334: Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill: Childhood Immunity & Lifelong Health with Dr. Somer DelSignore

In this episode of Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill, Dr. Jill Carnahan welcomes pediatric integrative medicine expert Dr. Somer DelSignore to explore why childhood immune health may have profound implications for lifelong health and disease risk.

As chronic illness, immune dysfunction, behavioral challenges, and neurodevelopmental conditions become increasingly complex in children, Dr. DelSignore explains why symptoms shouldn't always be viewed in isolation. Instead, she investigates the interconnected roles of inflammation, infections, gut health, environmental toxins, nutrition, genetics, and immune regulation.

Together, they explore her R.E.S.E.T. Protocol, the potential biomedical drivers behind conditions such as ADHD and PANS/PANDAS, the importance of investigating mold and vector-borne infections, and practical ways parents can help build greater immune resilience in their children.

🔑 5 Key Discussions

① 🛡️ Why Childhood Immune Resilience Matters

⇨ Dr. DelSignore describes seeing increasingly complex chronic conditions in children whose immune systems appear to remain in a persistent state of dysregulation.

⇨ Modern environmental exposures, processed foods, infections, stressors, and lifestyle changes may interact with individual biology and influence long-term health.

② 🔄 The R.E.S.E.T. Protocol & Root-Cause Medicine

⇨ Dr. DelSignore uses her R.E.S.E.T. framework: Reduce Inflammation, Eliminate Toxins, Support Gut Health, Eradicate Infection, Transform Health.

⇨ Rather than treating each symptom independently, the approach looks for connections between immune function, neurological health, gastrointestinal health, infections, and environmental exposures.

③ 🧠 ADHD, PANS/PANDAS & the Brain-Immune Connection

⇨ Behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms may sometimes have underlying biomedical contributors that deserve investigation.