Lyme Disease Specialist’s Take On How To Pace Up With Lyme Disease?

Lyme disease is a type of bacterial infection which is caused by the bite of an infected black-legged tick which is also popularly known as a deer tick. Lyme Disease Specialist refer this diseases as a great imitator as the diseases and its co-infections mimic symptoms of other diseases. A number of research has been conducted on finding a specific treatment of the disease but still, no exact cure has been found.

While for Lyme disease rest is the key factor for successfully living and managing the disease. Many people suffering from the disease tend to push themselves which often results in crashing further taking several days to recover. Patients who suffer from chronic disease feel like living on a roller coaster ride as they swing between intense symptoms and rest, in a frustrating cycle of push and crash. Often when the symptoms of the patients are low they push themselves more than the body can tolerate which in result intensifies their symptoms. Post such trauma patients often rest to reduce the symptom and feel frustrated to make up for their lost time and plunge into another type of activity leading to another crash.

Dr. Shor suggests that it is important to gain some control over the symptoms to bring predictability in dealing with the symptoms. This will help the patients understand what they have to do in order to minimize the symptoms and improve the quality of their life. Dr. Shor suggests analyzing five different aspects of life i.e. illness, activity, emotion, rest and stress in order to effectively deal with Lyme disease.

The severity of the illness suggests the safety level of the activity. While the activity factor is divided into physical, mental and social. To define the limits of the physical activity it is important for patients to estimate how many hours a day in total they can spend on their physical activity without intensifying their symptoms. Another key factor to pace with the disease is to rest. Rest refers to the quantity and quality of sleep at night and rest during the day. For patients suffering from the diseases, it is important that they take complete rest. Managing the stress level is another key factor which can help patients overcome the disease.