Parasites: The Hidden Driver Behind Chronic Symptoms

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back radio what is up everyone welcome back radio what is up everyone welcome back to another episode of Integrative VI to another episode of Integrative VI to another episode of Integrative VI radio I am Dr Nicole and I am flying radio I am Dr Nicole and I am flying radio I am Dr Nicole and I am flying solo today because I am talking to you solo today because I am talking to you solo today because I am talking to you about periods not necessarily Dr Nick's about periods not necessarily Dr Nick's about periods not necessarily Dr Nick's favorite topic but hey here we are so favorite topic but hey here we are so favorite topic but hey here we are so I'm talking about this I'm talking about this I'm talking about this because one I have had firsthand because one I have had firsthand because one I have had firsthand experience with this topic secondarily I experience with this topic secondarily I experience with this topic secondarily I actually had five different women with actually had five different women with actually had five different women with this quote unquote mystery condition in this quote unquote mystery condition in this quote unquote mystery condition in my practice and I was just reminded of my practice and I was just reminded of my practice and I was just reminded of it because I had a very dear friend come it because I had a very dear friend come it because I had a very dear friend come here to Italy and visit me and as she here to Italy and visit me and as she here to Italy and visit me and as she was here she was was here she was was here she was describing a very describing a very describing a very similar similar similar circumstance and so let's break this circumstance and so let's break this circumstance and so let's break this down so the topic that we're talking down so the topic that we're talking down so the topic that we're talking about today is pain induced blackouts or about today is pain induced blackouts or about today is pain induced blackouts or fainting with periods or with leading up fainting with periods or with leading up fainting with periods or with leading up to your period And the reason why I'm to your period And the reason why I'm to your period And the reason why I'm calling a blackout different than calling a blackout different than calling a blackout different than fainting is because in some situations fainting is because in some situations fainting is because in some situations these women are losing their Vision some these women are losing their Vision some these women are losing their Vision some are even losing their ability to are even losing their ability to are even losing their ability to hear more often losing their vision and hear more often losing their vision and hear more often losing their vision and not fully fainting or losing not fully fainting or losing not fully fainting or losing Consciousness and some are losing Consciousness and some are losing Consciousness and some are losing Consciousness and so this could be very Consciousness and so this could be very Consciousness and so this could be very scary for an individual that's scary for an individual that's scary for an individual that's experiencing it and the pain that's experiencing it and the pain that's experiencing it and the pain that's associated with this is some of the most associated with this is some of the most associated with this is some of the most ungodly pain that you can ever imagine ungodly pain that you can ever imagine ungodly pain that you can ever imagine and so the pain alone can be very and so the pain alone can be very and so the pain alone can be very alarming what is wrong do I have a tumor alarming what is wrong do I have a tumor alarming what is wrong do I have a tumor do I have cancer like what's happening do I have cancer like what's happening do I have cancer like what's happening did I have a cyst burst or fibroid did I have a cyst burst or fibroid did I have a cyst burst or fibroid rupture and very often it's not any of rupture and very often it's not any of rupture and very often it's not any of those things of course you should always those things of course you should always those things of course you should always go get checked to uh rule that out but go get checked to uh rule that out but go get checked to uh rule that out but there is a different Association there is a different Association there is a different Association especially for women that this has been especially for women that this has been especially for women that this has been happening happening happening consistently so I'm going to really consistently so I'm going to really consistently so I'm going to really start with my personal story so that you start with my personal story so that you start with my personal story so that you can have an understanding of what it can have an understanding of what it can have an understanding of what it looked like for me and then obviously looked like for me and then obviously looked like for me and then obviously we're going to talk more about the we're going to talk more about the we're going to talk more about the different iterations that heard from different iterations that heard from different iterations that heard from other women but honestly it's all pretty other women but honestly it's all pretty other women but honestly it's all pretty similar so when I was in my trying to similar so when I was in my trying to similar so when I was in my trying to think I was in high school is when it think I was in high school is when it think I was in high school is when it first started so I was always an advent first started so I was always an advent first started so I was always an advent Runner and I would go for runs and I Runner and I would go for runs and I Runner and I would go for runs and I would definitely have abdominal cramping would definitely have abdominal cramping would definitely have abdominal cramping sometimes that I would have to run to a sometimes that I would have to run to a sometimes that I would have to run to a bathroom um if I went for a long run or bathroom um if I went for a long run or bathroom um if I went for a long run or an intense run it didn't happen all the an intense run it didn't happen all the an intense run it didn't happen all the time but it it definitely happened and time but it it definitely happened and time but it it definitely happened and this is something that you hear about this is something that you hear about this is something that you hear about with Runners cross country Runners that with Runners cross country