Chronic Lyme disease is one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed conditions in medicine. Functional medicine practitioners in Dallas take a comprehensive approach - investigating co-infections, immune dysfunction, and the multiple systems Lyme affects.
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Living Well Dallas
Specializes in metabolic, autoimmune, and digestive disorders using a functional medicine and integrative nutrition
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Kessmann Clinics
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Wholistic MD
Dr. Dusa is a board-certified physician who uses a personalized, holistic approach, combining functional, integrative, conventional, and alternative medicine to find the root cause of health
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Resonance Wellness
A chiropractor specializing in functional medicine and integrative neurology, focusing on chronic and complex conditions by addressing the root
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Functional Beginnings
A functional health nurse practitioner empowering women to take control of their health and find balance in body and
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Well Within Chiropractic
This practice combines chiropractic care with functional medicine, focusing on neurology, structure, nutrition, and immune function to address chronic health
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Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted through tick bites, is far more complex than most people - and most doctors - realize. The standard two-tier testing used by conventional medicine misses a significant percentage of cases, particularly chronic or late-stage infections.
Beyond the bacteria itself, Lyme rarely travels alone. Co-infections like Bartonella, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Mycoplasma are common and require different care approaches. Left unaddressed, they are often the reason patients improve on Lyme care but never fully recover.
Chronic Lyme also profoundly affects the immune system, nervous system, gut, and detoxification pathways. This is why a functional medicine approach - one that investigates all of these systems together - produces better outcomes than antibiotics alone.
Texas has a higher tick exposure rate than most people realize. The Lone Star tick is prevalent throughout the state and has been associated with multiple tick-borne illnesses. If you've been ill for months or years without a clear diagnosis in Dallas, Lyme and co-infections should be on your radar.
Chronic Lyme is known as "the great imitator" because its symptoms overlap with dozens of other conditions. Common presentations include:
Many patients with chronic Lyme have seen multiple specialists and received multiple diagnoses before finding an answer. If this sounds familiar, functional medicine may be the missing piece.
Conventional Lyme tests (ELISA and Western Blot) are known to produce false negatives in chronic cases. Functional medicine practitioners use specialty labs - including IGeneX and Vibrant Wellness - that detect a broader range of Borrelia strains and co-infections.
Bartonella, Babesia, Ehrlichia, Mycoplasma, and other tick-borne co-infections must be identified and addressed independently. Missing them is one of the most common reasons chronic Lyme patients plateau.
Chronic Lyme dysregulates the immune system. Functional medicine practitioners work to reduce chronic inflammation, support immune cell function, and break the cycle of immune suppression that allows the infection to persist.
Long-term antibiotic use - common in Lyme care - devastates the gut microbiome. Functional medicine addresses gut restoration as a core part of recovery, not an afterthought.
Neurotoxins produced by Borrelia and co-infections accumulate and drive many of the neurological symptoms of chronic Lyme. Targeted detoxification protocols help the body clear these toxins and reduce neurological burden.
A significant percentage of chronic Lyme patients also have mold illness (CIRS). These two conditions share many symptoms and must both be addressed for full recovery.
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"I was sick for 6 years before anyone looked at Lyme and co-infections together. My functional medicine practitioner in Dallas found Bartonella that three other doctors had missed."
- Michael S., Dallas TX
"The connection between my Lyme and my mold exposure was something I never would have figured out on my own. Having a practitioner who understood both was the turning point."
- Karen L., Plano TX
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