Over the past 15 years the Wellness Resource Medical Clinic has
refined the art of provocation neutralization testing and treatment
for environmental illness. Unlike other allergy testing, we
individualize testing by choosing form over 500 allergens based on
the patients history. The dose is also designed specifically for the
patient by skin testing. |
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New patients have skin
testing performed which provokes a wheal on the skin specific
for a type of allergen (this is called provocation). The next
step is to neutralize the wheal with the correct dose of
allergen which turns off the allergic response. This "turn-off"
dose is too small to produce a reaction but large enough to
prevent one. The patient goes home with the specific dose needed
for each allergen combined into a single solution. |
Typically allergens are given twice weekly and many patients
have relief of symptoms the same day! This makes testing and
treatment fast, accurate and convenient. Once a patient has
neutralized his immune system to the offending allergen, the
substance can be re-introduced. Patients are eating
forgotten foods and enjoying abandoned activities once
again! |
Mitzy and Patti form the nucleus of our clinic staff. They
have a combined 30 years of experience performing
provocation neutralization. Aside from their expertise in
preparing and testing the allergens, they have years of
practical knowledge and are always there for questions once
the testing is over and the treatment begins. |
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The most recent practitioner to join the Wellness Clinic
family is Dr Kevin Hegewald MD. He combines traditional
medicine with Environmental Medicine in providing patients a
fresh perspective. "Our patients are the ones who have
sought answers from many different providers before coming
to us. They are an ambitious and motivated group who want to
maximize their own well-being". He continues to bring "all
that is right and good" in medicine to our patients and says
that provocation neutralization is an effective diagnostic
and therapeutic tool. |
Ann Both, RNC FNP, has called Wellness her home for over
15 years. "We can solve many problems for other people as
well as the traditional asthmatics". She sees patients
experiencing PMS, migraine, chronic fatigue, recurrent yeast
infections, candidiasis, irritable bowel symptoms, joint
stiffness, muscle ache, hay fever, chronic sinusitis, and
recurrent ear infections. Her love for educating patients
never ends. "At Wellness Resource Medical Clinic we listen
to the patient--we don't just administer medications," says
Dr. Erhardt Zinke, staff physician at the clinic with over
25 years experience in Environmental Medicine. Although his
time caring for patients has decreased, his love and concern
for his patients remains. He says that his staff is truly
caring, which is part of getting well. |
Disclaimer: The information
provided on the wellness-resource
web page should be relied upon only
as a source of general medical education.
It is not intended to replace the independent
judgment of a physician. The appropriate
treatment for any particular patient
may vary from the information provided
here due to unknown factors that affect
decisions about the best treatment for
your particular condition. Your best
source of information is always your
personal physician.
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