CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES FATIGUE, ANXIETY, BRAIN FOG AND IMMUNO-HORMONAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN A 40 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOUS LUPUS
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The Pilates Wellness Center, United States
Background:
A 4o year old female presented with fatigue and anxiety in maintaining her work schedule as a dietician while caring for her two young children and living an active life. She required daily naps, many times working from home in bed. She had constant brain fog and difficulty finding words. She was often “under the weather” taking months to recover. She experienced painful menstrual cramps two weeks prior to menses which were themselves irregular. Constant irritable bowel symptoms, caused her to use activated charcoal to cope with severe bloating and discomfort. Strict sun avoidance was necessary otherwise a rash developed and she expressed great concern over her progressive diffuse patchy hair loss. A recent diagnosis of Systemic Erythematous Lupus (SLE) was made by a rheumatologist but she states her symptoms have been occurring for 2 years prior to diagnosis. No treatment was prescribed at time of diagnosis.
Her diet was unrestricted, she drank red wine or light beer every other day, does not smoke, had exercise intolerance, slept well yet woke up fatigued, surgical history significant for cholecystectomy and a family history significant for gastrointestinal cancers.
Methods:
The patient had a strong adverse clinical reaction to Th-2 stimulators. Blood chemistry revealed lab low Total Cholesterol (131 mg/dl); functionally low Vitamin D (36 ng/ml); lab high CRP (5.6 mg/l), AST (49 U/L) and ALT (62 U/L); functionally high Monocytes (10.3%).
She was placed on an anti-inflammatory diet and supplement protocol including sublingual vitamin D, turmeric, resveratrol, glutamine and multi-vitamin/mineral with therapeutic levels of chromium and vanadium.
Results:
After 120 days on her treatment plan, the patient reported significant improvements: hormonal and gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as patchy hair, lose resolved 100%; fatigue improved 95% with now only needing one nap per month and she now distinguishes feeling tired vs feeling fatigued and adjusts her activities accordingly to avoid “crashing”; she no longer experiences exercise intolerance and started gentle exercise four times per week without negative consequences; she was ill twice during her treatment plan both episodes resolved within two weeks; she can tolerate brief sun exposure (3-5 min) without a rash developing; and states her anxiety has reduced by 90% as she feels capable of living an active life and juggling her work schedule with family time while successfully managing her SLE symptoms.
Conclusions:
The author suggests further investigation into clinical nutrition and supplementation in the treatment of fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, and immune-hormonal and gastrointestinal symptoms, in patients with a history of SLE.
The research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Keywords:
Autoimmunity,
Systemic erythematous lupus,
supplementation,
Anti-inflammatory diet,
Fatigue
Conference:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience, Orlando, United States, 24 May - 26 May, 2019.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Clinical Neuroscience
Citation:
Habanova
T
(2019). CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES FATIGUE, ANXIETY, BRAIN FOG AND IMMUNO-HORMONAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN A 40 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOUS LUPUS.
Front. Neurol.
Conference Abstract:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2019.62.00072
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Received:
09 Apr 2019;
Published Online:
27 Sep 2019.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Tatiana Habanova, The Pilates Wellness Center, Wellington, United States, drhabanova@yahoo.com