Biotoxins

Biotoxins are toxins produced by living organisms—bacteria, mold, insect bites, and algae. People canabsorbthem from a prior bacterial infection including Lymes disease, food poisoning, exposure to buildings with any history of water intrusion, blood biting insects, and toxic algae. Biotoxin can circulate through all the body’s systems- GI, cardiac, endocrine, musculoskeletal, and can even cross over to the brain. The ability of rid the body of them is determined by a person’s genetic ability to produce immune cells to clear them. If there is a problem producing cell to removebiotoxins, they will continually circulate until treated. As they circulate they cause symptoms including fatigue, pain, irritable bowel, fibromyalgia, difficulty losing weight, headaches, brain fog, hormone imbalances, allergies, excessive inflammation (chronic inflammatory response syndrome- CIRS), and unexplained illness.

Biotoxins are diagnosed using neurological testing and advanced diagnostic labs preformed at LabCorp. (Shoemaker protocol as well as other advanced diagnostics and treatment). Treatment will then be catered to your case to repair the damage to your body based on the labs. Neuroquant assessment and VIP are available if you have been affected cognitively by biotoxins.

Heavy Metals

Heavy metals and pesticides can find their way into your body through the air, water, and the food you eat. Over time they can accumulate and attach to your cells that can control your neurological system, cardiovascularsystem, and regulation of hormones. Some of the symptoms seen with these toxins include tremor, memory loss, high blood pressure, diabetes, ADD, ADHD, numbness, and tingling.

Integrative Primary Care

Our basis of operation at ACMC is to treat the root cause of illness, not just address the symptoms. For primary health care issues such as cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, and thyroid issues, we use an integrative approach. The focus is on restoring your body back to healthier function while supporting your illness along the way. We are not about “a prescription for every problem” but rather a holistic approach to manage your symptoms while at the same time address the root cause of illness to improve overall health. 

Pain

There are many causes of pain, and when you are in PAIN it can change your mood, your ability to do activities, your ability to live life to the fullest. Here at ACMC, we look to find the source of your pain and treat itaccordingly, not just give you pain medication to dull or cover the symptoms. Pain can come from physical or biochemical sources. Things like arthritis and cartilagetears are examples of physical sources. Nutrient deficiencies and elevated inflammation are examples of biochemical sources.

We perform advanced lab diagnostics to see what is causing the inflammation or nutritional deficiencies. We offer IVs of glutathione and magnesium to address inflammation and muscle spasms, as well as recommend high quality supplements to treat nutritional deficiencies.

For arthritis, cartilage tears and tendonitis, we offer joint injections of hyalgan, a naturally sourced FDA approved hyaluronic acid which is the natural building block of cartilage made by our bodies. Our joint injections are performed under X-ray (fluoroscopy) guidance to be the most accurate and most comfortable. For more advanced arthritis that does not respond to hyalgan we also offer stem cell injections.

Our Different Types of IVs

Glutathione: It is considered one of the most important and powerful antioxidants and free-radicalscavengersin the body. Deficiency puts cells at risk of damage. Glutathione has a role in immune function, chronic disease, fertility, atherosclerosis, detoxification, and inflammation. Taking it orally is not effective because it gets degraded by the stomach. IV is the optimal method of administration.

Magnesium: It is used in over 300 processes in the body, but deficiency is common due to soil depletion of nutrients in harvested food. Magnesium helps relax the muscles, and is beneficial for cardiovascular disease, migraine, and osteoporosis.

B12:

Metabolic conditions

Difficulty losing weight: Your body runs on biochemistry. Whether it’s the food you eat or the supplements and medications you take, it is meant to get broken down into individual biochemicals that facilitate different functions in your body. Weight loss is more complex than “Eat healthy and exercise”. If you are having difficulty losing weight, then something is not right with your biochemistry. At ACMC, we do advanced lab diagnostics to find out what is awry with your biochemistry an address it with ascientifically based weight loss program.

Thyroid hormone

In addition to checking your regular thyroid labs, we check other advanced lab tests to see if your thyroid hormone is getting attacked other places of the body which will not show up in regular thyroid test. At ACMC, we often find other thyroid problems that were missed. Our treatment is an approved natural prescription thyroid hormone that is more complete and more effective than synthetic hormones.

Food allergies

We use the most precise method of allergy testing. It is a blood test and instead of a serum of whole food, it tests each small protein in the food that you could be allergic to. This makes the testing more precise and accurate. Food allergies can cause fatigue, weight problems, digestive issues, and skin problems.

Type II diabetes

At one point your body could process sugar normally then it “malfunctioned” or something changed. We look to find out what caused the malfunction, make corrections, improveyour body’s ability to process sugar more effectively.

Cardiovascular disease

Your blood vessels are lined with specialized cells called endothelial cells.Endothelial cell damage causes plaque, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and cholesterol to be problematic. Here at ACMC, we look to treat the root cause of what of what is causing the endothelial cell damage with advanced lab diagnostics and repair it using a holistic approach.

Hormone imbalances

This can cause anything from irritability, miscarriages, painful menstruation, infertility, low testosterone, anddifficult menopause.Inflammation, toxins, and nutrient deficiencies can interfere with hormone production. Our approach is to determine what is the causing the disruption and then to work with your body to repair the gland(s) to produce hormones on their owns.  If the glands are unable, then hormone therapy can be added, with the most natural prescription option as the first choice.

Indoor EnvironmentConsultations

An important component of care if you are sick from toxic mold is assessing your environment. This includes performing an ERMI test (a specific test for mold in the home developed by the EPA). Dr. P is a qualified indoor environmentalist.  In addition to working with you clinically, she can interpret the results of your ERMI, correlatehow the molds found are impacting your health, and make recommendations for remediation.