Many patients ask how a mold toxin could cause so much trouble in so many body systems? I greatly enjoy sharing insights with patients, so I could easily get side tracked for hours, but even our prolonged visits in the office have to end so I can see the next patient. Without going into the detail that the rest of this blog provides,
Everyone is exposed to mold on a practically daily basis. How can it really cause so many different symptoms as functional MD’s claim? Over time, I intend to answer those questions for a long list of symptoms, but for today, let’s look at the brain. Several studies indicate that our delicate neurologic system does suffer when mold toxins get too high.
Our world is a dangerous place, not only thanks to industrial pollution, but also thanks to the contributions of nature as it fills our world with a variety of chemicals. While our clinic works with a multitude of individuals affected by mold toxins, we also appreciate those dealing with other biotoxins including those from algae sources.
Whether conventional medicine likes it or not, we must recognize a mycotoxin endocrine axis which modulates our hormonal balance. In the endocrine world, we speak the hypothalamic pituitary axis or the hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis among others. This term, axis, highlights the interplay between the brain (hypothalamus and pituitary) and the given endocrine gland in regulating body functions through the gland’s hormones.
As a functional MD caring for a multitude of mold toxic patient, I am frequently fielding the question of “how did I get mold toxins in me?”. I am also faced with defending this field of mold detox to conventional medicine. This particular article provides a few answers to how this whole process occurs and leads to patients experiencing multi-symptom,
The word is spreading about mold’s effects on health. Several stories made headlines describing how individuals and groups were affected by mold. Some were just single moms. Some were whole dorms full of college students. If someone asks you how commonly mold affects health or if it is real, share these with them.
Reviewing and Summarizing the recent Toxic Mold Summit Session
by Evan Brand, BCHN, DFMP, NTP.
(Read this blog series’ introduction at very end if you are
catching up. Look for “SERIES INTRODUCTION”)
Evan Brand,
BCHN, DFMP, NTP provided insights on the connections between mold toxicity and
candida overgrowth during the recent toxic mold summit.
Mold on wall surface
Reviewing and Summarizing the recent Toxic Mold Summit Session
by Gail Clayton Pharm.D., M.S.
(Read this blog series’ introduction at very end if you are
catching up. Look for “SERIES INTRODUCTION”)
Gail Clayton
Pharm.D., M.S. provided insights on the connections between mold toxicity and
multiple chemical sensitivity during the recent toxic mold summit.
While parents of newborns may sometimes claim to have
narcolepsy, this mysterious disease has presented a challenge to medical
researchers for some time. Individuals
with narcolepsy experience the frequent and sudden episodes of sleep during
daytime hours. While sleep deprived
parents of newborns know why they are falling asleep, those with narcolepsy and
their doctors have been left in the dark.
Okay, I have to admit when I am wrong. Many times I have said that there seems to be no ill health issue that mold cannot cause. In digging for any new information on mold toxicity, I ran across this article from 2016. While even the authors admit that more research could be done to confirm their finding,
I often feel like a street preacher, proclaiming time and time again the interconnectedness of our body systems. At other times, I feel a little crazy, talking to myself about the very same things. Here, both déjà vu’s come to the fore as I did not see this one coming but “feel” like I should not be surprised.
Asthma stands out as one area of medicine where mold is recognized as a trigger. Researchers in this study searched for mold’s mechanism of action in the immune system of 33 patients exposed to mold at their workplace. By comparing the levels of many cytokines and immune markers of these patients with levels in 17 normal controls,
Molds come in all kinds of varieties: Toxic, allergenic, infectious, some affecting only some animals, some only causing certain organ effects, others causing little harm outside their mold neighbors. Their greatest variety of tricks probably come in terms of their different toxins, each with some of the oddest names. You have your trichothenes,
Guest Post by Dr. Potter’s Wife
You know the saying, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Well, I have mixed feelings about that trite saying. While it does contain a nugget of truth, it can often be used wrongly and greatly injure someone who at the moment just doesn’t have the ingredients for a fully satisfying,
Basic Rules for Environmental Mold Detox
Introduction
Receiving a diagnosis of mold toxicity both relieves and overwhelms those already exhausted, confused, and battered by this stealthy enemy. The diagnosis often concludes months to years of uncertainty, fear, and even shame. Some have spent countless hours going from one doctor to the next without answers.
As a Functional MD who treats mold toxic patients, my middle Tennessee hikes often remind
me of my work with patients in the clinic. I end up pondering what type of mold is growing on the trail markers and rocks around me. Thankfully, I can reassure myself that these outdoor growths are not the toxic molds that we need to avoid.
