Hormone Health Hub: Expert Insights on Testing, Balance & Better Living — immune response

By Dr. Tracy Tranchitella, ND Moderating and Resolving Inflammation with Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators Acute inflammation has a purpose and occurs when we are injured or sick and need to mobilize an efficient immune response to heal an injury or attack an infection. When all goes well, the response of the immune system is swift and complete. The job is done, the immune cells recede, and the clean-up crew disposes of the debris. Chronic inflammation, on the other hand, tends to linger without purpose or resolution. It may be the leftover remnant of an acute inflammatory process that never fully resolved,...

By Dr. Tracy Tranchitella ND, ZRT Laboratory

In the first part of this series on post-COVID illness, I reviewed some of the issues of post-viral syndromes and their relationship to the current pandemic with a deeper look into the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the nervous system.

By Tracy Tranchitella, ND ZRT Laboratory. Naturopathic Therapy for Prevention and Support of Viral Illness: Part 1 – Quercetin The use of natural and alternative therapies for the prevention and treatment of viral infections focuses on key nutrients that inhibit viral entry, reduce viral replication and balance the inflammatory reaction to infection. While  avoiding exposure to SARS-CoV-2 is ideal, some may not be so lucky. Those who work with the public are at increased risk of contracting the virus; therefore, taking some reasonable precautions to decrease the chance of infection and reduce the severity if they do get the virus...