New Resource Available From Shoemaker Protocol Practitioner Brian Rodgers and Certified Practitioner Ming Dooley
Understanding Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS): A Patient’s Guide to Treatment and Recovery
Surviving Mold is pleased to help share the work of two of our providers Brian Rodgers, DO and Ming Dooley, DACM, BSN, RN, L.Ac.The book was written to give patients and families a clear, accessible explanation of CIRS—from recognizing the symptom pattern and understanding environmental exposure through diagnosis, the Shoemaker treatment sequence, and recovery. It also covers environmental evaluation and maintenance, binders and MARCoNS, brain and mitochondrial effects, sleep and stress, nutrition, exercise, hormones, laboratory markers, VIP, children with CIRS, overlapping diagnoses, troubleshooting, adjunctive therapies, and long-term maintenance.
"CIRS is not random, and recovery is not guesswork.
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) can leave patients exhausted, foggy, reactive, and overwhelmed—often after years of searching for answers. This book explains how exposure to water-damaged buildings and other biotoxin sources can trigger persistent immune dysregulation in susceptible individuals, and why recovery requires more than treating isolated symptoms.
Grounded in the Shoemaker Protocol and clinical experience, this clear, compassionate guide helps patients, families, and clinicians understand the path from exposure and diagnosis to treatment, recovery, and long-term stability.
This book offers a path toward restored health, greater resilience, and the freedom to participate in life again."
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