Preventing Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases: Ticks from around the World, Diseases They Carry, Prevention and Acute Treatments
Alexis Chesney MS, ND, LAc is a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, author and educator. Since 2010, Dr. Chesney has worked with people of all ages on chronic disease, general wellness, nutrition and lifestyle counseling. She has dedicated herself to working with clients who have complex chronic illness, and who often have diagnoses such as Lyme and vector-borne diseases, mold toxicity, mast cell activation syndrome, among other conditions. Dr. Chesney enjoys getting to the root cause of complex chronic illness and partnering with clients to find wellness and balance in their lives.
I envision a world without Lyme disease. I want to equip you with the knowledge and skills to prevent Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Join me for this course to take the first step toward protecting yourself and your loved ones.
Self-paced Downloadable Content (not live)
This course is divided into chapters. You will access video recordings that capture Alexis Chesney's lectures (audio) accompanying the PowerPoint slides with her on camera in real time (video). You will have access to PDFs of the lectures, and extra handouts and videos along the way.
This course is several hours long, to be watched at your own pace, and divided into the following chapters:
Section 1. Ticks from Around the Globe: Ticks, the Pathogens They Carry and Their Geographic Distribution -Review of ticks from around the globe and the pathogens they carry. -How to identify ticks. -Geographic distribution of ticks. -Prevalence of pathogens in ticks. -Tick attachment times and pathogen transmission.
Section 2: Lyme and Tick Borne Disease From Around the Globe -Signs and symptoms of tick-borne diseases. -Geographic distribution of tick-borne diseases.
Section 3: Tick Control and Tick Bite Prevention -Tick habitat management -Host management: deer and mice. -Treating the landscape. -Tick bite prevention.
Section 4: What to Do After a Tick Bite -Two standards of care. -The 6 steps to take after a tick bite. -Herbs for treatment & prophylaxis.
Section 5: Acute Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Treatment -Comprehensive pharmaceutical and natural treatment protocols of acute tick-borne diseases. You will access video recordings that capture Alexis Chesney's lectures (audio) accompanying the PowerPoint slides with her on camera in real time (video). You will have access to PDFs of the lectures, and extra handouts and videos along the way. *Includes over 200 peer-reviewed journal article references.