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Meet Dr Chelsea Azarcon

MEET THE GUEST

Dr. Chelsea Azarcon, NMD, helps women uncover the hidden reasons behind chronic illness. After years as a patient searching for answers at top institutions like Mayo Clinic and UCLA Health, she became the doctor she needed, turning to integrative medicine when conventional care fell short. Today she helps women identify overlooked drivers of chronic symptoms, from Lyme disease and mold toxicity to MCAS, autoimmune conditions, and nervous system dysregulation. A Cornell-trained biologist with a doctorate from Bastyr University, she also explores the link between trauma and physical healing in her book, Losing You, Finding Me. She's the founder of Restore Naturopathic Medicine.

What We Talk About

• Integrative medicine as a bridge between conventional and natural treatment approaches
• Personal history with chronic illness shaping a root-cause approach to primary care
• Intake process built around a patient's full symptom history rather than a snapshot
• Tick-borne illness rates in California despite common assumptions about endemic regions
• Tick bite detection challenges, including painless bites and missed rash presentation
• Common co-infections seen alongside Lyme, including Bartonella, Babesia, and strep
• SOT / RNA-based therapy as an alternative to long-term antibiotic protocols
• Silencing RNA therapy targeting infection replication without triggering a kill response
• Addressing biofilm and dormant infection forms as part of treatment preparation
• Candidacy considerations and limitations for SOT / RNA-based infection therapy
• Typical treatment timelines and strain-specific dosing for tick-borne infections
• Lab testing approaches, from antibody panels to intracellular PCR and T-cell testing
• Cancer viewed through the lens of chronic illness and immune dysregulation
• The tumor microenvironment and its role in cancer cell development
• Circulating tumor cell testing as an early detection tool ahead of imaging
• Using circulating tumor cell response to guide chemotherapy and natural treatment choices
• Mast cell activation syndrome and its connection to immune dysregulation
• Mast cell stabilization strategies, from supplements to antihistamines to cellular support
• Mold exposure as an underrecognized trigger for mast cell activation
• COVID and long COVID's impact on the immune, neurological, and vascular systems
• Mitochondrial health's role in resolving chronic mast cell activation
• Advances in chronic illness treatment and diagnosis over the past decade

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Connect With Dr Chelsea Azarcon

Website:
https://www.chelseaazarcon.com

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/naturallydrchelsea

TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@naturallydrchelsea

Keywords

chronic illness, Lyme disease, tick-borne illness, mast cell activation syndrome, MCAS, mold toxicity, integrative medicine, co-infections, autoimmune conditions, long COVID, cancer support, RNA therapy