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Nighttime Potty
By Patrick Nemechek, D.O. in Autonomic Nervous System, Headaches, Heart Disease, Inflammation, Neck Pain, Nighttime Urination, Olive Oil, Sleep, Vagus Nerve onRead moreMany patients I see have difficulty sleeping because they have to go to the bathroom multiple times during the night. Men are often told it has to do with their prostate being enlarged while women are often told they have a distended or prolapsed bladder. While these problems may cause people to urinate more frequently in daytime or nighttime, the
612Dr. N is Now on YouTube!
By Patrick Nemechek, D.O. in Uncategorized onRead moreOver 1,000 people have subscribed to listen to Dr. Nemechek discuss a variety of topics covering autonomic dysfunction, gut bacteria, inflammation and autism on on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel so you won’t miss out on the new information and discussion he posts frequently.
Coat Hanger Neck Pain
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Anxiety, Autonomic Nervous System, Chronic Fatigue, Concussion, Depression, Headaches, Heart Disease, Heartburn, Hunger, Inflamm-Aging, Inflammation, Neck Pain, Stress onRead moreMany individuals with chronic or intermittent neck tightness and pain are misdiagnosed. They are told their vertebrae are out of alignment, have muscular injury from an accident, have a pinched nerve, “carry their stress there”, or have arthritic changes noted on an x-ray. While certainly some individuals may have nerve compression from a serious degree of vertebral or disc
Inflamm-Aging
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Alzheimer's, Autonomic Nervous System, Cancer, Diet, Fish Oil, Headaches, Heart Disease, Inflamm-Aging, Inflammation, Rapid Heartrate, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Vagus Nerve onRead moreAging is associated with low-grade chronic inflammatory state referred to “inflamm-ageing” or inflammaging. Inflammaging is abnormal and unhealthy. It is associated with a chronically increased level of inflammatory chemicals within the blood stream called cytokines, and looks as if there is a chronic infection within the body but none exists. Inflammaging accompanies virtually all aging related disorders (cancer, diabetes,
Stop P.O.T.S. (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Autonomic Nervous System, Diet, Fish Oil, Headaches, Heart Disease, P.O.T.S., Rapid Heartrate onRead morePostural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, called “POTS”, is a relatively new and growing diagnostic label. Individuals with POTS experience a very rapid increase in their heart rate when they stand up which is often accompanied by orthostatic symptoms of heart palpitations, altered balance, lightheadedness or dizziness, and syncope (passing out). They may also suffer from non-orthostatic symptoms such as fatigue,
Are you AGE-ing?
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Alzheimer's, Autoimmune Disorders, Autonomic Nervous System, Cancer, Cataract Formation, Chronic Kidney Disease, Degenerative Ophthalmic Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet, Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance, Nutrition, Parkinson’s, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcopenia, Stroke, Tissue Aging, Uncategorized onRead moreYou might be aging too fast … from how you cook your food. The manner and the temperature in which we cook our food has a large impact on our brain and body. Higher cooking temperatures results in the formation of unnatural and unhealthy substances referred to as advanced glycation end products. These substances are ironically abbreviated as “AGEs” and
Triggering Autoimmune Disorders
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Autoimmune Disorders, Autonomic Nervous System, Uncategorized onRead moreHashimoto’s, Crohn’s, Psoriasis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis are names of common conditions known as autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune disorders are the result of the dysregulation of the immune system, but why do some people get these disorders when others do not? We now understand how most autoimmune disorders are being triggered by inflammation and Autonomic Nervous System dysfunction. Autoimmune disorders occur when
Dr. Nemechek will be Presenting Research in Scotland at the 13th INS Congress
Read more13th International Neuromodulation Conference I will be presenting more of my research at the most important brain stimulation conference of the year, the 13th International Neuromodulation Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. My first presentation on Monday, May 29th is historic. I will be presenting the largest single case series of autonomic recovery ever recorded in humans, 76 subjects. Each subject was
Understanding Headaches
Read moreHeadaches come in many forms It is important to find out where are someone’s headaches located, and what time of the day do they start? Some headaches affect the front or the back of the skull, some start with tight neck muscles and pain that travels, others start when someone first wake ups while they are still lying in bed,
Diabetic Brains
By Dr. Patrick Nemechek and Jean Nemechek in Autonomic Nervous System, Diabetes Mellitus, Uncategorized onRead moreThe common form of diabetes (DM II) that affects 11-24% of the U.S. adult population is commonly discussed as a problem of elevated blood sugar primarily caused by obesity. Unfortunately, this version is very outdated. A steady stream of research is demonstrating that diabetes is a chronic condition resulting from the deterioration of brain function. Brain function deteriorates, and then