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Updated: 4/24/2023

Neuropathy in Lyme Disease

In chronic Lyme disease it is common to have nerve injury in locations outside of the brain and spinal cord – also called peripheral neuropathy. Common symptoms of peripheral neuropathy include:

• numbness,
• burning sensations,
• and/or sharp, stabbing or electric feelings.

In this article Marty Ross MD reviews:

• laboratory evaluation of neuropathy in chronic Lyme disease and a functional medicine approach to remove nerve insults and to repair nerve injury.

Neuropathy Laboratory Evaluation

A basic laboratory evaluation of neuropathy may include:

• Vitamin B6 (too much Vitamin B6 causes neuropathy)
• Vitamin B12 (low Vitamin B12 causes neuropathy)
• Vt D3 (levels around 40 ng/ml to 80ng/ml support healthy nerve function)
• CBC
• CMP (evaluation of kidney and liver function)
• TSH, Free T3, and Free T4 (evaluate for low or high thyroid function)
• TTG-IgA & EMA (for possible celiac disease)
• heavy metal urine testing (see the end of the article for when to do this)

(See link for video and article)

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For more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/06/04/lyme-neuropathy-dr-rawls/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/15/rare-case-of-optic-neuropathy-caused-by-lyme-disease/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/09/24/small-fiber-neuropathy-in-lyme-disease-covid/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/28/lyme-sci-nerve-damage-shown-in-patients-with-chronic-lyme-symptoms/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/03/12/small-fiber-neuropathy-ptlds/

Neuropathy Laboratory Evaluation

A basic laboratory evaluation of neuropathy may include:

• Vitamin B6 (too much Vitamin B6 causes neuropathy)
• Vitamin B12 (low Vitamin B12 causes neuropathy)
• Vt D3 (levels around 40 ng/ml to 80ng/ml support healthy nerve function)
• CBC
• CMP (evaluation of kidney and liver function)
• TSH, Free T3, and Free T4 (evaluate for low or high thyroid function)
• TTG-IgA & EMA (for possible celiac disease)
• heavy metal urine testing (see the end of the article for when to do this)

Functional Medicine Neuropathy Repair

Steps to repair nerve injury include:

removing the nerve insults

• correcting abnormal labs including thyroid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12
• stopping RX meds that may cause neuropathy
• treating infections
• correcting mold toxicity

repairing the nerve damage

• repairing nerve cell and mitochondria power plant membranes,
• increasing the master cell repair antioxidant glutathione,
• increasing the nutrient Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
• taking acetyl-l-carnitine if you do not eat red meat,
• decreasing inflammation, and
• using the peptide BPC-157.