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is there any way to treat brain fog caused by mold senstivity?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Nov 28 5:41am | Replies (17)
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@jeff1047

I appreciate your inputs but I am not interested in being treated by someone who espouses a mycotoxin-based theory of mold-induced illness. My opinion after a significant amount of research and living with debilitating brain fog and fatigue for over 50 years is that mycotoxin-based theories are internet-amplified pseudoscience.

There is very little in the credible refereed literature that supports Shoemaker or Rea but there is a growing body of evidence that the symptoms that I live with have an immunological origin. In addition to the Miller reference that I cited in my original post, Harding has demonstrated fairly conclusively that you don’t need the mycotoxins in Stachybotrys to cause cognitive dysfunction (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7231651/). It’s hard to predict how long it will take for the immunologists to put all the pieces together but I believe that some combination of trained innate immune processes and sickness behavior will ultimately explain my illness. In the meantime I will continue to practice the avoidance techniques that have proven to be effective.

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Nov 27 12:30am

@jeff1047 I was looking at the article you referenced which had this in the discussion.

"Although we cannot rule out an allergic response to mold, and certainly there are people for whom mold is an allergen, the responses observed in this study fit the innate-immune-activation model."

I am not sure I understand the difference between an allergy and an innate immune activation. I know I am very allergic to mold and it triggers my asthma and sinus irritation. It does cause swelling in my nose, sinuses and lungs, and I need to treat my asthma with inhalers. I have done allergy shots for a lot of allergens including molds, but I'm lazy about doing it, so it's often easier to take an antihistamine, but that isn't enough if there is a significant exposure. Just driving through an agricultural area a couple days ago, I thought I was getting sick with breathing issues and a sore throat. After I got home, those symptoms cleared a lot when I got back into the filtered air of my home. With asthma, my blood oxygen levels vary depending on my lung condition which can make me very tired.

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