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Why don’t doctors regularly recommend this treatment?

hollerith 3y ago
Most doctors don't believe the people who are saying that for some people to recover from mold illness requires more than just removing oneself from the moldy environs.
- baby 3y ago
  Isn’t that enough? I lived in a place with mold around 10 years ago, brrrr
  - hollerith 3y ago
    If you are one of the approx 16% of the population unable to clear mold toxins from your body, the mold toxins can persist and keep you sick for decades after the end of any exposure to moldy environments.
    - baby 3y ago
      Shit. What should I do?
      - hollerith 3y ago
        If you aren't chronically ill, I don't think you need do anything. There is a blood test for whether you can detox mold toxins, but a doctor would need to order it, and, e.g., Medicare would not pay for it.
    - Ldorigo 3y ago
      Can you give some sources/context on this? (Not doubting what you said, genuinely curious)
      - hollerith 3y ago
        https://www.lifeextension.com/lab-testing/itemlc100087/hla-dr-mold-genetic-test https://www.lifeextension.com/lab-testing/itemlc100087/hla-d... I see that they're saying 24% of the population, not the 1-in-6 I recall reading from some other source. Also, I seem to have been wrong about the test's needed to be ordered by a doctor (except in Pennsylvania).
graphe 3y ago
Besides what the other person said it's also not as well known and there's no financial incentive for it to be taught to them over patented medicine (at least in the us). I also suggest lüften a common daily German practice of opening the windows twice or more daily.
- callalex 3y ago
  Or even better, set up a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV). It’s absolutely insane to me that more people don’t know about them and no building code mandates their installation. It’s not exactly complicated or high tech.
  - graphe 3y ago
    I agree. I just learned about them this week and also the more advanced ERV. I've moved around and inconsistent air quality is a huge problem to me.
  - bluGill 3y ago
    20 years ago when I was in construction houses in MN mandated a HRV. I don't know current codes though.
  - scire 3y ago
    Modern well insulated buildings need active ventilation. Passive just doesn’t cut it anymore. I installed a HRV system in my (well insulated) house, and I love it - air quality indoors is noticeably improved. Only downside is that there’s lots of wood burning in my particular (and densely populated) area of Europe, so I was quickly drawn into the rabbit hole of particulate matter sensors and how to automatically shut the ventilation system off when the neighbors turn on their fireplace. And when it comes to mold, our bathroom used to have black spots on the walls after a while, but with improved ventilation it stays amazingly clean and everything dries much more quickly. Almost no condensation on surfaces like mirrors and walls anymore either.

Most doctors don't believe the people who are saying that for some people to recover from mold illness requires more than just removing oneself from the moldy environs.

baby 3y ago
Isn’t that enough? I lived in a place with mold around 10 years ago, brrrr
- hollerith 3y ago
  If you are one of the approx 16% of the population unable to clear mold toxins from your body, the mold toxins can persist and keep you sick for decades after the end of any exposure to moldy environments.
  - baby 3y ago
    Shit. What should I do?
    - hollerith 3y ago
      If you aren't chronically ill, I don't think you need do anything. There is a blood test for whether you can detox mold toxins, but a doctor would need to order it, and, e.g., Medicare would not pay for it.
  - Ldorigo 3y ago
    Can you give some sources/context on this? (Not doubting what you said, genuinely curious)
    - hollerith 3y ago
      https://www.lifeextension.com/lab-testing/itemlc100087/hla-dr-mold-genetic-test https://www.lifeextension.com/lab-testing/itemlc100087/hla-d... I see that they're saying 24% of the population, not the 1-in-6 I recall reading from some other source. Also, I seem to have been wrong about the test's needed to be ordered by a doctor (except in Pennsylvania).

graphe 3y ago

Besides what the other person said it's also not as well known and there's no financial incentive for it to be taught to them over patented medicine (at least in the us). I also suggest lüften a common daily German practice of opening the windows twice or more daily.

callalex 3y ago
Or even better, set up a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV). It’s absolutely insane to me that more people don’t know about them and no building code mandates their installation. It’s not exactly complicated or high tech.
- graphe 3y ago
  I agree. I just learned about them this week and also the more advanced ERV. I've moved around and inconsistent air quality is a huge problem to me.
- bluGill 3y ago
  20 years ago when I was in construction houses in MN mandated a HRV. I don't know current codes though.
- scire 3y ago
  Modern well insulated buildings need active ventilation. Passive just doesn’t cut it anymore. I installed a HRV system in my (well insulated) house, and I love it - air quality indoors is noticeably improved. Only downside is that there’s lots of wood burning in my particular (and densely populated) area of Europe, so I was quickly drawn into the rabbit hole of particulate matter sensors and how to automatically shut the ventilation system off when the neighbors turn on their fireplace. And when it comes to mold, our bathroom used to have black spots on the walls after a while, but with improved ventilation it stays amazingly clean and everything dries much more quickly. Almost no condensation on surfaces like mirrors and walls anymore either.