Mark Pimentel

4 articles

HW 4

Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS: The Functional Medicine Approach

Fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are among the most misunderstood conditions in modern medicine. Patients are often told their labs are normal, their symptoms are psychosomatic, or they simply need to exercise more.

10 min · 1 researchers · 31 concepts

HW functional medicine

IBS: Beyond the Diagnosis of Exclusion

IBS — Irritable Bowel Syndrome — is not a diagnosis. It is a description.

10 min · 1 researchers · 15 concepts

HW functional medicine

Pediatric Gut Health & Digestive Issues: A Functional Medicine Protocol

A child's gut is not a smaller version of an adult gut. It is a garden being planted for the first time — every seed matters, every disruption echoes forward.

12 min · 2 researchers · 16 concepts

HW functional medicine

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO): A Comprehensive Protocol

SIBO is one of the most underdiagnosed and mismanaged conditions in gastroenterology. It is a condition where bacteria that normally reside in the large intestine migrate upstream into the small intestine, where they do not belong in significant numbers.

13 min · 1 researchers · 11 concepts