Self-Assessment for Lyme Disease

December 20, 2016

Post Series: Lyme series

1.Lyme Disease Treatment
2.Not all bull’s-eye rashes are Lyme Disease
3.Self-Assessment for Lyme Disease
4.A story about Lyme disease testing and the Western blot
5.Lyme testing: PCR is looking for bug bits
6.Preventing Tick-Borne Illness
7.Find a tick? Have it Tested.
8.Tick Bite Scenario
9.Lyme Disease Tests
10.Mold Toxicity
11.Lyme Disease Antibiotic Myth
12.Living Tick-Free by Dr. Alexis Chesney
13.Lyme Disease & Bioresonance Testing
14.Treating Lyme Without Antibiotics

Lyme Disease Symptoms and a Self-Scoring Questionnaire

Common Symptoms Related to Lyme Disease

Does your story include some of the symptoms of Lyme disease? Check out the symptoms below, and if you’re the type of person who likes to take self-assessments, download the questionnaire at the bottom. Lyme disease is characterized by a combination of the following:

Immediate signs

Red circular “bullseye” rash around the site of the bite
Fatigue
Chills
Fever
Headache
Joint and muscle pain
Swollen lymph nodes

Signs in the days to weeks after a bite

Rashes on other areas of the body
Loss of muscle tone in the face
Severe headache and neck stiffness
Pain and swelling in the joints
Shooting pains
Sleep interruption due to pain
Heart palpitations and dizziness

What about an unexplained illness that features joint pain, fatigue, brain fog, or other misery-making symptoms?

Lyme disease and co-infection tests are often inaccurate or expensive or both. One tool that can be helpful is the following questionnaire. It was given to me by John Coleman, ND. Dr. Coleman is a veteran Australian physician who treats a lot of Lyme and Lyme co-infection disease. He took a longer questionnaire that was developed by Horowitz and modified it. The first link is the test and the second link will teach you how to score it.

Like any questionnaire, the result is not diagnostic. A high score doesn’t mean you have Lyme disease or some other chronic infection. However, a high score does mean that you need to investigate the possibility.