Symptoms of brain fog, hair loss, anxiety, arrhythmias, distorted sense of smell and taste, muscle weakness and fatigue, GI symptoms and a host of other debilitating complaints comprise the poorly understood phenomona of Long-COVID. Rehabilitation requires repairing damaged tissues, addressing endocrine imbalances, calming down residual inflammation and identifying older infections that have been re-activated during COVID.

A full endocrine work up including adrenal function, thyroid function and assessment of reproductive hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone is frequently the first set of diagnostics run for new patients of NENH. In identifying endocrine imbalances leading to fatigue, insomnia, menstrual issues and slow metabolism, these symptoms can be addressed from the start of treatment. Achieving endocrine stability simplifies the task of working through underlying causes of chronic inflammation.

Successful treatment of tick borne illness begins with an accurate diagnosis. NENH utilizes effective research-based methods to diagnose and treat Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses, factoring in the patient’s individual immune deficiencies to make testing as accurate as possible. Both herbal and pharmaceutical therapies are utilized for treatment of tick-borne illness as well as investigation of factors that cause patients to be more vulnerable to chronic infections.

Many of the underlying causes of chronic inflammation can be traced to individual imbalances in immune function. Symptoms such as environmental allergies, food allergies, IBS, migraines, unexplained hypertension, arrhythmias, chronic edema and vulnerability to chronic infection are attributable to overreactive mast cells. MCAS originates in a patient’s genetics but becomes problematic when the immune system is under stress from infections, allergens, toxins and other irritants. For patients with reactive mast cells, management of over-reactivity and removal of irritants is necessary to move toward desired quality of life.

Due to genetic factors affecting detoxification potential, about 25% of human beings are susceptible to mycotoxin illness when living or working in a “sick” building. Mycotoxin illness creates mysterious symptoms, such as extreme fatigue and brain fog, that are difficult to diagnose. For these patients, liver detoxification and anti-fungal therapies, as well as assessing environmental allergens, become vital to their recovery.

Auto-immune disease occurs when the immune system has gone awry under the influence of chronic infections, toxic burdens, mental-emotional factors and other stressors. NENH helps to identify and remove triggers to auto-immunity along with providing innovative therapies such as Low Dose Naltrexone and mast cell stabilizers to manage auto-immune symptoms. NENH can, and often does, work in conjunction with conventional rheumatology.