Runners that with Runners cross country Runners that in some circumstances they can lose in some circumstances they can lose in some circumstances they can lose their bowels or have sensitive bowels their bowels or have sensitive bowels their bowels or have sensitive bowels from going long distances or doing very from going long distances or doing very from going long distances or doing very um intense runs so fast forward I was um intense runs so fast forward I was um intense runs so fast forward I was running in my neighborhood which was running in my neighborhood which was running in my neighborhood which was something that I did on a regular basis something that I did on a regular basis something that I did on a regular basis and it was barely a mile it wasn't a and it was barely a mile it wasn't a and it was barely a mile it wasn't a very long distance I was halfway through very long distance I was halfway through very long distance I was halfway through my run and I started having really my run and I started having really my run and I started having really really bad abdominal cramping so really bad abdominal cramping so really bad abdominal cramping so naturally I'm just thinking oh gosh get naturally I'm just thinking oh gosh get naturally I'm just thinking oh gosh get home because you clearly need to go to home because you clearly need to go to home because you clearly need to go to the bathroom so by the time I reach my the bathroom so by the time I reach my the bathroom so by the time I reach my lawn I am doubled over almost crawling lawn I am doubled over almost crawling lawn I am doubled over almost crawling through the lawn to get into the house through the lawn to get into the house through the lawn to get into the house at this point my temperature is rising at this point my temperature is rising at this point my temperature is rising and I am I'm burning up so I'm in so and I am I'm burning up so I'm in so and I am I'm burning up so I'm in so much pain at this point that I'm just much pain at this point that I'm just much pain at this point that I'm just find the bathroom and I'm laying on the find the bathroom and I'm laying on the find the bathroom and I'm laying on the cold cold cold tile trying to bring my temperature down tile trying to bring my temperature down tile trying to bring my temperature down because the pain is so intense that I'm because the pain is so intense that I'm because the pain is so intense that I'm in the fetal position and then I start in the fetal position and then I start in the fetal position and then I start to actually lose my vision never lose to actually lose my vision never lose to actually lose my vision never lose Consciousness but lose my vision fast Consciousness but lose my vision fast Consciousness but lose my vision fast forward a couple of minutes I have to forward a couple of minutes I have to forward a couple of minutes I have to have a bowel movement and this is have a bowel movement and this is have a bowel movement and this is something that relieves a minor amount something that relieves a minor amount something that relieves a minor amount of the pain and really now at this point of the pain and really now at this point of the pain and really now at this point it's a waiting game uh one of the things it's a waiting game uh one of the things it's a waiting game uh one of the things that as this happened to me in the that as this happened to me in the that as this happened to me in the future that I found was a remedy was future that I found was a remedy was future that I found was a remedy was sometimes I needed to throw myself into sometimes I needed to throw myself into sometimes I needed to throw myself into a cold shower in order to buffer the a cold shower in order to buffer the a cold shower in order to buffer the pain which in reality was just changing pain which in reality was just changing pain which in reality was just changing the amount of blood flow that was going the amount of blood flow that was going the amount of blood flow that was going to my to my to my organs so of course the first time this organs so of course the first time this organs so of course the first time this happens it's kind of like whoa what's happens it's kind of like whoa what's happens it's kind of like whoa what's going on I need to get to a doctor and I going on I need to get to a doctor and I going on I need to get to a doctor and I go to the doctor and the result is go to the doctor and the result is go to the doctor and the result is comical because they barely examined me comical because they barely examined me comical because they barely examined me they said we don't really know maybe you they said we don't really know maybe you they said we don't really know maybe you had a twisting of your uterus when you had a twisting of your uterus when you had a twisting of your uterus when you were were were running really that that's what you got running really that that's what you got running really that that's what you got for me no recommendations just if it for me no recommendations just if it for me no recommendations just if it happens again you know you will have to happens again you know you will have to happens again you know you will have to do uh further testing and you might be a do uh further testing and you might be a do uh further testing and you might be a candidate for surgery depending on what candidate for surgery depending on what candidate for surgery depending on what those results yield okay great I was those results yield okay great I was those results yield okay great I was never someone inclined to want to cut my never someone inclined to want to cut my never someone inclined to want to cut my body open for any reasons so of course body open for any reasons so of course body open for any reasons so of course I'm like I'm going to take this into my I'm like I'm going to take this into my I'm like I'm going to take this into my own hands and figure it out so as time own hands and figure it out so as time own hands and figure it out so as time goes on I start to realize that the this goes on I start to realize that the this goes on I start to realize that the this is not happening all the time because is not happening all the time because is not happening all the time because again I'm an avid Runner I work out again I'm an avid Runner I work out again I'm an avid Runner I work out often and it's only happening sometimes often and it's only happening sometimes often and it's only happening sometimes and what I realize is it's happening and what I realize is it's happening and what I realize is it's happening leading up to my menstral cycle I was leading up to