Volume 2 FAQ
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I have been ill since 2006. I have an appointment with a mold literate physician in 6 months. What should I do until then? My decline is rapid and I feel I need a more aggressive plan than waiting.
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I am diagnosed with Lyme and toxic mold. My doctor did a gene test and then started me on cholestyramine. I live in Hawaii.
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How long does exposure to water-damaged buildings have to occur before an individual develops CIRS?
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I have to move out of my moldy apartment to a new location. I am prepared to discard porous materials but my shoes and I are old friends and I am not sure what I can do to save them.
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I am a physician in Australia. I am following a cohort of 6 out of 7 women working in a bank who have had evidence of unexplained clotting. The building was confirmed to be contaminated. Patients have multiple health symptoms.
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We have had professional inspectors identify conditions in our rental home that are typical of a water-damaged building. We have multiple questions on what to do including remediation, avoidance of cross contamination and access to treatment.
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How long can patients stay on cholestyramine?
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I would like to begin an exercise program to help me get quickly. Is this a good idea?
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I have been treated with screws, rods and a metal plate in my neck. Could mold exposure cause a bacterial infection or a problem with the metal itself?
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Do you think we will see a genetic cure for chronic inflammatory response syndromes and mold illness in the next 25 years?
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Does CSM or Welchol bind to heavy metals?
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Is it necessary to purchase a HEPA air filter? What about a UV light? What about an ozone generator?
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My son has HLA DR 16-5-51. Does that mean he is not reactive to mold as someone else?
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Please clarify my haplotype
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Am I worse off if both my HLA haplotypes are mold susceptible?
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For a patient who takes hydrocortisone, is there a time during treatment when weaning off the drug can begin?
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Have you every observed that your patients had reached “a point of no return” that showed that MSH was at or near zero?
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Any information that you could offer (in layman’s terms) that might be helpful to this young man would be greatly appreciated. One of the students in my current Mold Remediation Technician class is 39 years old and has recently been diagnosed with Berger’s Disease – a non-curable kidney problem. The symptoms and diagnosis follow several years of work for a former employer who conducted mold remediation with the appropriate engineering controls to protect the occupants (they did most of their work in hospitals so they had to follow ICRA procedures), but with no suits or respiratory protection for their workers handling the moldy materials. He just had a sense that those unprotected activities and his disease onset are somehow connected even though the doctors tell him it is “genetic”. The one thing that he recalls from the discussion with his physician is that the doctor said he had an “IgA NEPHROPATHY"
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Will having living house plants or a live Christmas tree impact on presence of toxigenic fungi and other microbes in an indoor environment?
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Are there studies that review the difference in illness acquisition from indoor mold and outdoor mold?
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