Immune, Allergy & Infection Program
Lyme disease, caused by infection with the BB spirochete, is an endemic disease. When considered with the variants and co-infections, including Anaplasma, Babesia, Bartonella, Ehrlichia, and other infections, it is probably a pandemic.
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As a part of our Holistic Program, Dr. Cheikin uses various herbal remedies to help with your healing. He will support your use of Medical Marijuana (MM) as a part of your healing protocol. He does NOT see patients exclusively to provide a MM card. If you are a current patient, Dr. Cheikin can certify the need for medical marijuana with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. You will need a doctors note confirming that you have one or more of the 23 eligible diagnoses listed to the right. If you are receiving treatment from Dr. Cheikin for an eligible condition, he can provide both the doctor’s note and certification.
Fees (Current Patients Only)
Initial certification (in-person Zoom evaluation): $150
Follow-up certification within 15 months: $125
Discount available for seniors and those with hardship.
Insurance does not cover this fee.
This article suggests that extracted products can contain solvents and the plants can contain pesticides and organisms. The best ways to use marijuana are vaping, CO2 extraction and filtered-water pipe.
What Should We Tell Our Patients About Marijuana (Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa).2016
Plymouth Meeting
https://www.verilife.com/pa/menu/verilife-plymouth-meeting-pa
The Apothecarium Dispensary 420 Plymouth Road Plymouth MeetingPA 19462 484-531-4420
https://apothecariumpa.com/plymouth-meeting/
AYR Wellness **
Norristown
Liberty – Norristown 2030 West Main Street Norristown PA 19403 484-612-4520
https://www.libertydispensarypa.com
King of Prussia
Harvest of King of Prussia 826 W Dekalb Pike King of Prussia PA 19406 445-777-6106
www.harvesthoc.com
Keystone Shops – King of Prussia 367 S Henderson King of Prussia PA 19406 484-581-7189 https://keystoneshops.com
RISE – King of Prussia 445 West DeKalb Pike King of Prussia PA 19706 610-596-9266
www.risedispensaries.com
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Montgomeryville
Ethos Pennsylvania – Montgomeryville 921 Bethlehem Pike MontgomeryvillePA 18936 267-857-7295
www.ethospa.com
Devon
Keystone Shops – Devon 420 West Lancaster Ave Devon PA 19333 484-581-7189
https://keystoneshops.com
Abington
TerraVida Holistic Centers – Abington 1626 Old York Road Abington PA 19001 215-366-5008 https://www.terravidahc.com
Elkins Park
Restore Integrative Wellness Center, LLC 8003 Old York Road Elkins Park PA 19027 215-709-2360 https://restoreiwc.com
Ardmore
Beyond Hello – Ardmore 39 Cricket Ave Ardmore PA 19003 610-471-1099
www.beyond-hello.com
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Gut Program
As you can see below, testing for food sensitivity is controvercial. There are two main ways of testing, objective and subjective. Objective testing provides some degree of quantification. However the rates of false positivity and false negativity, as well as the weakness in specificity, reliability and reproducability require a good amount of caution in applying their results. Subjective testing, using the patient as their own control, has two phases, elimination and challenge. Either or both elimination and challenge can provide quality information about individual response, but it can also exacerbate symptoms and have other undesirable effects. The Test Dose Protocols developed by Dr. Cheikin are designed to “ping” the system, as gently as necessary, obtaining results that can be very clear. In some cases, due to delayed effects and/or combined/sequential effects, detecting single and combination foods/agents is tedious.
Since most food sensitivities ultimately reflect some degree of gut dysfunction, Without any clear survival value to a food allergy, identifying the decoy and misprocessing provide a healing path. Most of us develop some degree of cumulative dysfunction. The processes of repair and maintenance, while inconvenient, are less troublesome in most cases than the problem. Being patient as a patient is probably the most difficult skill but will provide the most reward.
