The medical community has not yet agreed upon the best treatment for Lyme disease and the debate has been heated. There are two schools of thought on Lyme treatment, one promoted by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) that recommend two weeks of treatment for early Lyme and doesn't recognize chronic Lyme, and the other promoted by the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS) that recommends individualized treatment, based upon patient response to treatment.
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Treatment of Lyme disease
The medical community has not yet agreed upon the best treatment for Lyme disease and the debate has been heated. There are two schools of thought on Lyme treatment, one promoted by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) that recommend two weeks of treatment for early Lyme and doesn't recognize chronic Lyme, and the other promoted by the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS) that recommends individualized treatment, based upon patient response to treatment.
Helpful Links
The Midwest Lyme Foundation has collected a variety of Lyme resources on this page.
Doctor Referrals
The Lyme Disease Association has compiled a list of LLMD's (Lyme Literate Medical Doctors) who have gone through the ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) training program.
Local Lyme Disease Support Groups are availible throughout the midwest and much of the United States:
