Functional Medicine Rheumatology, Edition 3.5 is designed to accompany the recently updated Functional Inflammology, Volume 1 as the most recent version of Dr Vasquez’s previous Integrative Rheumatology, Edition 3. This volume is not meant to be used as a stand-alone reference because it does not contain the full details of the patient assessments, concepts, and clinical interventions that are detailed and contextualized in Functional Inflammology, Volume 1; this book—clearly an extension of the first volume—is being made available so that recent purchasers of Functional Inflammology, Volume 1 or Integrative Rheumatology, Edition 3 will be able to append or update, respectively, their recent purchases and thereby to access the most complete and up-to-date versions of the clinical applications. This work—which originated from Dr Vasquez’s teaching notes in the Rheumatology course at Bastyr University in 2001—is the culmination of several thousand research publications combined with Dr Vasquez’s many years of clinical experience and teaching graduate-level students and doctorate-level clinicians worldwide. In the complete work, using radiographs, photos, acronyms, illustrations, flowcharts, and detailed-yet-simplifying explanations, Dr Vasquez makes it easier than ever for clinicians to grasp important concepts in integrative care and functional medicine and then to translate the basic science research and molecular biology into treatment plans that can be explained and used in “the real world” of clinical practice with patients. The associated video tutorials and recorded live conference presentations further help students and clinicians “get it” via Dr Vasquez’s effective teaching style which embraces complexity while always emphasizing clinical applicability and psychosocial context. The Inflammation Mastery & Functional Inflammology series of books and videos translates important concepts and nutritional/biomedical science into easy and practical clinical applications for the prevention and treatment of disorders of sustained inflammation, which Dr Vasquez describes as “patterns of metabolic disturbance and inflammatory dysfunction” existing in three sequential and overlapping categories: 1) metabolic inflammation, 2) allergic inflammation, 3) autoimmune inflammation. This book includes access to video presentations which introduce the origin and components of the Functional Inflammology Protocol and FINDSEX® acronym. Post-publication updates to this information and important social and clinical contextualization are made available in videos and online repositories (access provided in the book), and the e-newsletter available from InflammationMastery and FunctionalInflammology.com. This textbook also provides access, via reprints or hyperlinks, to Dr Vasquez’s published articles—an example of which is his recent paradigm-shifting editorial published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (2014 Jan). In the complete work, the updated section on pain management allows students and clinicians to understand and apply manual, pharmacologic, nutritional and botanical medicine treatments for musculoskeletal pain, thereby providing better relief for patients and avoiding the hazards of NSAIDs, coxibs, steroids, opioids, immunosuppressants/immunoparalytics and biologics. Sections and Topics ♦ Preface and Preamble: Preamble Introduction, scope, perspectives, video access notice ♦ Chapter 5: Clinical Applications in Rheumatology ♦ Fibromyalgia ♦ Rheumatoid Arthritis ♦ Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis ♦ Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ♦ Scleroderma & Systemic Sclerosis ♦ Vasculitic Diseases, Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Wegener’s Granulomatosis ♦ Spondyloarthropathies: Ankylosing spondylitis, Reactive arthritis, Enteropathic spondyloarthropathy ♦ Sjögren Syndrome/Disease ♦ Raynaud's Syndrome/Phenomenon ♦ Additional Information, AntiViral Protocol ♦ Index ♦ Slides (n=132) and video on dysbiosis About the author— author—Dr Alex Vasquez: Vasquez: Dr Alex Vasquez holds three doctoral degrees as a graduate of University of Western States (Doctor of Chiropractic, 1996), Bastyr University (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, 1999), and University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 2010). Dr Vasquez is the author of many textbooks, including Integrative Orthopedics (2012), Integrative Rheumatology (2014), Musculoskeletal Pain: Expanded Clinical Strategies (published by the Institute for Functional Medicine, 2008), Chiropractic and Naturopathic Mastery of Common Clinical Disorders (2009), Integrative Medicine and Functional Medicine for Chronic Hypertension (2011), Fibromyalgia in a Nutshell (2012), Migraine Headaches, Hypothyroidism, and Fibromyalgia (2012), Mitochondrial Nutrition and Mitochondrial Medicine for Primary Care Conditions (2014), and Dysbiosis in Human Disease (2014), which is also an excerpt from Functional Inflammology: Volume 1. "DrV" has also written more than 100 letters and articles for professional magazines and medical journals such as British Medical Journal (BMJ), TheLancet.com, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA), Nutritional Perspectives, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT), Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, Integrative Medicine, and Arthritis & Rheumatism, the Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Dr Vasquez lectures worldwide to healthcare professionals and provides expert consultations to physicians and patients internationally. All of DrV's books are available on Amazon.com with videos at Vimeo.com/DrVasquez and audio recordings of lectures at iTunes. Family Medicine Functional Medicine Integrative Medicine Internal Medicine Nutrition: Human, Clinical Pain Management Preventive Medicine Rheumatology This textbook is distributed via the International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine based in Barcelona, Cataluña/ Spain and detailed at NutritionAndFunctionalMedicine.org/edu and ICHNFM.ORG with more casual updates and news posted at Facebook.com/ICHNFM. Dr Vasquez’s publications are described at his websites: InflammationMastery.com and FunctionalInflammology.com. Functional Medicine Rheumatology Edition 3.5 A Colorful Guide Toward Health and Vitality and Away from the Boredom, Risks, Costs, and Inefficacy of Endless Analgesia and Pharmacoimmunosuppression 3-Part Learning System of Text, Slides, and Video v3.5 Vasquez About the International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine (ICHNFM): (ICHNFM) International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine was founded by a group of internationally-located world-class experts to provide higher-level training in nutrition and functional medicine to students and clinicians worldwide in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Catalan, and other languages. Originally founded in North America (Portland Oregon USA) and launched with the tremendously successful 2013 International Conference on Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine (described at ICHNFM.org with select videos available at Vimeo.com/ICHNFM), the organization is also now established in Europe (Spain) with an additional location in South America (Colombia). Dr Vasquez and his colleagues at ICHNFM provide educational courses, videos, written materials, and mentoring for students and clinicians to promote the expert-level application of clinical nutrition and functional medicine. Via forums (NutritionAndFunctionalMedicine.org/edu) and live interactive online classes, professors and students are able to interact, network, and share important insights, clinical experiences and case reports, effective doses of nutrients and prescription medicines, additional citations to research, important clinical pearls, and expanded discussions on various topics as the research and clinical practice of human nutrition and functional medicine continuously advance. International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine ®, International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine ® (IntJHumNutrFunctMed.org), and International Conference on Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine ® are all registered trademarks™ legally held and internationally protected by the International College of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, based in North America (United States) and Europe (Spain). Functional Medicine Rheumatology Functional Inflammology (.com (.com) .com): Definition and Scope: An evidence-based clinical approach to the prevention, management, comanagement, and cure of the majority of so-called “chronic diseases” that are increasingly in epidemic proportions worldwide; examples include diabetes, hypertension, obesity, migraine, neurodegeneration, fibromyalgia, and disorders of allergic and autoimmune inflammation. Safety, Efficacy, Ethics: Remarkable safety and efficacy; allows clinicians to meet all criteria of medical ethics: beneficence, nonmalfeasance, autonomy, informed consent, distributive justice. Refutations/Affirmations: The “chronic disease model” is refuted and replaced by the view that most soso-called “chronic inflammatory diseases” diseases” are simply “sustained inflammatory responses” responses” to factors which can be clinically corrected; these seven primary factors are effectively addressed by the Functional Inflammology Clinical Protocol. 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