my menstral cycle I was leading up to my menstral cycle I was like hm interesting what is the like hm interesting what is the like hm interesting what is the connection here so years and years and connection here so years and years and connection here so years and years and years go by I'm in school um I mean years go by I'm in school um I mean years go by I'm in school um I mean undergraduate college it was happening a undergraduate college it was happening a undergraduate college it was happening a little bit then it started to happen a little bit then it started to happen a little bit then it started to happen a lot when I was in Chiropractic school lot when I was in Chiropractic school lot when I was in Chiropractic school and it actually started to I was and it actually started to I was and it actually started to I was starting to have um bleeding vaginal starting to have um bleeding vaginal starting to have um bleeding vaginal bleeding not period associated with the bleeding not period associated with the bleeding not period associated with the onset of the pain and it was happening onset of the pain and it was happening onset of the pain and it was happening very frequently so my theory uh and this very frequently so my theory uh and this very frequently so my theory uh and this will make sense as we talk more about will make sense as we talk more about will make sense as we talk more about what was actually revealed when I what was actually revealed when I what was actually revealed when I finally did more functional integrative finally did more functional integrative finally did more functional integrative testing but throughout my undergraduate testing but throughout my undergraduate testing but throughout my undergraduate years I was living in a very toxic years I was living in a very toxic years I was living in a very toxic environment um of mold so the home or environment um of mold so the home or environment um of mold so the home or the house that we were living in um the house that we were living in um the house that we were living in um through college I was my sophomore year through college I was my sophomore year through college I was my sophomore year to my senior year there was a lot of to my senior year there was a lot of to my senior year there was a lot of water damage at one point I walked into water damage at one point I walked into water damage at one point I walked into my bedroom which was on the ground level my bedroom which was on the ground level my bedroom which was on the ground level because it was a renovated garage and I because it was a renovated garage and I because it was a renovated garage and I say renovated very Loosely because it say renovated very Loosely because it say renovated very Loosely because it was the um worst possible a you could was the um worst possible a you could was the um worst possible a you could ever imagine um they never even put ever imagine um they never even put ever imagine um they never even put insulation in so I practically lived in insulation in so I practically lived in insulation in so I practically lived in an ouse so Minor Details uh but yes I an ouse so Minor Details uh but yes I an ouse so Minor Details uh but yes I walked down the steps into my bedroom to walked down the steps into my bedroom to walked down the steps into my bedroom to squish squish onto my carpet and later squish squish onto my carpet and later squish squish onto my carpet and later down the line when I was finally moving down the line when I was finally moving down the line when I was finally moving my furniture out of that house there was my furniture out of that house there was my furniture out of that house there was black mold underneath the couch that was black mold underneath the couch that was black mold underneath the couch that was in my room so there was a very in my room so there was a very in my room so there was a very significant exposure to very very toxic significant exposure to very very toxic significant exposure to very very toxic black mold black mold black mold and for those of you that don't know and for those of you that don't know and for those of you that don't know much about mold we're going to talk much about mold we're going to talk much about mold we're going to talk about it on a high level today and how about it on a high level today and how about it on a high level today and how it connects to this topic but if you it connects to this topic but if you it connects to this topic but if you want to dive into mold more I highly want to dive into mold more I highly want to dive into mold more I highly recommend uh listening to some of our recommend uh listening to some of our recommend uh listening to some of our other podcasts uh no matter if you're on other podcasts uh no matter if you're on other podcasts uh no matter if you're on iTunes or podbean just type in mold and iTunes or podbean just type in mold and iTunes or podbean just type in mold and you will find a variety of different you will find a variety of different you will find a variety of different podcasts that are associated to mold and podcasts that are associated to mold and podcasts that are associated to mold and all different all different all different conditions okay so getting back to what conditions okay so getting back to what conditions okay so getting back to what the hell was going on on so as I the hell was going on on so as I the hell was going on on so as I mentioned fast forward no one knows mentioned fast forward no one knows mentioned fast forward no one knows what's going on all I know is it's what's going on all I know is it's what's going on all I know is it's getting worse I have these ways to getting worse I have these ways to getting worse I have these ways to buffer it as mentioned don't run uh buffer it as mentioned don't run uh buffer it as mentioned don't run uh leading up to my period don't do any leading up to my period don't do any leading up to my period don't do any crazy physical activity and then also if crazy physical activity and then also if crazy physical activity and then also if the pain does onset throw myself into a the pain does onset throw myself into a the pain does onset throw myself into a cold shower and have a bowel movement cold shower and have a bowel movement cold shower and have a bowel movement and that would relieve the pain so fast and that would relieve the pain so fast and that would relieve the pain so fast forward I finally start to break into forward I finally start to break into forward I finally start to break into the fun and Integrative Medicine field the fun and Integrative Medicine field the fun and Integrative Medicine field