Inflammation Treatments

Nina B. 43, an attorney from Manhattan was very confused and concerned about her well being. Because of a busy hectic work schedule, Nina was not taking good care of herself. She had a very bad diet and did not get enough sleep at night. Nina had severe stomach pains, joint pains, skin rashes and was fatigued every day.

THE SOLUTION:

Nina could not go on anymore feeling this way and was determined to find a solution. She did some research online and decided to reach out to Patients Medical as they were the oldest holistic medical center in NYC. Nina made an appointment with Dr. Gulatti who is a Board Certified Holistic Internal Medicine Practitioner with two MD's - one each in Internal Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Gulatti has over 20 years of medical experience and has hospital privileges at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.

Dr. Gulatti gave Nina almost a two-hour consultation and ordered a number of very detail oriented tests. After her test results came back Dr. Gulatti went over each detail with Nina. Dr.Gulatti discovered that Nina had Chronic inflammation in her intestines, off balance thyroid due to hyperthyroidism and was overweight.

Dr. Gulatti quickly made a holistic wellness plan just for Nina to get to the root cause of Nina’s problems, instead of just treating her symptoms with medicine. Nina followed Dr. Gulatti’s plan for her to the T. Nina’s health, well being and feeling of self-empowerment and confidence about the choices she made in taking care of herself have drastically improved!

THE RESULT:

Nina’s Chronic inflammation in her intestines are healed, she loss unnecessary weight, her thyroid is balanced, she is getting a full night of sleep and she can’t get enough of compliments every day on her glowing skin. Here is Nina in her own words from a Yelp review she made about Patients Medical:

"I absolutely love Patients Medical!! I have been a patient of Dr. Gulati for many months now and my health, well being and feeling of self-empowerment and confidence about the choices I make in taking care of myself have drastically improved! I have lost lots of unnecessary weight and the chronic inflammations I used to have in my intestinal system healed and I am feeling great! My thyroid is balanced, I can sleep again at night and I get compliments every day on my glowing skin and health! My sister comes here also, she is highly sensitive and intuitive like myself and loves it here! Nabil who does my blood work and IV's is super friendly and generous and gentle! Thank you thank you thank you for taking such excellent care of us!!"

What you need to know about inflammation

Inflammation is the main cause or root of most diseases. You can track Inflammation back to almost every kind of health condition in the body. Researchers are vigorously researching chronic Inflammation’s damage to the body and preventive applications such as genetic DNA testing. Patient Medical now offer Genetic DNA testing give us a call for more information. This new focus of modern medicine is new because most doctors focus on treating a symptom and not healing the root cause of a disease. Inflammation of the arteries is Heart disease, Inflammation of the knee can cause arthritis.

Most doctors would just give you a pill to help your knee pain or a cholesterol-lowing drug to help the symptoms, at Patients Medical we would work to get rid of the inflammation in your body. Inflammation in your body can cause a wide range of diseases like Crohn’s disease, cancer, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and arthritis. Just taking pills to help your symptoms will not benefit you but harm your body.

Inflammation in your body acts as a defense mechanism. Our immune system seeks out damaged cells, pathogens and irritants, and begins the process of healing. Anytime something irritating or harmful effects our body, there will be a response biologically to get rid of it. Inflammation symptoms are or can be uncomfortable but that means that the body is trying to heal itself. Inflammation is not always bad. Inflammation is a natural defense that the body uses to fight viruses, damaged tissue, etc. Inflammation works hard to remove these harmful invaders and bring about healing.

Some facts on inflammation

• When the body has inflammation it will attempt to get rid of it and begin the process of healing.
• Damage to your body, wounds or infections will trigger an inflammatory response or your body would not be able to heal itself.
• Several diseases and conditions such as cancers and arthritis can be cause by chronic inflammation.
• The Body’s immune response is triggered by inflammation

Inflammation what is it?

• Inflammation is connected to our body’s immune system and response.
• Inflammation can be good sometimes, for example, if you hurt your arm and the tissues need to heal inflammation
• Can help heal your body. However is inflammation lags too long it can cause more harm than good.

