Chronic Infectious Diseasein Los Angeles

Chronic infectious disease can leave patients exhausted, inflamed, and stuck in a cycle of recurring symptoms, and lasting improvement often requires addressing immune resilience and root-cause dysfunction.

When Infection Becomes Chronic, the Body Needs a Deeper Strategy

Some infections resolve quickly, while others linger, recur, or trigger long-term symptoms that affect energy, cognition, mood, and immune stability. Many patients feel dismissed after repeated antibiotics or “normal” lab results, even though they know something is not right. At Health & Vitality Center, Dr. Shiva Lalezar takes a functional medicine approach to chronic infectious disease, focusing on immune regulation, gut health, inflammation, detoxification, and metabolic support.Schedule your consultation with Health & Vitality Center to explore a more complete approach to chronic infectious disease care.

Understanding Chronic Infectious Disease

Chronic infectious disease is a broad category that includes persistent viral, bacterial, and fungal patterns that can continue to affect the body long after an initial illness. Some infections remain active at low levels.

Others create a prolonged immune response that disrupts multiple systems. Patients may experience symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, mood changes, recurrent inflammation, digestive disruption, or unexplained pain.

In many cases, symptoms overlap with autoimmune conditions or chronic multi-system illness. Functional medicine focuses on identifying why the body is not clearing the infection effectively and what internal conditions may be allowing symptoms to persist.

Why Chronic Infections Persist

Chronic infections often persist when the immune system is overextended or dysregulated. This can be influenced by poor gut integrity, toxic burden, chronic stress, nutrient depletion, hormone imbalance, and ongoing inflammation. In many patients, the infection is only one part of the picture. The larger issue is the internal environment that prevents full recovery. This is why a broader approach is often necessary for lasting improvement.

A Functional Medicine Approach to Chronic Infection

At Health & Vitality Center, Dr. Lalezar evaluates chronic infection in the context of the whole body. This approach often includes looking at immune balance, inflammation, gut integrity, and toxic burden, along with any patterns of hormonal or metabolic dysfunction that may be weakening recovery.

Rather than relying on symptom suppression alone, functional medicine supports the systems the body needs to regulate immune response and rebuild resilience. For many patients, this is what makes progress possible after years of trial-and-error care.

Conditions We Treat Within Chronic Infectious Disease

Chronic Bacterial Vaginosis

Chronic bacterial vaginosis may reflect microbiome imbalance, immune disruption, and inflammatory patterns that require deeper support beyond temporary antibiotics.

Chronic UTI

Recurring urinary tract infections can be influenced by immune weakness, microbiome disruption, inflammation, and persistent triggers that are not fully resolved through standard treatment.

Chronic Yeast Infections

Chronic yeast overgrowth is often tied to gut dysbiosis, immune imbalance, and metabolic instability, and may require a comprehensive plan to restore microbial balance.

Covid Long Haul Syndrome Vaccine Injury

Some patients experience prolonged fatigue, inflammation, cognitive symptoms, and immune disruption following COVID-19 infection or vaccination. Functional medicine may help support recovery by addressing systemic inflammation and detox pathways.

Chronic EBV

Epstein-Barr virus can contribute to fatigue, immune dysregulation, and inflammatory symptoms. Supporting immune resilience and reducing systemic stress is often central to recovery.

CMS

Chronic multi-system illness can involve overlapping infectious, immune, and inflammatory patterns that require a structured, systems-based approach.

HHV6 Viruses

HHV6 may contribute to immune disruption, fatigue, and chronic inflammatory symptoms. Treatment often focuses on strengthening immune regulation and reducing internal stressors.

Why Choose Health & Vitality Center?

Health & Vitality Center has served Los Angeles since 2009 and is led by Dr. Shiva Lalezar, a functional medicine physician known for identifying root causes behind complex, chronic conditions. Rather than relying on temporary symptom suppression, the practice uses a structured approach that addresses immune regulation, gut health, detoxification, metabolic stability, and hormone balance together. This comprehensive strategy helps patients pursue more lasting recovery from chronic infectious disease. Contact Health & Vitality Center today to begin a personalized and root-cause approach to chronic infection support.

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