Overview
Modern medicine rarely considers environmental causes of illness
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Guide
The Problems
Modern medicine rarely considers environmental causes of illness
Western medicine often does not recognize mold as the cause of chronic illness outside of allergies. This is primarily because traditional medical schools do not teach to identify environmental components to disease. Traditional physicians diagnose based on symptoms and treat primarily with prescription medicines. However, if the symptoms are treated and the person returns to their contaminated environment, the illness will return. In addition, prescribed medicines can cause adverse effects or toxicities to those that suffer from environmental illness.
Finding a Mold-Literate Doctor Is Difficult
One of the difficulties of being mold sick is finding a doctor who has the knowledge to treat and help you. Patients with mold illness want to find a physician who specifically treats environmental illness, these physicians often have integrative and/or functional medicine backgrounds. Find a qualified physician at the International Society of Environmentally Acquire Illness (ISEAI) website.
Mold Prevention & Recommendations
A DIY Approach to Recovering from Mold Illness
DIY mold recovery can be compared to DIY electrical work or DIY plumbing. They are often performed by professionals, but you are fully capable of plunging a toilet or flipping a breaker. With the right attitude and research, you can improve your health and recover from mold illness.
Working with a professional is always best, but what do you do if:
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- You cannot afford to work with a doctor that specializes in mold illness?
- You do not have a mold doctor in your area?
- All mold doctors have a long waiting list to see you?
We are not medical professionals. This information is intended to provide resources and topics for your research and implementation.
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Find Out If You Have Mold
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Start by finding out if you have mold in your environment. With the ImmunoLytics Mold Check-Up you can affordably test your whole home and find out if there is hidden mold and if it could be affecting your health. We also recommend testing any other space you spend a lot of time in such as your workplace.
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Treat Mold In Your Environment
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Stopping exposure to the mold is essential before doing anything else. This usually means treating your environment for mold or moving. Walter Hayhurst, mold treatment pioneer, has said “If I had a dollar to spend on mold, I’d spend eighty cents on fixing my environment and twenty cents on medical.” This emphasizes the fact that if you do not get out of mold, no amount of treatment will be adequate to get you well.
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Address Your Mold Illness
essential
Improve your diet – e.g. Low carbohydrate diet to address Candida/yeast issues that are often present
Detox – This may include things like improving bowel movements, sauna use, lymphatic massage, hypobaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), etc.
Article – 10 Ways to Detox from mold
Support your immune system – Using high-quality supplements such as Acetyl-Glutathione supplementation, Probiotics, Vitamins including vitamin C, vitamin D, magnesium
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Binding the toxins – Physicians can prescribe chemical and organic binders to “seek out and attach” to the various toxins consumed. Patients rely on binders to speed up the process of detoxification as binders escort toxins out of the body.
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Stay Educated on Mold Recovery
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Books – there are many people writing on this subject. The book below is our favorite.
Blogs – Read blogs on mold related topics:
recommended
Podcasts – Listen to podcasts on healing from mold from a trusted source.
Our favorites are:
if you can
Online Events – The Toxic Mold Masterclass are yearly events with the leading minds and doctors in environmentally acquired illnesses sharing their expertise.
Facebook Groups – Although we urge caution, as the advice does not come from professionals, we suggest joining a mold related Facebook group.
Our favorites are: