Immunological evidence and regulatory potential for cell-penetrating antibodies in intravenous immunoglobulin

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OCGMkr5OxSEvsM5HOBbLZvLvEMLL2h2n/view?usp=sharing Comment; Not only does IgG penetrate into cells, but in healthy cells, it gets into the cytoplasm, in diseased cells, to the nucleus; where the action is in terms of cellular control....

Maybe It’s Lyme What happens when illness becomes an identity?

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/what-happens-when-lyme-disease-becomes-an-identity.html Comment; It is a problem, yet an understandable one. Few physicians are truly Lyme-literate, the infection is hard to diagnose with contradictory criteria from major organizations,...

The Emerging Science of BMAA; DO CYANOBACTERIA CONTRIBUTE TO NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE?

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/#inbox/FMfcgxwDqfLDcrXHnCWkRNzjHdDPgFTh?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Comment; β-methylamino-l- alanine (BMAA), a toxin produced by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) mimics & replaces serine causing mis-folded proteins leading...

Conditions that are helped by Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://www.ldnresearchtrust.org/conditions Comment; Pretty extensive list of conditions that LDN benefits. Cardiac (heart) diseases Chronic Pain Dermatologic (skin) diseases Ears, Nose, Sinus, Throat Endocrine diseases Gastrointestinal diseases Hematologic/blood...

How Low Dose Naltrexone Works

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://www.ldnresearchtrust.org/how-naltrexone-works Comment; We need more study on the dextro-naltrexone isomer which seems to have more immune system activity whereas the levo- isomer is more active in the CNS. Interesting effects from this dose–seems so...

Low Dose Naltrexone and chronic pain – Pradeep Chopra, MD

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://www.ldnresearchtrust.org/content/low-dose-naltrexone-and-chronic-pain-pradeep-chopra-md Comment; Excellent summary of the use of LDN and theory that it operates in the NMDA & Glutamate receptor systems in the CNS. Opioids (narcotics) have been used for...

Borrelia miyamotoi infection leads to cross-reactive antibodies to the C6 peptide in mice and men

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(19)30418-5/fulltext Comment; Ever more complexities in the diagnosis (much less management) of Lyme and Borrelial infections! No wonder it’s so hard to diagnose and treat...

Oxytocin; The Hormone of Healing & Hope

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NlGc5FYy3qAB-5udix8RzoVmHNfvzW2m/view?usp=sharing Comment; A great review of some of the many benefits & uses for Oxytocin–a remarkable hormone that helps so many different conditions, unfortunately though, generally only...

Cigarette smoke exposure redirects Staphylococcus aureus to a virulence profile associated with persistent infection

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47258-6 Comment; Yet another reason to stop smoking, cigarette smoke worsens the virulence profile of Staph aureus causing increased biofilm production (among other things). Biofilms shield bacteria from antibiotics. Smoke...

Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/3/95 Comment; Interesting progression, sad situation in which families are disrupted, possibly ruined by Lyme. Once Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) takes hold, there’s a higher incidence of divorce/fractured...

TOUCHED BY LYME: New source of financial aid for Lyme patients

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

TOUCHED BY LYME: New source of financial aid for Lyme patients Comment; Financial aid for Lyme patients to cover their out-of-pocket (often substantial) expenses for medical care–what a great service! Back in 2011, a young Florida woman named Wendy Phillips...

Ticks and Tularemia: Do We Know What We Don’t Know?

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00146/full Comment; So much to keep in mind! 10 organisms can be a fatal dose for 60% of those infected–that’s amazingly dangerous! It has so many different clinical presentations as well. Briana...