by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=28586 Comment; This is an older article, but a good summary by Dr. Shoemaker of what is still true with CIRS. Ritchie C. Shoemaker, Dennis House, James C. Ryan Affiliation(s)Center for Research on...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0197018618305126?via%3Dihub Comment; There is so much about the gut microbiome & human microbiome in general that we do NOT understand nor appreciate! The gut has the 2nd largest number of neurons &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/playing-outdoors/article231733368.html Comment; 15 cases of tick-borne Lyme with the explanation that those folks were infected in other states. OK, but as the writer admits, Tularemia, Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever, Tick-borne...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://f1000research.com/articles/8-763/v1 Comment; Technical review article that delves into the immunology, how the VIsE locus/antigenic group allows the tick vector to remain assymptomatic while only mammalian hosts are harmed–a great way to transmit a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tid.13129 Comment; Testicular inflammation fromm a tick-borne parasite in an immunocompromised patient. There are so many different infectious presentations from these parasites! Akshay KhatriAmanda LlojiRichard...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X19300998?via%3Dihub Comment; Surveilance by citizens is a good thing, the more data we have, the better choices we can make. Daniel J.SalkeldabW. TannerPortercSamantha M.LohbNathan C.NietocShow...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/PART-TWO-Fighting-Lyme-Disease-511597151.html Comment; More info on the research being done into vectors for the disease. By Morgan Sturdivant | Posted: Thu 7:18 PM, Jun 20, 2019 | Updated: Thu 7:26...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Part-One-Fighting-Lyme-Disease-511540782.html Comment; Sadly, this disease is often missed due to lack of suspicion/placement in the differential of the current illness combined with the propensity to false-negative lab results. Part...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.cureus.com/articles/18066-severe-babesiosis-masquerading-as-thrombotic-thrombocytopenic-purpura-a-case-report Comment; We have been blessed with such good health in the developed world that we don’t often consider some of these more obscure yet...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
TOUCHED BY LYME: Singing from the IDSA Lyme hymnal Comment; Sadly, many cases of Lyme are missed–lab tests are often falsely negative–if it’s considered and tested for at all! Single-joint arthritis (monoarthritis) should be considered infectious...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X18304977?via%3Dihub Comment; The white-footed deer mouse was thought to be the only rodent reservoir for Borrelia burdorferi–pathogen that causes Lyme Disease. Now we know that other mice also host...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/750 Comment; Complex statistical analysis predicting prevalence of Lyme based on the prevalence in dogs. Man’s best friend indeed! DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2019.750 Yan LiuSchool of Community Health...
