Robert Whitfield MD outlines a comprehensive program to address chronic inflammation in surgical patients, emphasizing pre-operative assessment that includes genetic testing, environmental toxin screening (phthalates, MEPs, BPA, etc.), heavy metals and mycotoxins testing, plus evaluation of gut microbiome, food sensitivities, and hormone balance to proactively reduce inflammation before surgery.
Exceptionally important in this patient population who have high amounts of chronic inflammation. Because imagine I operate on you and you have chronic inflammation. If we don't do work to help address that on the front end through the program. So we look at your genetics, we do a tox test to look at your environmental tox burden. Phthalates, MEPs, BPAs, BIFF. We look at heavy metals, we look at mycotoxins. We're really trying to prepare you for and look at everything, including gut microbiome, dysbiosis, food sensitivities, hormone balance, so that we get a broad enough picture so that we can get as proactive as possible up front.
