Expert Recap: CIRS and GI issues Your intestinal wall is not a simple barrier. It's a layered system; a combination of physical, chemical, immunological, and microbial systems all working together to let nutrients in and keep harmful things out. Mycotoxins compromise every layer of that system, causing measurable structural and functional changes … [Read more...]
Expert Recap: What Is CIRS? CIRS as an acquired, chronic illness involving innate immune dysregulation triggered by exposure to a water-damaged building and the organisms within it: mold, bacteria, actinomycetes, mycobacteria, and their byproducts like endotoxins and beta glucans. It can be mistaken for many other syndromes such as fibromyalgia, … [Read more...]
Expert Recap: Can Mold Cause Headaches and Migraines? Your brain cannot actually feel pain. This is genuinely true. The brain tissue itself has no pain receptors whatsoever. What does have pain receptors is everything surrounding your brain, and mold can affect these. Certain molds produce mycotoxins that act directly on the nervous system. Mold … [Read more...]
Expert Recap: Long COVID and CIRS The results of a published study in the Medical Research Archives comparing patients with long COVID and patients with CIRS showed fundamental similarities in Visual Contrast Sensitivity test (VCS) results, Molecular Hypometabolism (MHM) and impaired cellular energy production. Both illnesses also share a number … [Read more...]
Expert recap: What Are the Symptoms of CIRS? The many symptoms of CIRS are non-specific. For example, fatigue can be attributed to many different diagnoses. But when taken together, all of the symptoms point to a CIRS diagnosis. There are 37 recognized symptoms: Fatigue Weakness Aches Cramps Unusual pain Ice-pick pain … [Read more...]
Could Mold Be Making You Sick? What Your Symptoms Are Really Telling You *Note: this blog was written by me, Mark Volmer. All spelling mistakes, misquotes, errors, and omissions are my own doing. It is not AI generated.* Rachel had seen nine different doctors in three years. Rheumatology. Neurology. Gastroenterology. Each one ran their tests, … [Read more...]
Expert Recap: Is CIRS a Real Disease? For a condition to qualify as a legitimate medical diagnosis, it needs to pass three criteria: The condition must have a defined, reproducible symptom pattern published in journals, where other clinicians and researchers have scrutinized and validated the findings. Not on blogs or websites. There must … [Read more...]
Expert Recap: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and CIRS Mast cells are immune cells that are concentrated in your gut lining, sinuses, lungs, skin, and urinary tract. When they detect a threat, they release a cascade of chemical signals to sound the alarm. Normally this works well: threat detected, alarm raised, immune system responds, threat … [Read more...]