He then said he uses standard labs to test what these viruses may be, ie. Herpes 1-8, to know what to treat it with. He said the best place for it is Columbia in Manhatten, as the report says abnormalities consistent with Lyme , which certainly helps for insurance. In the question and answer part he said they do spinal taps only to rule out other infections, not to diagnose Lyme. The next topic was neurally mediated hypotension.
Any infection can cause a decrease in blood volume.
Adrenaline is released, Blood pressure drops. Medications are used to treat this, but they highly recommend against treating this without a tilt table test. Other associated disorders involve the thyroid, which may need treatment with preactivated type hormones. He said the thyroid can test perfectly fine, but there is a change that occurs with the hormones. There is also leaky gut syndrome, which means patients should do a rotation diet.