Chronic Illnesses Functional Medicine Can Help!

Functional Medicine promotes and sustains overall wellness. After an assessment, our functional medicine practitioners suggest a flexible solution that depends on the results. They utilize various testing from blood, saliva, stool, urine, or diagnostic data. With that information they may adjust nutrition levels or suggest other changes depending on how your body responds to the treatment. Below is a list of the most common conditions our Functional Medicine can help improve.

Neurological Conditions

• Depression — One of the most common conditions that people suffer from in the United States, this serious mood disorder can negatively affect physical health as well.
• ADHD — Also known as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is a mental health disorder that can cause above-normal hyperactive and impulsive behaviors.
• Anxiety — This disorder causes dread or fear of everyday situations, making it hard to get through simple tasks.
• Alzheimer’s — The hypothesis reflects Amyloid plaques in the brain cause Alzheimer's.
• Parkinson’s — Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects dopamine-producing ("dopaminergic") neurons in a specific area of the brain. It is multifactorial with underlying autoimmune disease traits.

Cardiometabolic Conditions

• Hypertension — Also known as High Blood Pressure, puts strain on the heart, arteries, and blood vessels.
• Diabetes — This is a group of diseases related to blood sugar(glucose) levels being out of balance.
• Heart Disease — This is a group of heart conditions that affect cardiovascular functions and can lead to death.
• Fatty Liver Disease — This is a group of liver conditions caused by the extra build-up of fat in the liver.

Autoimmune Diseases

• Rheumatoid Arthritis — A chronic inflammatory disorder affects many joints, including hands and feet.
• Lupus — An inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its tissues.
• Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis — Hashimoto's Thyroiditis occurs when the immune system attacks the butterfly-shaped gland in the neck (thyroid).
• Celiac Disease — An immune reaction after eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye.

Digestive Disorders

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) — IBS is not a life-threatening condition but still affects a person's mental and physical health, including symptoms like severe fatigue, gastrointestinal (GI) distress and urgency, difficulty outside of the house, and regular flareups.
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) — A chronic gastrointestinal (GI) tract inflammation.
• Leaky Gut Syndrome — A digestive condition that affects the lining of the intestines.
• Acid Reflux — Also known as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), is one of the most common health-related conditions that cause heartburn and acid reflux.
• Ulcers — Ulcers are sores on your stomach or small intestine lining.

Hormonal Issues

• Hyperthyroidism — A condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine hormone.
• Hypothyroidism — A condition in which the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone.
• Menopause — Menopause is the end of a woman's menstrual cycle, where the female experiences a decline in estrogen.
• Andropause — Male menopause, where a