and I start to learn about this idea of and I start to learn about this idea of and I start to learn about this idea of gut infections parasitic gut infections parasitic gut infections parasitic infections and ironically if you asked infections and ironically if you asked infections and ironically if you asked me many years ago do you feel like you me many years ago do you feel like you me many years ago do you feel like you have gut issues I would have easily have gut issues I would have easily have gut issues I would have easily answered no and that was primarily answered no and that was primarily answered no and that was primarily because most of the symptoms that I because most of the symptoms that I because most of the symptoms that I experienced were intermittent they were experienced were intermittent they were experienced were intermittent they were not all the not all the not all the time nothing was too intense that I time nothing was too intense that I time nothing was too intense that I couldn't function and live my life and couldn't function and live my life and couldn't function and live my life and also most most of them just became my also most most of them just became my also most most of them just became my normal getting bloated after certain normal getting bloated after certain normal getting bloated after certain foods oh just avoid those Foods normal foods oh just avoid those Foods normal foods oh just avoid those Foods normal um having stomach aches occasionally um having stomach aches occasionally um having stomach aches occasionally normal you know having to run to the normal you know having to run to the normal you know having to run to the bathroom after certain drinks or Foods bathroom after certain drinks or Foods bathroom after certain drinks or Foods normal and so I know that this is normal normal and so I know that this is normal normal and so I know that this is normal for a lot of people in reality it's not for a lot of people in reality it's not for a lot of people in reality it's not normal whatsoever it's just so many normal whatsoever it's just so many normal whatsoever it's just so many people are suffering with these types of people are suffering with these types of people are suffering with these types of symptoms that it's become normal and we symptoms that it's become normal and we symptoms that it's become normal and we also you know do our own analysis and we also you know do our own analysis and we also you know do our own analysis and we say oh if I just avoid this food or if I say oh if I just avoid this food or if I say oh if I just avoid this food or if I avoid this drink or if I avoid this avoid this drink or if I avoid this avoid this drink or if I avoid this caffeine then I'll be good and don't get caffeine then I'll be good and don't get caffeine then I'll be good and don't get me wrong not all food and drink is me wrong not all food and drink is me wrong not all food and drink is created equal hence one of the reasons created equal hence one of the reasons created equal hence one of the reasons why I moved to Italy because I was so why I moved to Italy because I was so why I moved to Italy because I was so sick and tired of spending so much money sick and tired of spending so much money sick and tired of spending so much money and getting and getting and getting poisoned um but we shouldn't necessarily poisoned um but we shouldn't necessarily poisoned um but we shouldn't necessarily be living a life that we have to be living a life that we have to be living a life that we have to eliminate things out in order for our eliminate things out in order for our eliminate things out in order for our gut to feel gut to feel gut to feel seminormal so going forward I do this seminormal so going forward I do this seminormal so going forward I do this fun analysis and it turns out that I fun analysis and it turns out that I fun analysis and it turns out that I have parasitic infections and so I did have parasitic infections and so I did have parasitic infections and so I did what I knew then uh in order to deal what I knew then uh in order to deal what I knew then uh in order to deal with these parasitic infections and I with these parasitic infections and I with these parasitic infections and I started to realize that this um this started to realize that this um this started to realize that this um this pain associated with the onset of my pain associated with the onset of my pain associated with the onset of my menstrual cycle and the blacking out menstrual cycle and the blacking out menstrual cycle and the blacking out started to get better wasn't gone but it started to get better wasn't gone but it started to get better wasn't gone but it started to get better the pain was less started to get better the pain was less started to get better the pain was less intense it would go away quicker and I intense it would go away quicker and I intense it would go away quicker and I was having very very few episodes of was having very very few episodes of was having very very few episodes of actually like having a blackout and actually like having a blackout and actually like having a blackout and losing my vision so I was like hm this losing my vision so I was like hm this losing my vision so I was like hm this is really interesting so then fast is really interesting so then fast is really interesting so then fast forward a couple of years and I I get forward a couple of years and I I get forward a couple of years and I I get introduced to the product by cellor introduced to the product by cellor introduced to the product by cellor called Paran which is called Mimosa Pua called Paran which is called Mimosa Pua called Paran which is called Mimosa Pua and Mimosa putica is a very different and Mimosa putica is a very different and Mimosa putica is a very different product that targets parasites and the product that targets parasites and the product that targets parasites and the way that it does it is when you take way that it does it is when you take way that it does it is when you take mimosa putica and the capsule opens mimosa putica and the capsule opens mimosa putica and the capsule opens inside of your gut inside of your gut inside of your gut the Mimosa putica will start to form a the Mimosa putica will start to form a the Mimosa putica will start to form a gel and if any of you have ever Ed gel and if any of you have ever Ed gel and if any of you have ever Ed psyllium husks in order to better your psyllium husks in order to better your psyllium husks in order to better your bowels or relieve yourself of bowels or relieve yourself of bowels or relieve yourself of constipation when you take