Case Of The Month

A 51-year-old woman came to The Center in late January, 2003, with concerns of several abnormal laboratory findings, anemia, intestinal can-didiasis, tension headaches, low thyroid, ringing in her ears, and a fever of unknown origin.

She had been mostly in bed with a high fever and chills since mid December of 2002. The last time this happened was two years before this and the illness lasted for three months. This time she had been very fatigued and had swelling in her hands and feet. Before this happened she was involved with her son's high school football team, fund-raising for projects, sending her Christmas cards, and working eight hours a dayã to mention a few.

Dr. Lawton saw her on the first day and Dr. Riordan saw her on the following day. They wanted to see laboratory testing, including a test for the cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, thyroid, vitamins and minerals, amino acids, parasites, and food sensitivities. In addition to this, they gave her a 15 gram intravenous vitamin C infusion (IVC) on one day, followed in two days by a 25 gram IVC. Both of these were followed by a plasma vitamin C test.

She went home with the materials to continue the 25 gram IVCs twice a week for four weeks as well as Gentle Iron, MSM powder, vitamin C, Ultram for pain, and alpha lipoic acid. In early February the IVC was increased to 50 grams.

She returned in late February and she said that she was doing so much better. She even went to church on Sunday, something she had not been able to do. She was eating better, her energy was better, and the pain and swelling was down in her legs. The results of the laboratory tests showed that her liver was better, but the iron was still low, indicating anemia.

In July, she came for an appointment. She said that she planned to wean off the Proboost as well as the MSM since the pain was gone. She still has a little stiffness in the morning, but this gets better throughout the day. She is continuing the IVCs.