{"id":444,"date":"2015-02-26T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:32:34","slug":"functional-medicine-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/treatments\/functional-medicine\/functional-medicine-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Medicine Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201c7 years ago I started developing sore muscles and tissue tenderness. Over the years this had progressively become worse. To the point that I felt so tired even after sleeping 8-10 hours a day. Added to this I was in constant pain.<\/p>

Over the years I had been to so many doctors and had been on various medications, which would help for a month or two, with the pain and fatigue, however, the relief never lasted long.\u00a0<\/p>

Soon other health issues were starting up viz, chronic inflammation, tender and sore abdomen, constipation, chronic sinusitis, and high levels of allergies \u2013mostly food.<\/p>

The last straw for me was when the doctor\u2019s diagnosed Fibromyalgia and prescribed serotonin.<\/p>

The stool test was the guiding light to help with the correct medication and I would definitely recommend this to any more suffering with the symptoms I have described.\u201d<\/p>

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