Our Research

Our Most Recent Study

To determine background levels of Mycotoxins (chemicals from fungi), Endotoxins (chemicals from certain bacteria), and (1——>3) β-D beta-glucan (chemicals similar to endotoxin) in healthy and exposed individuals.

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What Pathogens are in an Indoor Water Damaged Environment?

The most common molds found in U.S. indoor water damaged structures are:

Acremonium
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Aureobasidium
Chaetomium
Curvularia

Chrysonilia
Chrysonilium
Fusarium
Eurotium
Epicoccum
Trichoderma

Mucor
Penicillium
Stachybotrys
Ulocladium
Wallemia

Acremonium
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Aureobasidium
Chaetomium
Curvularia
Chrysonilia
Chrysonilium
Fusarium

Eurotium
Epicoccum
Trichoderm
Mucor
Penicillium
Stachybotrys
Ulocladium
Wallemiaa

How Does Mold Make You Sick? Mold Can Make You Sick in 3 Ways.

How Does Mold Make You Sick?

1. Allergic Effects
2. Infectious Effects
3. Toxicological Effects

1. Allergic Effects

Allergic effects are detected through standard allergy tests, Immunoglobulin E, or “IgE,” blood or skin prick testing. Patient’s allergic reactions usually fade after being removed from the contaminated environment with little to no further complaints. Immunotherapy may provide desensitization and improve the quality of life for those with mold allergies. All physicians agree that mold can cause allergic reactions and breathing disorders in exposed victims.

2. Infectious Effects

The Infectious effects are divided into two major categories, fungal infections and yeast infections. Fungal infections are for the most part extremely hard to cure. Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI) can turn deadly when they become systemic. The same goes for systemic yeast infections. It is here, under the “Infectious” section, physicians across the board begin to disagree. More common than not, the physician walks into the exam room and tells the patient, “Look at you, you’re, young, and healthy, only people with AIDS, ARC or are immuno-compromised can get a fungal infection”. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Every day we see in clinical settings:

Fungal Sinustis

Fungal skin rash

Fungal skin lesions

Blindness caused by fungal infection

Fungal Nail

Jock itch

Foot Rot

Fungal Sinustis

Fungal skin rash

Fungal skin lesions

Blindness caused by fungal infection

Fungal nail

Jock itch

Foot Rot

Commonly Recognized Infections:

I. Fungal Infections
a. Fungal infection “sinuses”
b. Fungal infection “lungs”
c. Fungal infection “skin”
d. Fungal infection “fingers/toenails”
e. Fungal infection “localized internally”
f. Invasive fungal infection (IFI)
g. Gastrointestinal tract fungal infection and damage

I. Yeast Infections
a. Yeast infection “ears”
b. Yeast infection “oral thrush”
c. Yeast infection “vaginal”
d. Yeast infection “skin”
e. Gastrointestinal tract yeast infection and damage
f. Systemic yeast infection “SYI”

3. Toxicological Effects

The toxicological effects are the part of this complex puzzle that few physicians/MDs understand. This is not the kind of medical problem where the physician pulls out their prescription pad and kicks out a virus, or kills a bacterium, this is a toxicology problem, it is a “poisoning”. Few physicians are educated in toxicology or are equipped to treat poisonings. If a client does have mycotoxin poisoning, this is not a disease, the toxins create symptoms. When those symptoms go untreated or mistreated by misdiagnosis, they can turn into the cause of disease.