Archive for July 2022
Hidden Ways Mold Can Effect Your Relationships
In mold illness circles, people are fairly well versed in the common ways mold can disrupt health. As an immunosuppressant and neurotoxin, mold can be at the root of recurrent infections, cognitive, behavioral, or memory dysfunction, and of course pain and mobility issues, just to name a few. Less commonly discussed are the ways mold…
Read MoreHow Mold Exposure Effects Gut Health
Misdiagnosis of mold illness is common. Mold illness symptoms are so diverse that no two people will present with the exact same list of symptoms. Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are also a common misdiagnosis of mold illness. GI signs that can be associated with mold illness include malnutrition, gut irritation, pain, bloating, food allergies, cramping, irritable bowel…
Read MoreERMI – It’s Not About the Score
There is a discrepancy with the ERMI score because the calculation used to determine the score is incapable of accounting for the toxicity of specific mold species. Additionally, many are using the ERMI score as the be all, end all to decipher how impacted a home is. This leaves many people with a false sense…
Read MoreRecovering From Toxic Mold: The Missing Link
I want to make it clear, I am not here to sell you expensive potions, lotions, supplements, drugs, and pretty little packaged green smoothies. As a mold-injured patient advocate, I can’t tell you how annoyed I get from seeing mold experts pushing these things on people for the benefit of their bottom line, rather than…
Read MoreThe American Refugee: We’re Losing the Battle to a Hidden Enemy
I vividly remember the day that my husband and I received confirmation that the location we were living in was making me sick. Like every newby to the environmental injury game, you get to a point where you have tried every conventional and unconventional remedy that you start to think that your illness just may…
Read MoreIs Mold Exposure Making People Act Weird?
In response to the Atlantic’s recent article, “Why are People Acting so Weird,” we decided to add in a theory of our own. Fits of rage, difficulty communicating with others, and narcissistic abuse, we believe exposure to toxic mold is a compounding factor to the rise in mental health instability. People are acting quite strange…
Read MoreHow a Chronic Illness Was Manipulated by the CDC
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a type of cognitive bias, where people with littleexpertise or ability assume they have superior expertise or ability. This overestimation occurs as a result of the fact that they don’t have enoughknowledge to know they don’t have enough knowledge. The famous syndrome that was coined as “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” brought out this…
Read MoreHow to Make Sure an Invisible Disease Stays That Way: Why Those Who Are Mold Injured Should Be Outraged
Would you like a dose of outrage? Try this. 35 years later and we have proof. Not proof that this illness is real. Not proof that it is biological. We know these things. No, I’m talking about proof that the research community at large IS NOT INTERESTED IN RESEARCHING CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME. NOT EVEN A…
Read MoreThe November Factor: Why You Feel Sick When the Weather Changes
Now that it’s that dreadful time of year again, let me tell you about the November Factor, a phenomenon that was reported immediately in both the Lake Tahoe and Lyndonville outbreaks of ME/CFS — a season where people seem to fall apart for no apparent reason. The best doctors can come up with is, “Seasonal Affective Disorder,” or lack of sunlight,…
Read MoreStachybotrys and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Clue Researchers Refuse to Discuss
Even though most people have heard of toxic mold a.k.a. the black mold, the average person is not familiar with the health effects associated with Stachybotrys. Doctors who claim that mold only causes allergic reactions are essentially refusing to lead the way on exposing the inhalation hazards of this trichothecene producing mold. As a healthcare provider who…
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