| AI |
Autoimmunity |
| AIP |
Autoimmune Paleo Diet |
| AITD |
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease |
| ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| CBC |
Complete Blood Count |
| CHO |
Carbohydrate |
| CMP |
Complete Metabolic Panel |
| CO |
Constant |
| CSU |
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria |
| DAO or Serum DAO |
diamine oxidase (digestive enzyme responsible for histamine breakdown/elimination) |
| Ddx |
differential diagnosis |
| DHEA |
Dehydroepiandrosterone (hormone produced in adrenal glands) |
| Dialysis / LC-MS |
Dialysis with mass-spectrometry methodology (testing mechanism for T4 and FT3) |
| DX |
Diagnosis |
| EBV |
Ebstein Barr Virus |
| ET |
Eradication Therapy |
| FMT |
Fecal Microbiota Transplant |
| FODMAP |
Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (short-chain carbohydrate) |
| FT3 |
Free T3 (Free Triiodothyronine) |
| FT4 |
Free T4 (Free Thyroxine) |
| GI |
Gastrointestinal |
| HFD |
High-Fat Diets |
| H. pylori |
Helicobacter pylori (bacteria in the digestive tract) |
| Habx |
Herbal Antibiotics |
| HCl |
Hydrochloric acid (gut enzyme) |
| HHRT |
Herbal Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| HI |
Histamine intolerant |
| HIT |
Histamine intolerance |
| HRD |
Histamine Reduced Diet |
| IBD |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| IBS |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| IBS-D |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea |
| IBS-SSS |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Severity Scoring System (assists in the diagnosis and assessment of IBS) |
| IgG |
Immunoglobulin G |
| INT |
Intermittent |
| Lacto / Biff |
Lactobacillus / Bifidobacterium |
| LIBO |
Large Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth |
| MCAS |
Mast cell activation syndrome |
| MCAD |
Mast cell activation disorder |
| MF |
Modified Fast |
| MOD |
Moderate (in terms of symptom severity) |
| NRT |
Nutrient Replacement Therapy |
| PANDAS |
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections |
| RA |
Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| RX |
Prescription / Medications |
| RXNS |
reactions (ex: “use one at a time because rxns have been noted”) |
| S. boulardii |
Saccharomyces boulardii (probiotic) |
| SCD |
Specific Carbohydrate Diet |
| SBI |
Serum Bovine Immunoglobulins |
| SIBO |
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth |
| SIFO |
Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth |
| STC |
Slow Transit Constipation |
| T3 |
Triiodothyronine (Thyroid Hormone) |
| T4 |
Thyroxine (Thyroid Hormone) |
| TPO |
Thyroid peroxidase (an enzyme found in the thyroid gland) |
| TPOAb |
Thyroid peroxidase antibody |
| TSH |
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
| TT3 or tT3 |
Total Triiodothyronine |
| TT4 or tT4 |
Total Thyroxine |
| UP |
Ulcerative Proctitis |
| WNL |
within normal limits |
Hello, Can I please have an example of New Client Questionaire. Thanks, Margaret McNamara
Hi Margaret,
Dr Ruscio isn’t sharing that at the moment but additional materials like test codes, paperwork, forms, and protocols will be rolled out in a future practitioner training course.
Hi, Thank you for all the amazing content Dr Ruscio and team ? Quick question and sorry if this is already answered elsewhere, but what does the abbreviation ‘Habx’ stand for? Just reading a recent case study and I see it used a few times. Looking forward to making my way through them all… This really is invaluable! Thanks a million.
Hi Angie,
It stands for Herbal Antibiotics. Thanks for the question, we’ll add it to the abbreviations list!