Take2 Healthcare
Case Studies

In Just 2 Months

•  Off All Prescriptions!
•  No Pus- Like Discharges
•  Infections Cleared
•  No Boils

The 55-year old patient presented with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus-aureus (MRSA); possibly contracted in February at a local hospital. A year long history of painful infections (including mouth blisters, infections of the eye, abdomen, nose and finger) started shortly after moving into a new office at the nickel plating shop where he works. These infections escalated after he busted a pustule on his finger with a knife then dug a piece of glass from his foot with the same device. Doctors preformed surgery to clear the infectious cells from his feet, yet the antibiotic-resistant MRSA continued creating boils and pus-like discharges on his feet, heels, right jaw and face. Doctors prescribed strong antibiotics and painkillers, but the patient was left unable to work and suffered debilitating pain head to toe when he tried to stand. At the time of the initial visit, he weighed 185 lbs at 5’8” and his blood pressure was 117/72.

Several problems appeared in the patient’s blood work including high total cholesterol, elevated liver and pancreatic enzymes, high platelets and diabetic factors; however none of his immune system markers were abnormal.

None of the immune system markers were out of balance, yet this patient had battled serious infections for a year. This is an alert that the problem lies elsewhere. In the first blood test we found high diabetic factors which are particularly important because infectious agents like MRSA can be fueled by sugar. The AST, ALT and GGT, which are liver and pancreatic enzymes, were all elevated likely indicating the Rifampin prescribed to treat his infection was causing a significant amount of liver damage. Instead of fixing the problem, the medication was creating a new one. This was also reflected in high cholesterol levels which show an inflamed/sick liver. We saw some indication of inflammatory or infectious processes going on within the system by the elevated platelet levels.

This patient works in an environment requiring continuous contact with heavy metal solutions, stripping agents and toxic chemicals. If his body is unable to flush these out, they build-up stores in his body, depleting essential elements and nutrients and binding the healing process. How can he fight off an infection if heavy metals are burdening his system? I placed the patient on bi-monthly chelation treatments accompanied by a supplement regimen targeted at improving the deficiencies seen in the blood and hair tests.

Due to a bout of stomach flu, the patient opted to wait until mid-July before starting his supplement regimen. Two months later, we retested his blood work and did another chelation challenge and found the infections he had been battling for an entire year were no longer bothering him. The results were right on target with the AST, ALT and GGT falling into or toward optimal ranges. This along with a healthier diet brought the total cholesterol down 56 points! His thyroid has not responded yet with the T4 and T7 actually dropping slightly. Typically this is expected because thyroid hormone production is very sensitive to toxic heavy metals. Once he has finished the chelation phase, I would expect to see the thyroid improve.  The patient is now off all 5 medications, has no boils or pustules, noted phenomenal stamina and lost 21 lbs!

Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) affect one in 20 patients admitted each year with at least 22% of them associated with surgical site infections. The prevalence of HAIs and specifically MRSA diagnosis became media frenzy after a nationwide study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in October of 2007. This study estimated that 94,340 MRSA infections occurred in 2005 of which 18,650 were potentially fatal. It also claimed MRSA was becoming more common in healthy, non-hospitalized persons being spread through close contact and open wounds. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin creating painful boils, but it can also burrow deep into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, the blood stream or around the heart valve and lungs. This sparked reports in numerous newspapers of individual cases striking school districts including at least two deaths, which in turn forced the sterilization of classes and locker rooms.

What is causing MRSA infections to be more common? Unnecessary antibiotic use may be the main culprit. For decades, antibiotics were prescribed for ailments such as colds and viral infections, which do not respond to these treatments. The use of antibiotics in food is another problem with cattle, chickens and pigs routinely given medications. When a healthy body absorbs antibiotics, bacteria can develop a resistance to the effects of these drugs and similar medicines, thus creating a “super bug”. 

I did not use any antibiotics to battle this patient’s infections, yet within two months, the pustules and boils on his face and feet completely cleared. Keep in mind that his protocol was not a treatment for MRSA, but designed to allow his body to get healthier. If he had gone to a regular physician, they likely would have run only a CBC panel and missed the actual problem. He is currently still under care to continue clearing the toxic load picked up at work from his body and will maintain his vitamin regimen for the next few months until he reaches the point where we can reduce him to a maintenance load.

 -Dr. Andrew Dyer

Dr. Andrew Dyer holds a Doctor of Chiropractic and is in the process of attaining his first Diplomate degree from the American Board of Chiropractic Internists. He has been an honored guest on Dr. Merkle’s radio show “Back to Health: Your Guide to Better Living” for the past two years and is frequently a featured speaker in the Dayton community and at National University.