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...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-medical-board-reinstates-sanctions-on-controversial-lyme-disease-treatment/564871532/ Comment; This is a travesty. In North Carolina, BCBSNC influenced Medical Board members to revoke the license of Joseph Jemesek MD for providing...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://academic.oup.com/jme/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jme/tjz251/5698250?redirectedFrom=fulltext Comment; The Rickettsiae organisms in ticks in NY are undergoing genetic drift-evolving in coastal NJ. Engineered or naturally? Andrea Egizi, Sydney...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
TOUCHED BY LYME: Senators ask NIAID’s Fauci pointed questions about Lyme Comment; Am unsure if this is grandstanding or a true quest to find out what needs to be done so that funding can be provided. A bi-partisan group of United States senators has sent a letter to...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2019/12/16/JCM.01655-19 Comment; Polymerase Chain Reaction assay looks at the DNA directly instead of host antibodies to a pathogen. A test that can look at various tick-borne pathogens simultaneously–via DNA instead of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10493-019-00452-7 Comment; The odds of collecting a parasitizing I. scapularis infected with any pathogen from a white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) was reduced by 90% in the combined deer removal, Met52, and fipronil...
