Immune System

Marty Ross MD describes steps you can take to prevent harm from the Omicron Covid-19 variant when you have Lyme disease. 

Most with chronic Lyme disease have immune suppression that makes it hard to recover. There are many issues that effect the immune system including...

In this how-to-guide, Marty Ross MD explains how to lower inflammation and cytokines in a Lyme disease treatment. This improves immune function and fixes Lyme symptoms.

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...

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.

For some people with chronic Lyme, the immune system may attack you causing health problems to continue even when the infection(s) are under control.

An elimination diet removes most foods that cause food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances to find out what foods cause a person problems. In the diet a person removes foods known to cause any person problems for 3 weeks...

Transfer factors target the immune system to fight the right infection. See which Researched Nutritionals Transfer Factor product supports your condition in a Lyme disease treatment.

In chronic Lyme and associated diseases Thymic Protein A (Proboost) stimulates the immune system to treat...

In chronic Lyme and associated diseases Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) is a nutritional support that

• is an antimicrobial for acute viruses, like the cold and flu viruses, and chronic viral infections like Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV).
• may limit viral infectivity

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In chronic Lyme and associated diseases Curcumin is an essential herb that

• decreases pain
• limits and improves Herxheimer die-off reactions,
• boosts the immune system by lowering inflammation cytokines, and

In chronic Lyme and associated diseases Quercetin is an herbal medicine that

• decreases pain,
• limits and improves Herxheimer die-off reactions,
• improves bladder inflammation and irritation in interstitial cystitis, and
• decreases allergic reactions.

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 …

It was a good week here at The Healing Arts Partnership. One of my patients with chronic Lyme disease graduated from treatment while another group of patients seen this week are nearing that point. While I enjoy many aspects of my practice, seeing patients complete treatment and celebrating that with them is what I enjoy most.

Some with Lyme disease are very sensitive to many herbal and prescription medicines. In this video article, Marty Ross MD reviews an approach to this difficult problem.

Marty Ross MD describes stem cell therapy and whether it is useful for Lyme disease treatment.

With the delta variant of Covid-19 running crazy, I am asked more frequently by my patients and others with Lyme disease or mold toxicity illness if I think they should get the Covid-19 vaccine. My answer, for most people, is an emphatic YES!

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.

Learn why, when, and how to use oral peptides to repair tissue injuries and to restore healthy immune system function. Marty Ross MD describes the approach he uses with his patients using various peptide supplements. 

Here are Marty Ross MD's top strategies to protect the intestinal microbiome during a Lyme disease treatment. In this article Dr. Ross also reviews the key functions of the intestinal microbiome.