Human Babesiosis:
http://riaes.cels.uri.edu/resources/...b/babesia.html

Brief general information with a picture of babesia infected blood cells:
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/VBDP/babesia.htm

Infection with a Babesia-Like Organism in Northern California:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/332/5/298

Babesia Infections in Switzerland?
http://www.ilads.org/swiss.html

There is also a book by James Schaller, MD titled - "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Babesia"

http://www.ctlymedisease.org/pdf/Bb_AlzheimerJAD.pdf

Diet and Recovery from Chronic Disease By Ron Schmid, ND:

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndi...icdisease.html

A very complete list of symptoms. "Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Characteristics - A Compilation of Peer-Reviewed Literature Reports."

http://www.personalconsult.com/artic...sesymptoms.pdf

i have suffered many years with lymes disease. when i got lymes, i had the bulls eye rash as my friend did. we were very sick. i didn't have my insurance then, so all i could do was take erythomycin 33 mg. 3 times a day for 10 days. i am allergic to the docy. i have since then had all kind of weird and terrible pains, burnings, confusion , you name it. my vit d level is now very low at a 10. that scares me. i also have diabetes. plus every time the dr's do a test for lymes it comes back negitive. now they are sending me to a rhumatoligist. will i get help or will they even believe me. i wonder. if i don't have lymes, i wish some one would please tell me what that big bulls eye rash was and why i was so sick about 3 weeks after having a tic removed. we live in the country on a lake and deer walk thu our yard all the time. i would dearly love to be able to do the things i did before i got sick. i first got lymes in 1993, then it was better after 1998, then i was reinfected in 2003. any help? ty and bless you all loraina

this is all excellent information wasabi...thank you.