celium hus constipation when you take celium hus constipation when you take celium hus and you mix it with water in a cup you and you mix it with water in a cup you and you mix it with water in a cup you have to drink it very quickly because it have to drink it very quickly because it have to drink it very quickly because it does the same thing it forms this does the same thing it forms this does the same thing it forms this gel-like substance and if it forms the gel-like substance and if it forms the gel-like substance and if it forms the gel it's actually pretty hard to drink gel it's actually pretty hard to drink gel it's actually pretty hard to drink so uh when it comes to the Mimosa putica so uh when it comes to the Mimosa putica so uh when it comes to the Mimosa putica you take and it does this inside of you you take and it does this inside of you you take and it does this inside of you and so what it does is it actually and so what it does is it actually and so what it does is it actually suffocates the parasite and when the suffocates the parasite and when the suffocates the parasite and when the parasite becomes suffocated loses all of parasite becomes suffocated loses all of parasite becomes suffocated loses all of its oxygenation now you can actually its oxygenation now you can actually its oxygenation now you can actually pass the parasite and you can also pass pass the parasite and you can also pass pass the parasite and you can also pass the parasite in its whole form because the parasite in its whole form because the parasite in its whole form because other things that are going in acting as other things that are going in acting as other things that are going in acting as killing agents like wormwood and black killing agents like wormwood and black killing agents like wormwood and black walnut they're going to disrupt the walnut they're going to disrupt the walnut they're going to disrupt the parasitic activity and the parasites can parasitic activity and the parasites can parasitic activity and the parasites can break into pieces and you don't always break into pieces and you don't always break into pieces and you don't always see it it just looks like undigested um see it it just looks like undigested um see it it just looks like undigested um undigested food in your bowels which undigested food in your bowels which undigested food in your bowels which obviously you will Overlook very obviously you will Overlook very obviously you will Overlook very different circumstance when you go ahead different circumstance when you go ahead different circumstance when you go ahead and you take this m Mimosa putica seed and you take this m Mimosa putica seed and you take this m Mimosa putica seed so I ended up passing a two foot so I ended up passing a two foot so I ended up passing a two foot parasite two feet and I'm not saying parasite two feet and I'm not saying parasite two feet and I'm not saying this scare you guys this is something this scare you guys this is something this scare you guys this is something that I see on a regular basis with the that I see on a regular basis with the that I see on a regular basis with the people that I work with but just so you people that I work with but just so you people that I work with but just so you are aware in order to have a parasite are aware in order to have a parasite are aware in order to have a parasite that is 2 feet big it has to be in your that is 2 feet big it has to be in your that is 2 feet big it has to be in your system for 20 years or longer so this system for 20 years or longer so this system for 20 years or longer so this has been this was in my system for a has been this was in my system for a has been this was in my system for a very very very long time not only very very very long time not only very very very long time not only messing with my gastrointestinal system messing with my gastrointestinal system messing with my gastrointestinal system but also messing with my mood and mental but also messing with my mood and mental but also messing with my mood and mental health because that is one of the side health because that is one of the side health because that is one of the side effects of having parasitic issues in effects of having parasitic issues in effects of having parasitic issues in your gut secondarily to that is it was your gut secondarily to that is it was your gut secondarily to that is it was creating such inflammation in my gut creating such inflammation in my gut creating such inflammation in my gut that that inflammation started to that that inflammation started to that that inflammation started to Cascade into my uterus so if you guys go Cascade into my uterus so if you guys go Cascade into my uterus so if you guys go on Google and you look up the anatomy of on Google and you look up the anatomy of on Google and you look up the anatomy of the the the intestines the rectum the uterus and the intestines the rectum the uterus and the intestines the rectum the uterus and the bladder you're going to find that your bladder you're going to find that your bladder you're going to find that your uterus is sandwiched between your uterus is sandwiched between your uterus is sandwiched between your bladder and your descending colon SL bladder and your descending colon SL bladder and your descending colon SL rectum AK where your poop comes out so rectum AK where your poop comes out so rectum AK where your poop comes out so when you have things in your gut that when you have things in your gut that when you have things in your gut that shouldn't be there if you have different shouldn't be there if you have different shouldn't be there if you have different infections from bacterial overgrowth infections from bacterial overgrowth infections from bacterial overgrowth parasitic infections if you have fungal parasitic infections if you have fungal parasitic infections if you have fungal infections you're going to have infections you're going to have infections you're going to have inflammation in your gut and maybe they inflammation in your gut and maybe they inflammation in your gut and maybe they call that irritable bow syndrome maybe call that irritable bow syndrome maybe call that irritable bow syndrome maybe they call that croh dises maybe they they call that croh dises maybe they they call that croh dises maybe they call that ulc colitis but this is going call that ulc colitis but this is going call that ulc colitis but this is going to then create inflammation is going to to then create inflammation is going to to then create inflammation is going to create an enlargement so if you you create an enlargement so if you you create an enlargement so if you