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Exhausted, moody and forgetful patients often come in with this common complaint: “I’m tired, but I can’t sleep, I’m gaining weight like crazy, and my head feels weird.” If you’ve been struggling with insomnia, brain fog or unexplained weight...

Thyroid Diagnostics First, Dr. Schertell and Dr. Mauss will become familiar with your symptoms, general health, genetic predispositions, medical history, lifestyle and stress levels – all which may be contributing to your symptoms. Then, they may order...

Lyme Disease Treatment After thorough symptom and history analysis along with testing, our doctors will craft a customized treatment plan to address these critical healing pillars: Prepping the body to receive treatment by...

People with Chronic Lyme Disease feel terrible. Imagine feeling exhausted most of the time, having no energy. You hurt everywhere, especially in your joints. The pain can be severe. You may be nauseous every waking minute and eating takes...

Lyme Disease It can spread across your whole body. It can hide from and hijack your immune system, just like AIDS does. It can remain dormant, stealthily undermining your health for years. Lyme Disease has...

Chronic Lyme disease does exist. It is defined as an infection that has been ongoing without treatment for over three months. When this occurs patients may face a long hard fight to wellness. When someone suffers from chronic Lyme...

What Is A Lyme Literate Practitioner? Lyme literate practitioner are trained from International Lyme Disease Association. Practitioners are trained by some of the leading experts in the field of Lyme disease. Practitioners at our functional medicine clinic...

What causes Lyme Disease? Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is triggered by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, or similar newly discovered strains such as Borellia Miyamotoi, or Borellia Recurrentis. When infected blacklegged deer ticks bite a human...

Holistic Thyroid Imbalance Treatments Dr. Schertell and Dr. Mauss may combine one or more of the following: Supplements They may prescribe a custom formulation that contains proprietary amounts of: ...

Are you tired all the time? Are your daily living activities impacted by persistent fatigue? Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME*/CFS) is more than being tired all the time. People with ME/CFS are so fatigued that it...

I continue reading comments from numerous people with Lyme, expressing their rage and hopelessness about their illness and the marginalization by the current system that denies Lyme exists. Being caught in the place of anger and fear...

The Lyme literate practitioners at our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee understand the differences between acute and Chronic Lyme Disease. Many conventional medical practitioners do not even acknowledge that Chronic Lyme Disease exists. Our experienced staff has seen thousands...

Many patients do not understand the importance of provider experience with Lyme disease, but choosing an inexperienced practitioner can lead to misdiagnosis and years of bad health and frustration. At our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee, our Lyme literate...

I am available for advising consults anywhere by phone. I can be a second opinion for you or guide you to the best therapies you might need. I can recommend nutritional support to treat the many side issues in...

At our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee, we take an integrative approach to diagnosing and helping patients on the autism spectrum, which includes addressing underlying medical issues and autism. Patients of all ages benefit from treatments that Dr. Greg...

When it comes to your body there are different levels of pathogens which can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, a “bug”, or simply a germ. These pathogens are a...

The Basics of Skin Problems Skin problems come from the inside. Even external recurring bites from scabies, chronic poison ivy or external fungal infections show a weak immune system on the inside. Topical treatments provide temporary relief...

How is Lyme Disease diagnosed? Standard laboratories administer screening tests that fail to detect 51% of Lyme Disease cases. When a trial vaccine was briefly administered in the 1990’s, these facilities omitted important Lyme-specific bands from the...

If your stomach often feels so gassy and bloated that you have trouble buttoning up your pants, your intestinal inflammation may have progressed into Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Imbalances in your gut microbiome – made up of 1,000...

At our functional medicine clinic near Milwaukee, we understand the important relationship that exists between the microbiome and autism. Researchers are conducting studies to determine how the state of the microbiome affects people with autism. Evidence has come to...