Pandemic aside, we’re seeing a national immune crisis. Autoimmune conditions continue to rise to record numbers, not to mention all of the chronic mystery illnesses that so many people struggle with daily. I’ve experienced this firsthand, along with the corresponding frustration and fear. There is an intriguing hypothesis about these conditions that I get into with my guests, Dana Parish and Dr. Steven Phillips, today on The Doctor’s Farmacy: underlying infections. Sneaky tick-borne diseases like Lyme, parasitic infections, and certain viruses can be extremely hard to diagnose. Meanwhile, they can contribute to an immune system collapse and other life-threatening breakdowns throughout the entire body.
Dr. Phillips and Dana Parish share their incredible stories of overcoming chronic stealth infections after numerous doctors couldn’t help them. Lyme was a common factor for both of them, while Dr. Phillips was also able to diagnose Bartonella in Dana. At their worst, they both had extremely limited mobility and felt their lives were at risk. Dana shares that in addition to recovering her mobility and strength, treating these infections also had a profound impact on her mental health by reducing her anxiety and depression. Dr. Phillips’ journey not only forced him to be his own detective to find healing, but also showed him how much discordance there is among conventional medicine in treating diseases like Lyme.
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Dr Mark Hyman doing awesome job. Thank you Sir.
The heart failure story….that is incredible. Imagine the people who could be healed! Yikes…so scary.
Where can we find doctors like you instead of traditional physicians?
Look 4 FUNCTIONAL doctors.
Cleveland clinic is rated #2 in the country behind Mayo clinic. #3 is mass General in Boston. MGH is #3 hospital and rated #1 in diabetes care which is probably the worst disease that affects every system. Seems most people nowadays r having a problem with insulin resistance.
Thank you Dr. Hyman for this video and sharing this info!
No one mentions hand rashes. I’ve got extremely sensitive papper thin skin on my fingers . The dermatologist said it was Covid origin . No idea when I bumped into the infectious spoars !!!
And when they put you in the psychiatric bucket, that’s criminal! They should be locked up and their license pulled!! I’ve had that happened to me many times!!
Our medical system needs a major overhaul!! Functional medicine is the way to go, but if it only could be made affordable to the average person!
I saw a functional medicine doctor and she had actually quit on me (even after writing on her sign up form that you have to promise to stay the course and not quit…but I guess its ok if the doctor quits). The thing is not all functional doctors are equal. She had no idea what was causing my problems and she said I was reacting to too many things (which of course is one reason why I went there…plus no matter what I ate I was burping all the time, no Appetite, etc). So even if you go see one they might not actually help you.
How does one with low income search out help. My insurance doesn’t pay for anything new or debatable.
The only doctors that give you crap for googling, are the ones that have God Syndrome. And pretty sure the CEO of my insurance company has it too
This is one of those rare Milestone interviews in medicine, very rare, very stunning
Dr. Hyman, you look so good, that was a great idea to go to Hawaii.
Its great, that you make this vlogs for us, thanks so much.
Dr. Been I wish you health and good wishes. Please be safe, Ill send you me best wishes and angels to protect you.
I’ve been searching for 2 years why a person would get Psoriatic Arthritis when battling a flu, with no answers anywhere in sight. Literally it happened in one day.
I think (hope) we will look at chronic illness a lot different in 50 years. It’s really f***** up how helpless conventional doctors really are today.
Thank you for mentioning hidden infections and raising awareness!