Mold Illness
For the record, my use of the term "mold illness" needs to be clarified:
It’s merely an
expression for a sub-category of biotoxin illness, a jargon term, a shortcut I
use, one that connotes that this illness is an acute and chronic, systemic
inflammatory response syndrome acquired following exposure to the interior of a
water-damaged building (CIRS) with resident toxigenic organisms, including, but
not limited to fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes and mycobacteria as well as
inflammagens such as endotoxins, beta glucans, hemolysins, proteinases,
mannans, c-type lectins and possibly spirocyclic drimanes, plus volatile
organic compounds(VOC's). There is no one element that is a causative of mold
illness. It is the end result of countless aspects of innate inflammation
merging together.
While molds themselves
may be associated with human illness, in my opinion the secondary metabolites
of microbial growth and inflammagens from those microbes are of greater overall
importance. Until we have a way to identify the specific interaction that each
individual component of the "biochemical stew" found inside Water
Damaged Buildings can cause, we can only look at exposure to the entire
interior environment as the cause of the illness.
-Ritchie Shoemaker, MD
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