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This is a mere drop in a 28-page bucket of studies. Bransfield RC. Aggressiveness, violence, homicidality, homicide, and Lyme disease. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2018;14:693–713. doi:10.2147/NDT.S155143. Fallon BA, Madsen T, Erlangsen A, Benros ME. Lyme borreliosis and associations with mental disorders and suicidal behavior: a nationwide Danish cohort study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2021;178(10):921–931. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20091347. […]

All impairments were increased postinfection Total patient group (n=100) pre vs. postinfection Findings Preinfection, % (95% CI) Postinfection, % (95% CI) Psychiatric symptoms Sudden abrupt mood swings 2 (0–6) 80 (69–91) Exaggerated startle 1 (0–4) 75 (63–87) Suicidal 1 (0–4) 72 (60–84) Explosive anger 2 (0–6) 72 (59–84) Anhedonia 1 (0–4) 71 (58–84) Nightmares 1

Conclusion: LD and the immune, biochemical, neurotransmitter, and the neural circuit reactions to it can cause impairments associated with violence. Many LD patients have no aggressiveness tendencies or only mild degrees of low frustration tolerance and irritability and pose no danger; however, a lesser number experience explosive anger, a lesser number experience homicidal thoughts and

The bacteria that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, is a highly evolved survivor. When placed under stress—such as an antibody attack from the host’s immune system or the introduction of antibiotics—it has the ability to radically alter its physical shape and metabolic state. These advanced evasion tactics are why many specialists view short, standard courses

They do not realize Bartonella is more common than Lyme. This Is Not Genus Testing But Merely A Couple Of Species. Germany: ~30% (among healthy adults) Poland: 25.8% up to 46.4% (Rates were highly variable by region; the 46.4% rate was found in a recent study of a human population in Eastern Poland). Slovakia: 23.5%