Ever get a call from your doctor telling you your lab results were “normal”, only to be left wondering, “Then how come I still feel so bad?” You’re not alone. And it’s time for you to get some answers.
The truth is, “normal ranges” or “reference ranges” on blood work and other lab findings are based on an unhealthy population. The low-ends and high-ends of “normal” range include values from patients that are suffering from disease processes themselves. Diseases just don’t turn up overnight. You’re not just healthy one day, and have cancer the next. Diseases take time to develop, sometimes months, sometimes years, and functional practitioners like Dr. Engelbart are frequently able to detect the signs of the health-landslide before the rock and gravel fall on your head. Many times she can help by offering a pro-active solution to decrease the severity before it even hits.
It’s time to have your blood work analyzed by a doctor who can tell you if you are not just in “normal” range, but if your labs and diagnostics are in a healthy, functional range, and a doctor who can tell you what to do about it if they aren’t. While medication may be necessary in some cases, Dr. Engelbart’s goal is to correct the cause of the problem in as natural a way as possible.
Here’s an example. Mary came in to Dr. Engelbart’s office with symptoms of fatigue, inability to lose weight, overall joint pain, and depression. She had been on thyroid medication for years, and the levels had been in “normal” range since her doctor uped her dose of medication six months before. But she still never felt good. When Dr. Engelbart analyzed the very same lab work, she found that while her TSH level was normal, her T3 uptake level, which measures the uptake of active thyroid hormone was below the functional range (although still in the reference range, or “normal”). Dr. Engelbart ordered a few more labs, and found that Mary’s thyroid condition was actually Hashimoto’s disease, and autoimmune disease where the patient’s immune system attacks her own thyroid gland (which is the most common form of hypothyroidism in the United States, and widely misdiagnosed and mistreated). No amount of synthetic hormone was going to stop that attack. Dr. Engelbart gave Mary instructions on how to modify her diet and customized a treatment plan to help balance her immune system. Today Mary is 15 lbs. slimmer, and she’s energetic and motivated to do her favorite things again.
This is just one example of what can be done when labs are read in functional range instead of “normal” range. There are many more real life examples of patients that Dr. Engelbart sees everyday that have been helped with symptoms of fatigue, frequent and chronic respiratory/sinus infections, dizziness, cholesterol problems, blood sugar disorders, depression, stress management, anxiety, and much, much more.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired and still being told your labs are “normal”? It’s time to call Dr. Engelbart to set up a consultation today! 972.874.3838
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