907 - Chronic Infections, Overlooked Cause of Fatigue, Depression, Insomnia & Joint Pain | Dr. Amy Offutt

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Suspect you have lyme, babesia, or another vector disease? Looking for guidance on how to deal with symptoms and how to fix it? I talk to Dr. Amy Offutt all about the warning signs of vector-borne illness and the best methods for treatment.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:47 Tackling chronic vector infections

07:36 Fatigue

14:37 Sleep issues

18:14 Brain health & circulation

20:31 Joint & muscle pain

22: 49 Non-hormonal hot flashes

25:31 Coordination issues

28:05 Anemia

36:47 Vector disease susceptibility

51:14 Treatment and testing

1:08:35 Alternative therapies

Learn more about Dr. Amy Offutt: https://www.amyoffuttmd.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rucho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
0:14.8	To stay up to date on the latest topics, as well as all of our prior episodes, make sure to subscribe in your podcast player.
0:22.3	For weekly updates, visit Dr. Russo.com.
0:25.9	Hey, everyone.
0:26.7	Today I spoke with Dr. Amy Offutt, who is a wealth of knowledge in integrative medicine
0:32.4	with a focus on chronic infections.
0:36.4	And for those of you who are doing many of the important foundational
0:40.5	practices of diet, lifestyle, gut health, but still noticing chronic symptoms, maybe there's
0:49.4	brain fog or fatigue or anxiety or depression or joint pain, what have you.
0:56.8	There's a decently high probability that a chronic infection could be what is causing
1:03.8	this lack of full responsiveness to these other things that tend to help a majority of people.
1:11.6	And this is why I hope you will take a lot from this conversation
1:15.6	about steps you can take to sort out what might be the root cause of these lingering symptoms.
1:24.7	And I want to leave you with a quote from Helen Keller. Optimism is the faith that leads
1:31.1	to achievement. And I'm hoping this conversation gives you the optimism to keep on your journey
1:38.8	to make sure that you achieve optimal health because there's no reason if you're willing to work
1:43.9	that you can't grasp and
1:46.2	achieve that goal. So now we will go to the conversation with Dr. Amy Offutt.
1:53.6	Hey, everyone. I am here with Dr. Amy Offutt. Amy, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thanks for the
1:59.9	invitation. Yeah, you know, your name came up a few
2:02.6	times. First, by Kyle Kingsbury, a friend of mine, who has been in your clinic, which is outside of
2:08.3	Austin. And then you're at the TFIM speaking when we were doing some research on various
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