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Building A Care Team
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Convention Medicine
Care involves Primary Care, Infectious Disease, Functional Medicine, Rheumatology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, and Cardiology specialists. Coordinated care is essential due to complex symptoms. Experts in MSIDS and Autoimmune/Neuropsychiatric Syndromes best manage these cases. Conventional medicine mainly addresses acute infections, often missing chronic multi-system issues.
Key Centers:
NH Integrated Health Care (NH): accepts most insurance, follows ILADS guidelines.
Boothbay Region Health Center (ME): Lyme-literate, insured.
Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center (MD): specialized care, insurance varies.
Mount Sinai CoRE: multidisciplinary care and research for Lyme, long COVID, ME/CFS, and related illnesses.
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Integrative & Lyme Literate Practitioners
An integrative or LLMD practitioner specializes in diagnosing and treating vector-borne infections and related diseases like Pediatric (or Adult) Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and autoimmune encephalitis. They identify complex symptoms and co-infections to provide personalized care.
Examples include M.D.s, N.D.s, P.A.s, N.P.’s, herbalists, homeopathic practitioners. Many work privately, as mainstream medicine is still adapting to chronic vector-borne illness management.
Key Experts: Dr. Richard Horowitz – Developed protocols for chronic Lyme and co-infections.
Dr. B. Robert Mozayeni, M.D. is a rheumatologist and internist specializing in persistent infections, autoimmunity, and Lyme disease, combining clinical expertise with decades of research
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Mental Health Care
A multidisciplinary team supports advanced Vector Illness and related mental health conditions.
Psychiatrist: Diagnoses and treats mental disorders
Neuropsychologist: Assesses cognition and emotions
Therapist: Provides psychotherapyKey experts:
Dr. Brian Fallon, Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center, Columbia University
Dr. Robert Bransfield, Psychiatrist with 50+ years on psychiatric Lyme disease
Dr. Suruchi Chandra, Founder, Lyme Disease Bethesda Integrative Psychiatry
Dr. Rosalie Greenberg, Board-certified psychiatrist for children, adolescents, and adults