Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

Recent estimates are that there may be as many as a half a million new cases of Lyme

disease that we can each year in the United States that we can actually agree on.

This isn't a possible one and what we actually can agree on.

What most people learned it as is kind of like summer flu.

You're in the middle of the summer, you get a little achy,

muscles and joints, a little tired. And then you're like, oh, well, yeah, I went out hiking or

I was in the park three weeks ago and might have pulled an insect off me. You may or may not get

this rash that they call an erythema migrans rash. And rarely do you get a swollen knee because everybody's looking out for the rash and the knee. But the bottom line is it's transmitted by what we call exoides scapularis. So it's a deer tick is what most people call it. Well, hello there. I'm Dr. Kate Henry, head of medical education at Rufa Health. And today we have a very special guest for you. Dr. Tom

Moorcroft is the founder of Origins Health. He's also an expert in treating Lyme disease

and co-infections. He runs a practice where he treats complex chronic illnesses and helps people

heal and thrive. Today we take a deep dive into Lyme disease and the infections that

can come with it. How do you test for it and how do you treat it if it's turned out you've got it?

You'll learn this and more from Dr. Tom in an amazing podcast that'll leave you feeling uplifted and

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