Mark Donohoe

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Mark Donohoe is a GP and integrative medicine doctor based in Sydney, Australia, who mostly treats patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity, and chronic inflammation. According to Donohoe, "treating a person with CFS requires time, patience, a willingness to hear their story and a commitment not to abandon them." He also claims that about half of patients referred to him by other GPs do not have CFS, but another diagnosis missed by basic tests.[1]

Protocol[edit | edit source]

  • Carry out a basic medical and family history
  • Obtain details of antecedents of onset
  • Examine assuming it is not CFS
  • Do basic tests - thyroid, heart, cancer, auto-immune
  • Organise a series of consults a few weeks apart
  • Discuss exercise and diet
  • Consider use of NSAIDs and Omega 3s for pain
  • Take expanded history if no results with tests
  • Further tests - urinary iodine, basic immunology, stool test, expanded serology
  • Work with a team of practitioners[1]

He has also developed a stepwish approach called "GEMINI" - standing for genetics, environment, microbiome, inflammation, nutrition, and "the I that is We".[2]

Contact[edit | edit source]

Mosman Integrative Medicine

4 Best Ave, Mosman NSW 2088

Tel: +61 2 9960 5755

pm@mimdoc.com

Online presence[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Topham-Kindley, Liane (September 12, 2012), "No 'cure' for CFS but treat symptom", New Zealand Doctor, retrieved November 11, 2016
  2. Mosman Integrative Medicine Practice - GEMINI approach