by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections, Uncategorized
Concerns Regarding the Covid19/SARS-CoV-2 vaccine SARS/Covid-19 is an RNA virus, this means that the genetic code for the virus is carried on RNA not DNA. This is significant. It also means we’re going to review some cellular biology so you can understand...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Why Don’t More Practitioners Know About Lyme & Tick-Borne Illnesses? There are 3 common ticks in Western North Carolina; Black legged Tick Ixodes scapularis Lone Star Tick Amblyomma Americanum American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis Illnesses carried...
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, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://danielcameronmd.com/fatal-case-of-neuroborreliosis/ Comment; How many unrecognized cases of Lyme & Neuroborreliosis cause fatalities in the US every year? I see so many cases of “complex chronic illness”, folks who have seen many physicians who...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.03067/full Comment; Salp15 has remarkable properties; 1. binds specifically to CD4 molecules on the surface of T lymphocytes, 2. interferes with T-Cell Receptor-mediated signaling transduction, 3. inhibits CD4+...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/01/10/mice-lyme-disease-vaccine-connecticut Comment; What a great (& effective!) idea. Lace mouse food with an orally effective vaccine against Borrelia so that mice get the vaccine against the agent causing Lyme disease. So...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/kills-yeast-a-brief-guide Comment; A quick overview of how to control Candida overgrowth in the gut while treating Lyme with antibiotics–or just controlling SICO/SIFO. The Problem with Yeast and Lyme Disease Treatment Too many...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Lyme Action Fly-In” planned for Washington DC Comment; The point is made that just because funding has been allocated in advance, does not mean that congress will fund it each year–it’s a good idea to have “boots on the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/justin-bieber-reveals-battling-lyme-disease-back-68152697 Comment; Sad that he has it, perhaps it’ll be good by providing more info and public knowledge as to what’s going on with this illness, maybe...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/504431 Comment; Impressive visuals on this case as well as the need for surgical intervention to en-bloc remove the foreign body and continue with appropriate medical therapy for tick-borne...