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Marty Ross MD discusses the steps to unlock a Lyme disease treatment when a person is not getting better. There are many different areas to address that can improve a person's health.

Chronic Lyme can be very difficult to treat. To recover requires much more than antibiotics alone. When treatment is blocked at six months and beyond, I recommend following all of the basic steps (Parts 1-11) in The Ross Lyme Support Protocol and taking some or all of the additional steps discussed in these articles. Take specific steps based on your own situation. 

As an overview, first read Treatment Stuck? Try These Steps at Six Months & Beyond.

Why Chronic Lyme Treatment Fails - A Review with Strategies

Marty Ross MD reviews reasons people remain ill with chronic Lyme disease even after taking one to two or even more years of herbal or prescription antibiotics. In his experience, this seems to be about 15 percent of people with chronic Lyme disease. 

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Treatment Stuck? Try These Steps at Six Months & Beyond

Marty Ross MD explains the steps to take when you are not getting better in  Lyme disease. There are many things a person can try to move their treatment forward. Dr. Ross reviews each of these in this article.

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Lyme Look-alikes Blocking Recovery

Marty Ross MD discusses four conditions that look just like Lyme. These conditions can make it look like a Lyme disease treatment is not working. 

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What is Lyme Disease? A Mess of Things

Chronic Lyme dis-ease is a total load illness. This means there are many different things that add up to create the disease. That is why for most, treating Lyme infection (borrelia) and the co-infections (babesia, bartonella, ehrlicia, and anaplasma) is not enough to regain health.

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Getting Healthy: Will I? When? How Do I?

I am often asked by a person with Lyme if they will get well and when it will occur. Research on this is non-existent or limited at best. So here are answers based on my experience.

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How to Treat Persister Lyme & Bartonella

Hibernating forms of Lyme and Bartonella germs, also called perisiters, could block treatment. Here is how Marty Ross MD treats Lyme and Bartonella persisters based on the latest research.

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Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in Infections & Mold Toxicity

Mast cells are immune system cells found throughout the body. In the past, in medicine we thought they were only turned on to release histamines in allergic reactions. However we now know that they are turned on by a host of things...

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Biocidin: A Potent Antimicrobial & Biofilm Breaker

Biocidin is blend of herbs that is changing the way I approach my Lyme disease treatments. I consider it an essential natural medicine to mix with Lyme disease prescription or herbal antibiotics like otoba bark extract and cats claw. It can even kill Lyme on its own. According to unpublished …

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Mold and Lyme Toxin Illness

Marty Ross MD explains mold toxin Illness looks just like Lyme disease. Here are the steps to see if you have this problem and what to do to fix it.

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Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) & Lyme

Low dose naltrexone (LDN) is very useful in Lyme disease. This low cost medicine can

  • improve nerve, muscle and inflammation pain,
  • decrease autoimmune illness triggered by Lyme,
  • lower cytokine inflammation, and
  • improve immune system function and balance.

In this article I review the science and method for how LDN works. I suggest how to use it in Lyme disease. And I review potential side effects.

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MTHFR and Detoxification in Lyme Disease

Marty Ross MD discusses detoxification in chronic Lyme disease and the MTHFR defect. See when you should treat for this problem. Learn the supplements you can take to support your health.

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Heavy Metals: The Problem & The Best Test

In chronic Lyme disease heavy metal toxicity (like lead and mercury) can cause

  • low energy,
  • poor nerve function and thinking,
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Far Infrared Sauna Detox: More Than Sweat

In this article I discuss how far infrared sauna works to detox. It is much more than sweat and involves the liver, diet, and intestines. I also describe how to do a far infrared sauna detox.

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When & How to Treat Chronic Viruses in Lyme: A Brief Guide

Learn all about chronic virus infections in Lyme disease by Marty Ross MD. Treating chronic virus infection is controversial. See why. See the best virus tests and how to treat chronic active virus infections with herbal antivirals and immune boosters in Lyme disease.

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Kills Bartonella: A Brief Guide

See how to beat Bartonella in Lyme disease following this plan from Marty Ross MD.  Recovering from bartonella, one of the Lyme disease co-infections, requires combination herbal or prescription antibiotics, steps to boost the immune system, and supplements to decrease inflammation caused by chemicals called cytokines.

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Kills Babesia: A Brief Guide

Marty Ross MD shows which Babesia treatments work best in Lyme disease. These treatments can work up to 95% of the time to get rid of the Babesia parasite.

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LDI: Bring on The Regulators

There is a relatively new treatment for Lyme disease and the co-infections that is designed to improve how a person feels by regulating the immune system away from inflammation. Some practitioners using this method are reporting improvements in up to 90% of people. It is called LDI which is an abbreviation …

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Kills & Prevents Yeast: A Brief Guide

Marty Ross MD explains how to kill yeast in a Lyme disease treatment. See how to tackle treatment resistant yeast. In this article he provides multiple prescription and herbal anti-yeast plans.

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Steps to Fix A Lyme Treatment Crash

Many people suddenly get worse in a Lyme treatment after doing better. In this video article Marty Ross MD LLMD describes his approach to these crashes. Eighty to Ninety percent of the time there is a simple solution to the problem.

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Biofilms: Lyme Disease Gated Communities

Biofilms in Lyme disease can block treatment. Marty Ross MD reviews treatments for biofilms based on the latest science.

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Power Up Your Mighty Mitochondria & Get Energy

Tick-borne infections and mold toxicity can hurt the cell energy factories called mitochondria. Here are steps to fix this problem from Marty Ross MD.

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Fresh Ideas from ILADS 2021 Annual Meeting

Here is the latest from ILADS 2021 Annual Meeting. Learn about lumbrokinase for Bartonella and Babesia plaques and nests. See how peptides, like BPC-157, could save the day.

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Hottest Lyme Disease Treatment Updates in 2022

Marty Ross MD talks about the latest Lyme treatment updates in 2022 that are improving the health of his patients. Watch this video article to learn more. 

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Nine Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Hacks

Marty Ross MD presents nine hacks for Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Watch this video and Powerpoint presentation to find real ways to improve your health.

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