Is it Lyme Disease or is it Lyme Like Disease Symptoms? Here is a case study of a patient of mine who thought she had Lyme Disease, but actually had Lyme like disease symptoms: Nagging stomach pain was the main reason Andrea came in to see me two years ago. She had...

Lyme Disease and Vitamin Deficiency Lyme disease and vitamin deficiency can look very similar. To illustrate, here is an example of a patient who thought she had Lyme disease but actually had a nutritional deficiency: Alyssa, a 15-year-old female, came to our office....

Functional Hypothyroidism Case study #1: Weight Gain, Elevated Blood Pressure, Finger Numbness, Indigestion, and Snoring (Trouble Sleeping) Dr. Sheehan saw a patient recently, let’s call him Ron. He had numbness and tingling in his hands and arms, which are common of...

Good Afternoon! You might remember my iron overload saga. Back in October, I discovered I had functional iron overload. Too much iron in the body is actually a pretty common problem. Too much iron causes oxidative damage in the body. For me, this was causing...

When Jess came to see me two years ago, she was stressed, anxious, frustrated, scared, and in pain—lots of pain. She had already been to see one Lyme disease specialist medical doctor and one alternative functional medicine doctor. She had been diagnosed with Lyme...

Introduction Lyme Disease is an infection and gets better when treated with antibiotics. Right? Well, it’s debatable. Studies show that Lyme disease improves with antibiotics when in its early phases, but that treatment with antibiotics in chronic or persistent Lyme...