Great post. My knowledge of mycotoxins mostly comes from Dr. Shoemaker and his group’s information gathering and now you too.
I definitely do agree that there should be stricter limits and more funding for yours and others research of this.
It’s a very important issue in life.
From what I understand there are certain groups of people who are “genetically susceptible” to illness from mold, but I still don’t believe the non-susceptible will really be so completely immune to all effects, just maybe some of the more immediate and obviously alarming effects.
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Thanks for your interest!
All humans bring along their own set of genes, and so we all react differently to our environment. When talking about toxicology, the most important genes are always those involved in the so-called "xenobiotic metabolism", as they determine how fast your body can detoxify and dispose of uptaken toxic chemicals (to simplify it a lot^^). There are big differences between humans in that regard.
However, I doubt there is really someone who is "not susceptible" to mold toxins at all.
"The dose makes the poison". At a certain concentration, everyone suffers. But of course: A dose that might be dangerous for one can be irrelevant for another person. And vice versa.
We are aware of that, and there are measures that are taken to account for hose differences in risk assessment of chemicals. But I would have to write a full post if I would have to explain those in detail. ;-)
Interesting. Thank you for sharing what you know about all this.
The genes said to control illness from exposure are labeled the HLA DR for a multi-symptom and multi-system illlness known as CIRS or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.
The doctors and medical professionals who have managed diagnostics and research of this illness provide information on www.survivingmold.com
I have combed through some of the research papers and am still trying to understand what should be noticed in these to signify results, other than going just by what is said/written without statistics and examples of groups of patients.
There are MDs available for consultation/appointments who are certified under the Shoemaker Protocol of treating people with this illness from mycotoxin exposure.
Are there other known treatment standards and professionals you would refer people to for treatment if sick from mycotoxins?
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Are you sure those problems are caused by the mycotoxins? Because there is a totally different problem with molds aswell: Allergic effects to the spores, and also the so-called "wet building syndrome", a kind of immune defficiency when you're exposed to mold spores for too long. These problems are not primarily caused by the toxins, but by the molds themselves.
Can’t be 100% sure. I was told by the DNA test that I am in the susceptible category.
I’ve read the academic/peer-reviewed research papers on the issue but had a hard time getting a clear representation of the data they have gathered from treatments so far.
Just recently I got to an appointment with a pulmonary doc and got a breathing test and chest x-Ray done the next day.
X-ray was fine but the pulmonary test seemed to show something to them. The numbers showed a significant improvement in breathing when administered the inhaler medication.
Sticking with the pulmonary doc for now.
“Wet building syndrome” or “sick building syndrome” is where the categorization of the illness of CIRS or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome came from.
Allergy tests didn’t show any significant response to molds but I’m still curious about other views on the issue.
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Could you link some of the papers you found? I'm getting curious. ;-)