This is a subject I am being asked about more and more. Many people are leaping straight into saunas and anti-fungal treatment – and feeling terrible! So, I’ve written a lovely new free factsheet in the A-Z to take you through the first stages – which, fingers crossed, might be all you need!
The reason I was thinking about it specifically was because it can be a reason behind food and chemical hypersensitivity, even corny reactions and MCAS! It’s also something I am looking for (and finding, sadly) more and more when people are just not responding to interventions as they should. If you are hypersensitive, can’t tolerate anything you try to get well and have a chronic illness that just will not shift in the right direction, consider mould and mycotoxin illness.
Moulds (or Molds for our US followers) and mycotoxins, the toxins released by the mould components, can cause such harm and most people have no idea they have been exposed or that they are behind why they can’t get well.
Most people are fine with an exposure, but if it gets out of control or your body is low from stress, poor immunity, another illness etc, you become more vulnerable and less able to deal with it.
Moulds release spores, which generally cause reactions of some kind. Those spores release smaller fragments that can get into places we don’t want, like lung tissue, nasal cavities etc, and mycotoxins, which are pretty harmful to many systems of the body. They are very effective at suppressing the immune system and creating biofilms, like a shield, so that the mould is protected. Some mycotoxins are so powerful, they are actually used as meds to suppress immune conditions – think of penicillin, for example!
Anyway, I’ve included what to look for, likely symptoms, plus a few odd ones that might signify mould issues, a questionnaire, how to test your building and body – effectively! – and I take you through the first crucial stages of treatment with a specific protocol. Many people miss these out and get more ill as a result! Check the new factsheet out here:
I truly hope it helps. Mould and mycotoxin illness is pretty complex, but thankfully, the treatment doesn’t have to be. Just do it in the right order and try not to miss out any of the steps. Let me know how you get on x