Who's Right About Mold Illness? Your guide to the 4 thought leaders in mold treatment This is part 1 of 4 where I map the major thinkers in CIRS and mold-related illness: what each one believes, where each one is strong, and where each one breaks down. This four-part series is a passion project for me. It's something I'm thrilled to be writing … [Read more...]
Mold Remediation & CIRS Recovery: Practical Steps for Creating a Safe Environment
Expert Recap: CIRS and Mold Remediation Mold remediation can feel overwhelming, but it is the most important step in your recovery. You will not recover while you are still in exposure. Every home must be properly tested using Shoemaker-approved home tests, regardless of the home's age or history. Then, a proper mitigation or remediation must … [Read more...]
CIRS and GI issues: How Mycotoxins affect gut health
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...]
What is CIRS?
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...]
Can Mold Cause Headaches?
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...]
The CIRS Long COVID Connection
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...]
What are the symptoms of CIRS?
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...]
Do You Have Symptoms of Mold Exposure?
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...]
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