you start to have an expansion or an start to have an expansion or an start to have an expansion or an enlargement of your descending colon in enlargement of your descending colon in enlargement of your descending colon in your rectum that's going to push on your your rectum that's going to push on your your rectum that's going to push on your uterus and then in addition to this is uterus and then in addition to this is uterus and then in addition to this is when you go to get your menstrual cycle when you go to get your menstrual cycle when you go to get your menstrual cycle and you start to have inflammation of and you start to have inflammation of and you start to have inflammation of your endometrium your uterus because your endometrium your uterus because your endometrium your uterus because your endometrium is getting ready to your endometrium is getting ready to your endometrium is getting ready to sloth off that is what's coming out of sloth off that is what's coming out of sloth off that is what's coming out of you when you're having a menstrual cycle you when you're having a menstrual cycle you when you're having a menstrual cycle so you have you already have so you have you already have so you have you already have inflammation in your descending colon inflammation in your descending colon inflammation in your descending colon and your rectum now you have inflam and your rectum now you have inflam and your rectum now you have inflam because you're getting ready to have a because you're getting ready to have a because you're getting ready to have a period in your uterus and now there is a period in your uterus and now there is a period in your uterus and now there is a whole Bol load of inflammation in your whole Bol load of inflammation in your whole Bol load of inflammation in your pelvic bowl and these organs are pelvic bowl and these organs are pelvic bowl and these organs are pressing up against each other and now pressing up against each other and now pressing up against each other and now your Vagas nerve which I'm going to talk your Vagas nerve which I'm going to talk your Vagas nerve which I'm going to talk about more in depth your vegus nerve about more in depth your vegus nerve about more in depth your vegus nerve which innervates your gut is starting to which innervates your gut is starting to which innervates your gut is starting to get inflamed don't get me wrong your get inflamed don't get me wrong your get inflamed don't get me wrong your vegus nerve is already inflamed because vegus nerve is already inflamed because vegus nerve is already inflamed because of the infections that reside in your of the infections that reside in your of the infections that reside in your gut so the interesting thing about the gut so the interesting thing about the gut so the interesting thing about the Vegas nerve is the top of it starts in Vegas nerve is the top of it starts in Vegas nerve is the top of it starts in your brain your brain your brain stem and then it goes down it innervates stem and then it goes down it innervates stem and then it goes down it innervates your lungs your respiratory rate it your lungs your respiratory rate it your lungs your respiratory rate it innervates your heart for your heart innervates your heart for your heart innervates your heart for your heart rate and then it innervates your gut and rate and then it innervates your gut and rate and then it innervates your gut and it plays a very big role in your gut it plays a very big role in your gut it plays a very big role in your gut motility AKA how well things are moving motility AKA how well things are moving motility AKA how well things are moving along the along the along the tract but what happens is you can have tract but what happens is you can have tract but what happens is you can have inflammation in your Vegas nerve that inflammation in your Vegas nerve that inflammation in your Vegas nerve that starts to create inflammation all the starts to create inflammation all the starts to create inflammation all the way up to your brain stem and if you way up to your brain stem and if you way up to your brain stem and if you start to have inflammation in your vegus start to have inflammation in your vegus start to have inflammation in your vegus nerve that reaches the brain stem and nerve that reaches the brain stem and nerve that reaches the brain stem and even the inner ear you're going to have even the inner ear you're going to have even the inner ear you're going to have a lot of issues with lightheadedness a lot of issues with lightheadedness a lot of issues with lightheadedness dizziness you can have shifts in your dizziness you can have shifts in your dizziness you can have shifts in your blood pressure and this can induce these blood pressure and this can induce these blood pressure and this can induce these blackouts the fainting if you've ever blackouts the fainting if you've ever blackouts the fainting if you've ever heard of what they call a vasovagal heard of what they call a vasovagal heard of what they call a vasovagal response that's essentially what it's response that's essentially what it's response that's essentially what it's creating it's creating this vasovagal creating it's creating this vasovagal creating it's creating this vasovagal response which in severe cases can response which in severe cases can response which in severe cases can result in fainting losing your vision result in fainting losing your vision result in fainting losing your vision losing your balance losing your losing your balance losing your losing your balance losing your equilibrium so the moral of the story is equilibrium so the moral of the story is equilibrium so the moral of the story is is that there is a huge huge connection is that there is a huge huge connection is that there is a huge huge connection with the gut and the reproductive organs with the gut and the reproductive organs with the gut and the reproductive organs in addition to the vagus nerve which can in addition to the vagus nerve which can in addition to the vagus nerve which can be causing this basal vagal response be causing this basal vagal response be causing this basal vagal response which is causing you to get extremely which is causing you to get extremely which is causing you to get extremely light-headed or dizzy lose your vision light-headed or dizzy lose your vision light-headed or dizzy lose your vision or faint or all of the above so for me or faint or all of the above so for me or faint or all of the above so for me though there was an interesting Factor though there was an interesting Factor though there was an interesting Factor here because I was clearly