Dr. Stewart is an internationally-known, innovative leader and educator in neurotoxin and biotoxin related illness and its effect on brain and bodily health. His interests span the entire spectrum of physical and mental health. His unique approach to diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders recognizes that good health is influenced by and dependent on both the physical and mental-emotional levels. Psychiatric Lyme disease has been linked with virtually every psychiatric disorder and can affect people of all ages and different backgrounds.
Some 20,000 Americans are infected and treated every year, while countless others go undiagnosed.
The illness has physical symptoms that include fever, headaches and joint pain; but when left untreated, Lyme disease can "rewire" the brain.
As Lyme disease progresses, it can attack the nervous system, producing learning disabilities, mood swings, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, obsessive behavior, and other psychiatric syndrome.
Dr. Ross Stewart, PhD, is an internationally known, innovative leader and educator in neurotoxin and bio-toxin related illnesses and its effect on brain and bodily health. In this segment, Dr. Stewart provides up-to-date information on how to prevent, diagnose and treat Lyme disease.
Pain and Frustration of Chronic Lyme Disease
Guest
: Ross Stewart, PhD
From the Show: Staying Well
Summary: Lyme disease can essentially rewire the brain and dramatically affect your personality.
Air Date: 6/10/13
Duration: 10
Host: Melanie Cole, MS
