Many of our patients have suffered for years from a variety of symptoms and diagnostic labels from other providers despite having a curable condition- just one ignored by conventional medicine. Thankfully, there are some news outlets which give suffering patients a voice after that curable condition is discovered and treated. These make for attractive news…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness.
One Size Fits All Mold Detox (Not) As the acknowledgement of mold toxicity grows more widespread in both clinics and the public awareness, more and more options are popping up online to help those suffering from this condition. Many of these clinicians, coaches, and voices are well-meaning. Some have gone through their own detox journeys…
Legal Case Connecting Mold Toxicity with Parkinson’s Disease While our clinic sees 100s of mold toxicity cases per year, sometimes it helps to hear something from others besides a slew of nameless reports (nameless due to privacy) and to hear from someone publicly describing their symptoms. In recent months, Steve Locke, once a head of…
Caring for patients with mold toxicity can be a challenging task as we have to not only care for their bodies, but their environment as well. In caring for their bodies and the symptoms they are experiencing, we have to turn down inflammation, remove toxins, restore function that has been lost and more. These steps…
(As part of a good medicine series interspersed in our usual blogs, these blogs explain how your provider handles your care with more than just what facts they know.) One of the last things I want to diagnose someone with is mold toxicity- unless they really have it. Just like a brain surgeon who wants…
We take care of so many people who are told that mold in their homes is not causing their problems. Sometimes, the spouse is in denial. Sometimes, other family members won’t take it seriously. Often, their doctors won’t listen. Even if they get past these doubters and start getting help, these sufferers can face landlords…
Soapbox Rant Warning: I am beyond aggravated at the medical world which dismisses the reality of mold toxicity and maligns any provider who attempts to care for those outcast individuals suffering from mold toxicity. Without the details of recent experience, I will just say that the system is rigged against you (if you have mold…
Working in a functional medicine clinic caring for mold toxic patients will quickly convince you that mold toxins affect our immune systems. On a daily basis we see patients suffering from yeast overgrowth, repeated viral infections, Lyme or other tick born infections who underneath it all have mold toxicity. Seeing this hundreds of times leaves…
For those not aware of our Mold Symptom Therapy Guide website, let this “Rewriting Mold” series serve as a reminder of both what we offer our patients and what we offer the general public in terms of understanding mold toxicity illness. Over the coming weeks, I will be reviewing and reposting sections of our Mold…