Is Medicine Still Getting Lyme Disease Wrong with Dr. Pam Cipriano: Rational Wellness Podcast 457

View the Show Notes For This Episode Is Medicine Still Getting Lyme Disease Wrong with Dr. Pam Cipriano: Rational Wellness Podcast 457 Show Notes: Dr. Pam Cipriano is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Functional Medicine practitioner who specializes in complex, chronic conditions like Lyme Disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Dr. Cipriano is the founder of The Practice of Health and Wellness in Thomaston, CT and her phone number is 860-880-2525.  Dr. Ben Weitz is available for Functional Nutrition consultations specializing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders like IBS/SIBO and Reflux and also Cardiometabolic Risk Factors like elevated lipids, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. Dr. Weitz has also successfully helped many patients with managing their weight and improving their athletic performance, as well as sports chiropractic work by calling his Santa Monica office 310-395-3111. Dr. Ben Weitz introduces the Rational Wellness Podcast and interviews nurse practitioner and functional medicine clinician Dr. Pam Cipriano about why Lyme and other vector-borne illnesses are often missed, citing political and educational gaps, unreliable standard testing, and the CDC's epidemiology-focused criteria. Cipriano explains limitations of EIA/ELISA and band-based testing, false negatives in neuroborreliosis, and the need for clinical diagnosis and specialty labs like iGenex and Galaxy for Bartonella. She discusses co-infections (Bartonella, Babesia, and others), symptom patterns, treatment approaches including doxycycline/minocycline plus agents for persister/cyst forms, biofilm disruption with enzymes and stevia, and transitioning to herbal protocols. She covers diet, detox strategies, mold remediation, high-dose IV vitamin C, infrared sauna, and managing Herxheimer reactions. Cipriano describes seizure cases linked to Lyme-related immune dysfunction treated with IVIG, and outlines practitioner training and how patients can access her care.   01:00 Meet Dr Pam Cipriano 02:19 Why Lyme Gets Missed 04:11 Neuro Lyme And Seizures 05:59 Why Standard Tests Fail 08:35 Clinical Clues And Rash Case 11:58 Coinfections And Better Labs 14:12 Chronic Lyme Triggers Biofilms 17:24 Breaking Biofilms And Treating 21:44 Antibiotics Cysts And Babesia 24:19 Herbs And Long Term Support 25:45 Diet To Lower Inflammation 26:58 Sugar Cravings and Lyme 27:30 Detox Therapies Overview 27:47 High Dose Vitamin C IVs 29:04 Infrared Sauna Detox 29:48 Herxheimer Detox Tools 30:52 Mold Exposure and Remediation 32:28 Diet and Hydration Basics 33:29 Lyme vs MS Neurology 35:27 Seizure Case Studies and IVIG 38:27 Tick Bite Antibiotic Debate 41:28 Vitamin D K and Testing 44:52 Programs and Closing