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Authored by: Christine Worthington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently Dr Neil Nathan, a specialist in chronic illness, spoke at a conference for Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tick-borne Disease. He said: \u201cWe live in an incredibly toxic world and unless we change things, we could all be sick\u2026 those of us who are sick are the canaries in the coal mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

With over 44 years of medical practice, Dr Nathan is well-qualified to speak on this subject. He has spent the past 25 years specialising in treating patients with chronic, complex medical illnesses. During the conference, he explained that there are a number of underlying factors which are often the reason why a particular patient does not respond well to treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a number of patients with tick-borne illnesses who are extremely sensitive to any form of treatment,\u201d he said. \u201cThey often don\u2019t respond well to the usual protocols or treatments,\u201d He then went on to explain that the \u2018biggest offenders\u2019 to healing include people suffering from Bartonella, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, mould toxicity, porphyria, and methylation Issues.<\/p>\n

Dr Neil Nathan, a Board-Certified Family Physician, and a Founding Diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine (now called the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine).<\/p>\n

Lyme disease is now one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases<\/strong><\/em>
\n With Lyme disease now one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases worldwide, Dr Nathan\u2019s insights into the complexity of chronic tick-borne infections proved to be of great interest to the doctors and health practitioners at the conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Nathan emphasised to the conference attendees that it\u2019s crucial to look for these additional factors which can hinder their patients\u2019 recovery. He noted: \u201cMould is a major factor and although it\u2019s a difficult problem to treat, I\u2019ve seen many patients recover much more quickly when they address it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said \u201cIt\u2019s often difficult for people to move out or remediate their accommodation because that\u2019s their home.\u201d However, in his experience, if a patient is suffering from mould exposure, the first thing they need to do is to address this.<\/p>\n

\u201cBartonella and mould are very similar in some ways \u2013 they create a similar picture with similar symptoms,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s best to start treating mould because it\u2019s easier than treating Bartonella.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Nathan said once mould treatment has been carried out, \u201cthe immune system will start working\u201d and then you\u2019ll have much more success treating Bartonella.<\/p>\n

For more information contact: <\/strong>If you find you have a chronic health condition you’d like help with, you can contact Christine Worthington from Your Better Health here.<\/a> She works as a Mould & Chronic Illness Coach and she can talk with you and give you some options on how to treat your condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authored by: Christine Worthington Recently Dr Neil Nathan, a specialist in chronic illness, spoke at a conference for Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tick-borne Disease. He said: \u201cWe live in an incredibly toxic world and unless we change things, we could all be sick\u2026 those of us who are sick are the canaries in … <\/p>\n

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