walking here because I was clearly walking here because I was clearly walking around for a large portion of my life around for a large portion of my life around for a large portion of my life with gut infections and don't get me with gut infections and don't get me with gut infections and don't get me wrong I didn't just have parasites I wrong I didn't just have parasites I wrong I didn't just have parasites I also had overgrowth of bacteria I had also had overgrowth of bacteria I had also had overgrowth of bacteria I had fungal issues there was a whole slew of fungal issues there was a whole slew of fungal issues there was a whole slew of things going on but obviously parasites things going on but obviously parasites things going on but obviously parasites are large they take up space so that's are large they take up space so that's are large they take up space so that's going to create a significant protrusion going to create a significant protrusion going to create a significant protrusion or significant EXP expansion of the bow or significant EXP expansion of the bow or significant EXP expansion of the bow that's going to put more pressure on the that's going to put more pressure on the that's going to put more pressure on the uterus and create more uterus and create more uterus and create more problems but the other Factor here is problems but the other Factor here is problems but the other Factor here is that I had the Vagas nerve inflammation that I had the Vagas nerve inflammation that I had the Vagas nerve inflammation due to my gut issues probably since I due to my gut issues probably since I due to my gut issues probably since I was a young was a young was a young child but in child but in child but in 26 I had a very bad head injury from 26 I had a very bad head injury from 26 I had a very bad head injury from falling falling falling snowboarding so again the Vegas nurve snowboarding so again the Vegas nurve snowboarding so again the Vegas nurve starts in the brain stem so now I had starts in the brain stem so now I had starts in the brain stem so now I had the double the double the double whammy I pretty much had my Vegas nerve whammy I pretty much had my Vegas nerve whammy I pretty much had my Vegas nerve inflamed from the bottom up the gut up inflamed from the bottom up the gut up inflamed from the bottom up the gut up because of the gut infections then I had because of the gut infections then I had because of the gut infections then I had a head injury which gave me 13 stapes in a head injury which gave me 13 stapes in a head injury which gave me 13 stapes in my head a severe concussion and a my head a severe concussion and a my head a severe concussion and a sprained neck and so now I also had sprained neck and so now I also had sprained neck and so now I also had damage and inflammation to my vegus damage and inflammation to my vegus damage and inflammation to my vegus nerve from the brain stem level down so nerve from the brain stem level down so nerve from the brain stem level down so after the inflammation from the top and after the inflammation from the top and after the inflammation from the top and the bottom all came together that is the bottom all came together that is the bottom all came together that is really what started to kick in the really what started to kick in the really what started to kick in the issues the extreme issues where I was issues the extreme issues where I was issues the extreme issues where I was having more frequent episodes and I was having more frequent episodes and I was having more frequent episodes and I was also having more intense pain and also having more intense pain and also having more intense pain and blacking blacking blacking out so this is really important for out so this is really important for out so this is really important for women to realize because you could have women to realize because you could have women to realize because you could have just had a bad head just had a bad head just had a bad head injury that created such Vagas nerve injury that created such Vagas nerve injury that created such Vagas nerve disruption that now you're having this disruption that now you're having this disruption that now you're having this vasovagal response and then when you go vasovagal response and then when you go vasovagal response and then when you go to get your menstrual cycle especially to get your menstrual cycle especially to get your menstrual cycle especially if you maybe have endometriosis or if you maybe have endometriosis or if you maybe have endometriosis or fibroids or Cy you already have fibroids or Cy you already have fibroids or Cy you already have inflammation in your uterus you are inflammation in your uterus you are inflammation in your uterus you are going to be likely to have this type of going to be likely to have this type of going to be likely to have this type of issue from the pain discomfort to the issue from the pain discomfort to the issue from the pain discomfort to the blacking OU or blacking OU or blacking OU or fainting also if you have gut issues and fainting also if you have gut issues and fainting also if you have gut issues and you have infections in your gut knowing you have infections in your gut knowing you have infections in your gut knowing or unknowing it can induce and if you or unknowing it can induce and if you or unknowing it can induce and if you have both you can have the extreme that have both you can have the extreme that have both you can have the extreme that you're having these you're having these you're having these episodes so it's really really important episodes so it's really really important episodes so it's really really important for women to understand the connections for women to understand the connections for women to understand the connections because I can't tell you how many women because I can't tell you how many women because I can't tell you how many women I work with and like my hormones my I work with and like my hormones my I work with and like my hormones my hormones my hormones your hormones are hormones my hormones your hormones are hormones my hormones your hormones are something that shouldn't you'll never be something that shouldn't you'll never be something that shouldn't you'll never be able to manipulate your hormones rly and able to manipulate your hormones rly and able to manipulate your hormones rly and create a symphony it's too complex of a create a symphony it's too complex of a create a symphony it's too complex of a system so if you think that you're going system so if you think that you're going system so if you think that you're going to orchestrate hormone balance through to orchestrate