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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So, What Pathogens are Really in an Indoor Water Damaged Environment?

1. Fungi-Mold

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

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

  • Allergic Effect
  • Infectious Effect
  • Toxicological Effect

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 sinusitis
  • Fungal skin rash
  • Fungal skin lesions
  • Blindness caused by fungal infection
  • Fungal nail
  • Jock itch
  • Foot Rot

The Infections Below are Commonly Recognized:

I. Fungal infection(s)

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

II. Yeast infections

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