Fresno Fibromyalgia Doctor – Dr. Robert Boydston D.C.

As promised I am going to go over the specific lab findings for the patient we highlighted in (Fibromyalgia Case Study Part 1).  We ordered a lot of tests and almost every test gave us a specific piece of information that is going to help us make specific changes. My point in detailing this case study is to show that simply labeling you with fibromyalgia, and then attributing every symptom to that diagnosis is a disservice to you as the patient.

 So lets dig in and see what we were able to discover that is going to have a huge impact in her life.

1. Stool Mycology Test - this test measures the ratio of good to bad bacteria in the gastrointestinal system. It looks for things like yeast overgrowth, bacterial infections, and parasitic infections. When we received the results of her test, we found that she has pinworms.

   This is a lady who has suffered from "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" for over 10 years. No doctor, and she had been to a lot, had ever done this test to see what was really going on in her intestinal tract. She could have had this pinworm infection for years. The best part is a 3 day medical course of an antiparasitic medication will completely wipe the pinworms out and she will be done with it, but if we would have never checked, then we would have never found it.
    

2. Adrenal Stress Index - We found that she was in a state of adrenal fatigue. Her adrenal glands were not producing cortisol adequately. I suspected that the driver of her adrenal dysfunction was secondary to blood sugar management and also immune / inflammation driven. Keep reading, to see why.
    
3. Gluten Antibody Test (Stool) – this is another important test to run for fibromyalgia patients. We wanted to see if she has a sensitivity to gluten, the small protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and American oats. People genetically sensitive to gluten will have their immune system attack the gluten proteins as if it was a bacteria or virus, resulting in inflammation from nearly every meal, as gluten tends to be in a lot of things we eat.

   She was producing a massive amounts of gluten antibodies, and also had tissue transglutaminase antibodies, meaning she has a full blown autoimmune disease called Celiac Disease. This contant inflammation had created years of stomach irritability that had become unbearable. The treatment for this is simple … a gluten free diet. It may not be an easy thing to do but will make a huge difference in her life.
    

4. Blood Chemistry and Immune Labs - we discovered that this patient was also pre-diabetic which explains the adrenal fatigue. Her immune panels also revealed that she has a pattern of active infection, but combined with the information about the pinworms and gluten, that is the source of the problem. Had we not had those tests we would have had to do more investigating into source of infection.
   
   We are going to have her on a strict diet that will remove refined sugars, juice, and adrenal stimulants such as caffeine. Combined with some powerful adrenal support and insulin resistance supplementation she will completely reverse her prediabetic condition, lose weight, and remove a source of inflammation from her body (insulin is a big inflammatory mediator when in excess.)
    
5. Intestinal Permeability Test - as I mentioned in Part 1 Of this Case Study, we were testing for increased intestinal permeability, a condition called leaky gut syndrome. What we found was the opposite. The Celiac disease had created so much inflammation in her gut that she had decreased intestinal permeability. She had mucous build up in her intestine, and was not absorbing nutrients like she should. As she goes on her gluten free diet this will heal over time.

So by going gluten free in her diet, controlling her blood sugar by cutting adrenal stimulants and refined sugar, medical treatment for the parasite, and adrenal and insulin resistance nutritional support, this lady is going to make monumental changes in her life, IF she follow's through on my recommendations.

Of course she also had a brain imbalance that we are going to have to address with Brain Based Rehabilitation

She will be receiving treatments in the office two times per week in the beginning to rehabilitate this. Bottom line, there was definite things wrong with her and we are going to specifically address them. That is how we move from "Fibromyalgia" to specific things we can change.

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