How many of you have had Shoemaker labs to diagnose possible biotoxin illness as a cause for CFS? The basic theory Shoemaker puts forward is that the chronic fatigue in CFS is the result of hypoxia to peripheral tissues and brain. This in turn is caused by hypoperfusion of small capillaries as part of the biotoxin reactions.
How many of you were tested as the HLA DR Haplotype of 4-3-53? This is apparently one of the worst two genetic profiles you can have for susceptibility to biotoxins, and lucky me I have that haplotype. This genome also corresponds to chronic fatigue.
If any of you have pursued a Shoemaker diagnosis, did you try cholestyramine and did it help with clearing any of your symptoms?
I have puzzled over where I might have mold in my home (I am going to get it tested). But the thought has occurred to me that the air conditioning and heating system goes under the home in 30+ year old metal tubes that are probably leaky. Water could easily have gotten into those tubes and grown mold, resulting in mold toxins mixing in with the constant airflow. I have noticed in my home that any surface that gets cleaned is layered by dust again within two days, so we do have a constant dust circulation from those vents.
The theory is interesting to me because it very clearly explains a reason for hypoxia to the body and brain, and brain fog, which are my worst symptoms.
How many of you were tested as the HLA DR Haplotype of 4-3-53? This is apparently one of the worst two genetic profiles you can have for susceptibility to biotoxins, and lucky me I have that haplotype. This genome also corresponds to chronic fatigue.
If any of you have pursued a Shoemaker diagnosis, did you try cholestyramine and did it help with clearing any of your symptoms?
I have puzzled over where I might have mold in my home (I am going to get it tested). But the thought has occurred to me that the air conditioning and heating system goes under the home in 30+ year old metal tubes that are probably leaky. Water could easily have gotten into those tubes and grown mold, resulting in mold toxins mixing in with the constant airflow. I have noticed in my home that any surface that gets cleaned is layered by dust again within two days, so we do have a constant dust circulation from those vents.
The theory is interesting to me because it very clearly explains a reason for hypoxia to the body and brain, and brain fog, which are my worst symptoms.
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