Related Links (also see Gut Program Menu Above)
Article by Dr Cheikin: Intolerance: Allergy vs. Toxicity
How to Find the Best At-Home Allergy Test – Genetics Illustrated
The myth of IgG food panel testing _ AAAAI
Registered Users will see more below
Gut Program
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and the Fungal Version (SIFO) are conditions where the ecology of the small intestines has been altered…
American Journal of Gastroenterology Clinical Guidelines for SIBO **
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Video: GI Strategies
Covid Program
COVID-19 is highly contagious which means that everyone on the planet will be exposed to each new variant. Severity of illness will ultimately rest squarely upon an individual’s immune system. From the data, over 80% of cases are mild or asymptomatic.
Allergy, the Common Cold, Influenza and Coronavirus look similar. The table on the right can help distinguish symptoms, but there is high overlap and the symptoms are changing with the new variants.
Immune support includes vaccines, antibodies, and natural ways to enhance immune system function and kill the virus. We have collected various preventive and treatment protocols, available to registered users, in the menu above. Vaccine long-term safety, duration of effect, and effectiveness for variants (mutations) is still a moving target.
Main-stream media are missing the boat (intentionally?) by focusing on vaccines and scary stories, while minimally covering preventive measures. Testimonials such as those by numerous highly-credentialed physicians before the US Senate in December 2020 (click here) are inspiring and provide real possible alternatives and adjunctive measures. Several holistic doctors have been cited by the FTC when reporting their successes using holistic methods (see Mercola.com). Dr. Mathias Rath, who published papers with Linus Pauling, recommends additional supplements such as lysine (more below and to the right).
Dr. Cheikin can test for nutrient levels, toxins that impair the immune system, and certain aspects of immune functioning for patients after individual factors are considered. More individualized concerns and needs can be addressed in (Zoom) office visits.
Inflammation Program
This page will focus on inflammation. For the more general topic of Pain, Fatigue and Inflammation, click here.
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Managing Chronic Inflammation.2006
Essential Fatty Acids (Fish Oils, Omega-3 Oils, other) (new tab)
Nothing-Boring-About-Boron.2015 (for inflammation) More on Boron here
Low-Grade Inflammation in Chronic Infectious Diseases Paradigm of Periodontal Infections
Adipose Tissue Inflammation- A Cause or Consequence of Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance
Gut Program
Leaky Gut Syndrome is becoming a popular topic in the mainstream. It has been known about and utilized by holistic practitioners for almost 20 years. While it is helpful to treat leaky gut, the pitfall is that almost everyone these days has a certain degree of “leakiness” due to modern lifestyle. Antibiotics, certain vaccines, pesticides, and other toxins directly and indirectly (by changing gut ecology) cause leakiness. There is no direct or reliable way to measure leaky gut, other than by its clinical features, reviewed in the article (click on image).
References
The Intestinal Barrier and Current Techniques for the Assessment of Gut Permeability.2020
Immune, Allergy & Infection Program
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Herpes viruses are a HUGE family of viruses that affects everyone. There are hundreds of species which are classified by science. There are nine types which conventional medicine has established as causes of illness in humans and other species. There are probably many more. (This discussion also pre-supposes the existance of viruses as distinct entities, which may not be fully true).
We mostly know of type 1 (HSV1) which causes canker sores, type 2 (HSV2) which causes genital herpes, type 3 (varicella) which causes chicken pox and shingles, type 4 (EBV, “Epstein Barr”) which causes “mono,” fatigue and is associated with many chronic conditions.
Here are good references for more information. There will also be specific information on the main types as information unfolds.
Herpesviruses- Harmonious Pathogens but Relevant Cofactors in Other Diseases
Herpes-Simplex-Virus-Evasion-of-Early-Host-Antiviral-Responses.2019
Herpesviruses and MicroRNAs–New Pathogenesis Factors in Oral Infection and Disease
Herpes Simplex Virus 2 in Autonomic Ganglia- Evidence for Spontaneous Reactivation.2019
Dimethyl sulfoxide blocks herpes simplex virus-1 productive infection in vitro
Herpes and Candida-yeast (more to come)
Herpes and Chronic Fatigue
Herpes and ALS
Analysis-Of-ALS-Related-Proteins-During-Herpes-Simplex-Virus-2-Latent-Infection.2020
Herpes and the Newborn
Preventing herpes simplex virus in the newborn.2014
Neonatal herpes simplex virus infections – PubMed
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