Could Your Chronic Illness Be a Masked Infection? We’ve all had a viral infection. It can be as mild as a rhinovirus that causes an annoying runny nose. It can be as severe as the Influenza virus, which can put you in bed for three weeks with coughing and weakness. The type of viruses I […]
What’s Causing Your Fatigue: Pt. 1 – Hidden Infections
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia are two of the most complex medical conditions that a patient can live with or that a doctor can face. Fatigue is a vague complaint to a physician because so many illnesses can present this symptom. Chronic generalized pain is also a diagnostic dilemma that sets patients off running to neurologists […]
Nutrition for Chronic Fatigue: Antioxidants = Pro-Vitality
I recently presented in my “Medical Library” series The Color Code by James Joseph, Daniel Nadeau, and Anne Underwood. The premise of the book is that eating from a plate filled with colorful fruits and vegetables is the way to optimum health. It sounds like advice your grandma would give you, and you wouldn’t need […]
Vitamin C & Chronic Fatigue
Vitamin C Is Essential for Human Health. Period. A severe deficiency of Vitamin C leads to scurvy, which is a fatal disease, and once we don’t hear about it much these days. Historically, scurvy was the disease of sailors and sea travel. Back in the day, many sailors on long voyages would die of this […]
“Why Am I so Tired?”: Causes of Chronic Fatigue
Part 1: Thyroid Imbalance Our practice specializes in treating patients with Chronic Fatigue diseases. Chronic Fatigue cases are the most challenging for a physician because there are so many possible medical causes that may be involved. Chronic Fatigue is equally challenging to the patient because no obvious organ in their body is involved. The Endocrine […]
Chronic Fatigue Symptoms: Are You Vitamin Deficient?
There is no food shortage, and yet much of the population is overweight, so how can someone today be vitamin deficient? The answer is two-fold: our food today does not contain the nutrients it once did, and many people today require medications that lower our absorption of vitamins and essential minerals. Out of Balance In […]
Insomnia and Heart Disease: What Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia patients need to know!
I am often reminded of an Irish proverb “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” Unfortunately, in these times, they are hard to come by. Many patients who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or fibromyalgia have associated sleep disorders. Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and multiple nighttime […]
Infections and CFS and Fibromyalgia
I am always asked by patients “what causes CFS?” Or “What causes Fibromyalgia?”The answer is a complicated one. We know that in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have sleep disorders, hormonal imbalances, especially thyroid dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction, and viral infections. The infectious component of the disorder is debated amongst the medical community. I believe, as […]
Thyroid Conditions-The Connection to Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
This past week I have had 2 patients with undiagnosed thyroid disease. Both of these patients had multiple symptoms consistent with low thyroid and had been to several different physicians. One of these patients suffered from fibromyalgia. Patients and colleagues alike often ask me about the connection between fibromyalgia and thyroid disease. I tell them […]