hormone balance through to orchestrate hormone balance through hormone replacement therapy uh hormone replacement therapy uh hormone replacement therapy uh neutraceuticals Pharmaceuticals whatever neutraceuticals Pharmaceuticals whatever neutraceuticals Pharmaceuticals whatever it it it is you're always you might feel better is you're always you might feel better is you're always you might feel better for a short amount of time but you're for a short amount of time but you're for a short amount of time but you're never going to be able to orchestrate never going to be able to orchestrate never going to be able to orchestrate the proper balance because there's too the proper balance because there's too the proper balance because there's too many organs involved you have hormones many organs involved you have hormones many organs involved you have hormones from the brain the thyroid the gonads from the brain the thyroid the gonads from the brain the thyroid the gonads the reproductive system the adrenals the reproductive system the adrenals the reproductive system the adrenals there's too much involved and there's so there's too much involved and there's so there's too much involved and there's so many factors and variables that play a many factors and variables that play a many factors and variables that play a role in your hormones being balanced so role in your hormones being balanced so role in your hormones being balanced so the key is you remove the obstacles you the key is you remove the obstacles you the key is you remove the obstacles you remove the things that are derailing the remove the things that are derailing the remove the things that are derailing the hormonal hormonal hormonal system and really what that takes is system and really what that takes is system and really what that takes is looking at Anatomy I like a lot of times looking at Anatomy I like a lot of times looking at Anatomy I like a lot of times in the beginning of my career people in the beginning of my career people in the beginning of my career people like how do you do what you do as a like how do you do what you do as a like how do you do what you do as a chiropractor and I feel so grateful for chiropractor and I feel so grateful for chiropractor and I feel so grateful for my background because I had such a focus my background because I had such a focus my background because I had such a focus on Anatomy in physiology and the nervous on Anatomy in physiology and the nervous on Anatomy in physiology and the nervous system so I understand the nerves and system so I understand the nerves and system so I understand the nerves and how the brain communicates with the how the brain communicates with the how the brain communicates with the organs and then I also understand the organs and then I also understand the organs and then I also understand the anatomy of the organs and how they're anatomy of the organs and how they're anatomy of the organs and how they're positioned and even how the low back and positioned and even how the low back and positioned and even how the low back and the spine and the sacrum and the the spine and the sacrum and the the spine and the sacrum and the tailbone all play a role in the tailbone all play a role in the tailbone all play a role in the reproductive organs as well because reproductive organs as well because reproductive organs as well because you're literally the two bones on you you're literally the two bones on you you're literally the two bones on you know people call it your hips you know know people call it your hips you know know people call it your hips you know they you have your ovaries that are they you have your ovaries that are they you have your ovaries that are anchored through ligaments on your hips anchored through ligaments on your hips anchored through ligaments on your hips so if you've had a bunch of injuries or so if you've had a bunch of injuries or so if you've had a bunch of injuries or you fell off a horse and broke your you fell off a horse and broke your you fell off a horse and broke your pelvis or you've broke your tailbone pelvis or you've broke your tailbone pelvis or you've broke your tailbone like those are things are also going to like those are things are also going to like those are things are also going to contribute to a lot of strain on your contribute to a lot of strain on your contribute to a lot of strain on your uterus a lot of strain on your uterus a lot of strain on your uterus a lot of strain on your gastrointestinal system that's going to gastrointestinal system that's going to gastrointestinal system that's going to potentially even create some of the potentially even create some of the potentially even create some of the things that we're talking about today so things that we're talking about today so things that we're talking about today so I hope this was extremely insightful and I hope this was extremely insightful and I hope this was extremely insightful and I do want you to walk away with some I do want you to walk away with some I do want you to walk away with some tips and tools so listen if you want to tips and tools so listen if you want to tips and tools so listen if you want to go ahead and do a parasite protocol you go ahead and do a parasite protocol you go ahead and do a parasite protocol you know you do you but there is a method to know you do you but there is a method to know you do you but there is a method to it there is a way to do it properly and it there is a way to do it properly and it there is a way to do it properly and there is a way to do it incorrectly and there is a way to do it incorrectly and there is a way to do it incorrectly and so at bare minimum if you team up with so at bare minimum if you team up with so at bare minimum if you team up with some of the Reps at cell core they could some of the Reps at cell core they could some of the Reps at cell core they could potentially help you with their parasite potentially help you with their parasite potentially help you with their parasite protocol um if you are someone that H is protocol um if you are someone that H is protocol um if you are someone that H is has a lot of comp complexities with your has a lot of comp complexities with your has a lot of comp complexities with your health if you are having the fainting health if you are having the fainting health if you are having the fainting blocking out there is probably more to blocking out there is probably more to blocking out there is probably more to the story and it's a matter of working the story and it's a matter of working the story and it's a matter of working with someone 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