If you’ve received a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), Conventional Medicine has run out of answers for you. CFS/ME is a term that doctors assign to you when they’ve ruled out possible known causes for your condition and have nothing else to investigate. It’s a diagnosis reached by excluding other causes.

As a patient, where do you turn? 
It’s time for a different approach.

What’s Old Is New Again

“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease” – Hippocrates

At Evergreen, we examine the body as a whole person. What is the body telling us with these symptoms and which systems are not functioning properly? We also utilize tools of Conventional Medicine to get as complete a picture as possible. We are able to help many patients improve their health by treating the body’s systems and their functions.

Plus, New Research

Emerging research is showing that CFS/ME may be caused by stealth infections. These infections are often caused by common bacteria that may only cause a brief illness in a healthy individual, or perhaps no symptoms at all. When a person has a vulnerability, these infections may enter a chronic state and lead to a condition such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. (Similar research suggests that Fibromyalgia, MS, and several other conditions are also possibly caused by chronic, stealth infections.). If a case of CFS/ME is being caused by an infection, balancing the body changes its environment to become less hospitable to disease-causing bacteria.

Functional Medicine

When an exact diagnosis is possible, we use that to safely and effectively address a patient’s needs. By the time many patients come to us, a precise diagnosis has eluded their doctors and they are often told they’ll be on medication the rest of their lives to manage symptoms as best as possible.

Because of the nature of Functional Medicine, the diagnosis is often less important than treating the body as a whole by working to improve the systems. As we balance a patient’s systems, we often see improvement.