Functional Medicine & Disease Triggers Flashcards
4 P’s approach to functional medicine?
Personalised: genetic and environmental variations drive individual treatment
Predictive: tailored health strategy based on personalised map of health risks with traditional and novel bio markers
Preventative: proactive approaches that shift focus from illness to wellness, from disease treatment to functional enhancement
Participatory: empowers and engages patient
What is the functional medicine tree?
A pictorial description of how different aspects of our life lead in to our health status
What are the roots of the functional medicine tree?
Environmental input
What is the trunk of the functional medicine tree?
Preconceived attitudes and beliefs and genetics
What is the GO TO IT approach to functional medicine?
Gather Organise Tell Order Initiate Track
Explain the old friends hypothesis?
Decreased exposure to friendly microbes and increased exposure to anti-microbial chemicals increases the hyper-responsiveness of the immune system
Adverse food reactions cause the immune system to synthesise and release reactive chemicals, name 5?
Histamines
Cytokines
Prostaglandins
Lymphokines
Interferons
State 5 common symptoms of a food allergy/intolerance?
Sneezing
Runny nose
Itchy eyes
Sinus problems
Shortness of breath
State 3 known effects of lead on the CNS?
Lowering IQ
Unpairing memory
Reducing ability to concentrate
State 4 ways humans are exposed to mercury?
Consumption of fish
Occupation
Vaccinations
Dental amalgams
What does mercury bind to inside cells and what effect does this have?
Glutathione
Reduces glutathione production and results in a rise in oxidative stress and impairment of then livers detoxification capacity
State 3 effects of mercury on the human body?
Contributes to autoimmune processes
Impairs the immune systems ability to suppress growth of Candida
Negatively affects human fertility
Negative effects on the cardiovascular system as in accumulated in the heart - high bp and irregular heart beat
