Urine Therapy for Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans via tick bites. Symptoms of Lyme disease include rash, fever, fatigue, chills, swollen lymph nodes and stiff neck. Lyme disease is typically treated with prescription antibiotics such as doxycycline and amoxicillin. However, some alternative medicine practitioners use a more controversial, all-natural treatment for Lyme disease called urine therapy, or uropathy. Uropathy is the use of human urine for medicinal purposes.

Science

Urine therapy practitioners advocate drinking urine, injecting urine and washing with urine as alternative cures for Lyme disease. Most of us are conditioned to perceive urine as merely a waste product of the human body and are repulsed by the idea of using urine as a healing substance. While scientists have not yet given uropathy a unanimous thumbs up for Lyme disease treatment, many doctors do agree that urine is a sterile fluid that contains healing enzymes, vitamins, antibodies, amino acids, minerals, carbonates, carbohydrates and hormones. It is important to note, however, that there is no definitive scientific research that supports urine therapy as an effective treatment for Lyme disease.

Application

Urine can be consumed, injected or used topically as a treatment for Lyme disease. Some people drink urine plain and others add urine to smoothies to mask its taste and odor. Urine injections are highly controversial because traditional doctors generally do not administer them, their efficacy for Lyme disease is scientifically unproven, and injections are more likely to result in infection than other urine applications. Topical urine application for Lyme disease involves washing and massaging the rash-affected area with fresh urine. The urea in urine is supposed to be particularly helpful for alleviating rash symptoms of Lyme disease when applied topically.

Warning

Although urine therapy may improve some Lyme disease symptoms, it is still important to consult with a doctor if you suspect you have Lyme disease. Urine therapy is unlikely to alleviate your Lyme disease symptoms efficiently, and traditional antibiotics are proven to be the most effective treatment option for Lyme disease. If you are determined to try uropathy as a cure for Lyme disease, remember that topical use of urine on rash-affected areas can be combined with traditional oral antibiotics to ensure effective treatment of Lyme disease.