by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
What is Complex Chronic Illness? Many poor unfortunates suffer from what I like to call “Complex Chronic Illness (CCI)” including such “favorites” as “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, “Chronic Lyme” “Fibromyalgia” among others. The difficult part of this getting qualified by...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Oxytocin Many of us have heard of it as the “feel good hormone”, it’s release is triggered as a mother nurses her infant–triggering maternal-infant bonding. It’s released when we fall in love with somebody as well. For folks with...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
There is new hope for those of us who suffer from joint aches & pains related to CIRS & Lyme disease. As described in the Clinical Review of Medical Ozone. Ozone can provide relief of chronically inflamed joints, bursae (fluid filled cavities overlying bone...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) is a complex condition that affects many different systems and pathways in the body. The term originates from Dr. Richard Shoemaker after many years of diagnosing patients dealing with persistent biotoxin-related illness....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS
Part of the Shoemaker treatment protocol for Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) dictates removing potential sources of mold toxins. Toxins in the home, vehicle, workplace, or other areas where ample time is spent are all potential hurdles to successful...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) is a multi-system condition that can cause a wide-ranging set of symptoms. As much as 25% of the population at large is genetically susceptible to Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). As described by Ritchie...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
Newsletter #24: Potentially Ground-Breaking Information for Treating Mold Toxicity Comment; We know of certain substances that we refer to as “binders” that help the body to clear biotoxins, but the question we’ve been struggling with is;...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
Emerging Theories That May Help Us Solve the COVID-19 Puzzle Comment; Dr. Carnahan is up to her usual level of excellence, staying up to date on the Covid19 pandemic. I had not considered the role of oxidative stress that can simply be diagnosed with a urine test from...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
Comment; We have good news! From what we can see thus far, Hydroxychloroquine is effective, there are other things that can also help and having CIRS does not seem to be a major risk factor for a bad outcome from CIRS. A fellow family physician sent this Clip of Dr....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n18.shtml Comment; Why isn’t this getting more attention? Something as simple as high-dose (and not even extremely high) vitamin C is controlling COVID-19 & associated respiratory failure. Certainly cheaper than...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32150618 Comment; Covid19 can rapidly progress to respiratory failure, cytokines are involved in regulating the immune response. An over-active immune system without the proper “brakes” can be as deadly as infection....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677413/ Comment; Melanins that absorb energy and promote growth–including β (beta) & ϒ (gamma) radiation–deadly to most organisms, yet there are species of black mold in the abandoned Chernobyl...