Wound healing

• Whenever you hurt a part of your body you immediately try to decrease the swelling. Remember inflammation is a necessary event of the healing process in the body.
• Irritation is often the first sign of inflammation, which then becomes swelling or some other kind of inflammation.
• Next, you may see discharging of pus. Inside the wound, new tissue will start to form this next stage is call granulation.
• We can see inflammation can be a benefit or detriment to our bodies and wounds or infections could heal without it.

Innate immunity

• When we are born our immune system have certain defenses naturally form in our body. This what we call innate immunity.
• it’s the opposite of adaptive immunity which is when your body is infected and the body learns how to fight out infectious germs. inflammation is one kind of innate immune response.

Symptoms

Inflammation symptoms can vary they can be chronic or acute. Some acute inflammation systems are:

• Redness
• Pain
• Swelling
• Immobility
• Heat

These acute inflammation symptoms are common to inflammation of the skin. inflammation sometimes maybe deep in your body, such as organs. Because some organs don't have nerve endings there may be no pain.

Chronic inflammation systems are different and will show up in the body in a different way. Some of them are:

• Fever
• Stomach pain
• Fatigue
• Rash
• Mouth Sores
• Joint pain
• Chest pain

Causes

Inflammation can be caused by many different reactions some researcher says when the body’s immune system is overactive the body is being overtaken by bad hormones and fighter cells that can damage the body.

You Diet and toxin surroundings can cause a build up in the body, pushing our immune system to be highly reactive.

Here are some foods that promote inflammation:

• Sugars
• Pasteurized Dairy
• Meat
• Trans-unsaturated Fat
• Processed Carbs

Anti-Inflammatory Diet or Foods

• Fiber (oatmeal, whole grains)
• Fruits (Acai fruit, Berrys etc.)
• Allium Vegetables (chives, leeks, onions, shallots, and scallions)
• Lentils and Beans (adzuki beans, black beans, chickpeas, black-eyed peas)
• Spices and Herbs (chili peppers, basil, cinnamon, curry, garlic, ginger, rosemary, turmeric, and thyme)
• Seeds and Nuts (hemp, flaxseed)
• Water (purified, sparkling water or unsweetened teas)
• Healthy Fats (avocados, extra virgin olive oil, flaxseed, sesame oil, walnut oil, sunflower oils)
• Protein (eggs, natural cheeses, grass-fed meats, organic poultry, and yogurt)
• Tea (green, white or oolong)
• Red Wine (1-2 per day)
• Supplements (fish oil, selenium, Co-Q10, carotenoids, vitamins d, c, and E)
• Good Sweets (dark chocolate, dried fruit)

The good thing about the anti-inflammatory diet is your inflammation will be reduced and you will lose weight. On an anti-inflammatory diet, your body cells will change and promote healing of diseases in the body.

Take a look at Dr. Weil anti-inflammatory food pyramid:

Best Way To Lower Inflammation

Change your diet to an anti-inflammatory one. Do not eat conventional meats, trans fat, bad oils, sugars and pasteurized dairy. Try to add 1 new anti-inflammatory food to your daily diet every day, they will not bite you. Add one Tablespoon of cod liver oil to your diet each day. A great way to start your new anti-inflammatory lifestyle is to call us and have a preventive Genetic DNA test done and a full medical exam, so you can know whats going on in your body. Let us treat the root of the cause and not just the symptoms.

Please see the below common questions you may have about inflammation, if you have any questions about inflammation please give us a call today!

THE NEXT STEPS:

Our job at Patients Medical is to listen, to connect the dots between a patient's medical history, symptoms, and their underlying causes. Patients Medical is a superb place for women and men to secure integrative and holistic health care from providers who give personalized care, partner with the patient to focus on the root cause of their illness, support their recovery, and help them maintain good health.

To make an appointment with one of our physicians, please call us at 1-212-794-8800. We look forward to hearing from you.