Do you have symptoms of CIRS? If you experience strange symptoms - like those found in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome - you may be suffering from mold sickness. To find out if you have symptoms of mold sickness you can take the questionnaire below. It is the initial screening form I use to help diagnose toxic mold illness. It was … [Read more...]
Mold in your house will make you sick. But your eyes and nose will not be enough to detect it. Mold is sneaky. It hides in areas you cannot see or smell! You need to use specialized testing, known as ERMI and HERTSMI2 to find out if your home is making you sick. However, before you begin testing you need to remove yourself from the source of … [Read more...]
Can eating mold make you sick? No - mold on your food isn't the type of mold that's going to make you sick. The molds that make you sick are found in water-damaged buildings. Today, we get to debunking the claim that mold on food makes you sick (it doesn't!). Let's get going! Is your food moldy? A lot of the food you eat contains mold. … [Read more...]
Thymosin Alpha-1 (TA1 peptide) & CIRS or Mold Illness This is Part 1 of a 7-part series on peptides and CIRS. Check out the Introduction to the series here: Peptides for Mold Illness and CIRS: Explaining how the evidence is being graded and why We start with thymosin alpha-1 (TA-1) because it has the strongest human evidence of the … [Read more...]
CIRS Therapy - the missing link to treatment If you've seen any other blog on our page, you will know that our practitioners at Flourish Clinic follow the Shoemaker Protocol. This is because the Shoemaker Protocol is the only scientifically proven, peer reviewed method of treating CIRS. We prove this again and again in our clinic. The Shoemaker … [Read more...]
Is there Finally a Unifying Lens for Understanding CIRS? Maybe! The Cell Danger Response gives us a framework to better understand CIRS and other complex chronic illnesses. In today's post, we do a deep dive into Dr. Robert Naviaux's Cell Danger Response framework. What it is, how it affects you, and why it may be the most useful framework we … [Read more...]
The Case for Measuring the Illness: Pros and Cons of the Shoemaker Protocol Note: This is part 1 of 4 of a series of blogs where I map the major thinkers in CIRS and mold-related illness: what each one believes, where each one excels, and where each one breaks down. Introduction: I argued that the four major camps of CIRS treatment aren't … [Read more...]
Flourish Clinic recently welcomed Alex Kessler of healthyhomeguide.com to our treatment team. This week, Alex chats about the best air filter for CIRS. The Best Air Filtration for CIRS Don't miss part one: The Best Air Purifier for CIRS Have you heard of ultra fine particles? Ultra fine particles are smaller than 0.1 microns, … [Read more...]
