Phase 1-Physical Therapy: Patients with Lyme Disease, ME/CFS and/or POTS

Physical Therapy- Phase 1 

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CDC Finds Several New Species of Bartonella: What You Need to Know

In a Paper Titled: "Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France" to be published March 2016 in Emerging Infectious Disease Journal, the CDC reports they identified six strains of Bartonella in patients with chronic subjective symptoms and a history of tick bites. Three of the strains strains were B. henselae and 3 were from other animal-associated Bartonella spp. (B. doshiae, B. schoenbuchensis, and B. tribocorum). 

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease - Chronic Fatigue Immune DeficiencySyndrome

Fatigue is one of the most common reasons people seek consultation with health care providers. 

Recently the Institute of Medicine released a report suggesting that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)  and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) be reclassified as Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID).  This has raised many questions and concerns about the new classification being too broad, as pointed out here. There is no known single etiology for ME/CFS, but current research coming out of the Stanford ME/CFS Initiative is pointing towards immune system disruption. Because of this I actually prefer the term Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS). Honestly, at this point, I don't really care what they call it, as long as it is recognized by the Medical/Scientific Community and we start looking for a cure.