Black Mold - Is this really a thing?

[wonderoushope]

Hiya,

I came across this girls journey on youtube and she feels she's finally found the answer to her issues Black mold! The thing is it sounds like she's going to an integrative doctor or something like that and the test she had doesn't sound very legit to me. Is it possible to have black mould showing up in your blood analysis? It sounds like she could literally see the mould in her blood. Just wanted to hear your thoughts. Starts at the 5:52 mark.

 

[jason30]

I don't know if black mold show up in blood analysis.
But I just read this interesting article about mold growing in your body; http://howirecovered.com/can-mold-grow-in-your-body/

 

[Learner1]

I recently attended a class for doctors on mycotoxins, given by a scientist at Great Plains Laboratories. He went through the various types of mold/fungi, the toxins they create, and the significant health problems they create, and how they can be found and treated.

Many people do have mycotoxins problems, originating from water damaged buildings, from grains, legumes, dairy products and other foods stored for long periods.

My functional medicine doctor has had this on our To Do list and my ME/CFS specialist brought it up last week and we are doing some tests to see if its a problem.

Its important to figure out which mold and mycotoxins you have as treatment is specific to each toxin.

 

[caledonia]

Yes - I even saw this on an episode of Dr. Phil yesterday. A lady was reacting to all kinds of things, and had also developed some mental health issues. They found black mold in her house and said that was the cause.

 

[Soundthealarm21]

I've recovered significantly ever since I got out of a house with black mold problems

 

[Strawberry]

ME/CFS specialist brought it up last week and we are doing some tests to see if its a problem.

Looking forward to hearing about these tests, and results!

 

[Learner1]

Here are two well-regarded tests:

https://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/gplmycotox/

https://www.realtimelab.com/environmental-inspectors/mycotoxin-testing/

 

[Strawberry]

Thanks! And Dr K is running those for you? I need to start working with him again here soon, but have two issues still to take care of locally. At least my local Dr finally agreed to work with Dr K so that I can have blood drawn again! That was so frustrating when my lab refused to draw blood any more. *hmph*

 

[Learner1]

He is running a fungal antibody panel. My ND will do the GPLmycotox with OAT test, and I'll share what each doctor finds with the other.