I think I read on this post that those with Parkinson's always had mold. I thought that was a profound statement, and was sure George did not have mold. Since he was just about to have a test through Great Plains Lab, for glyphosate and other toxins, I decided to add the one for mold. Sure enough, he was off the charts.
We see the doctor on Wednesday and will try to find the cause of this mold. Why would mold affect all Parkinson's patients? We drink a glass of red wine every night. It is the only substance in our diet that is not organic. Curious. We have to look at the cause before we can treat.
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Are you able to post his test results* (please remove his name)? I think people here would find them interesting.
You can get your home tested for mold, but make sure it's not the standard air test. It needs to be an ERMI (dust) test processed by a reputable lab, and remediation if there is mold has to also be done very carefully so as not to spread the spores and make the problem worse. I have had only very minor water damage in my home but ERMI turned up a high level of mold, perhaps from water damage before I lived here. In the process of planning for remediation.
I'm pretty sure there is mold in my home, but I don't know anything about testing for it. I'll do a search for ERMI. Any other advice? How much does treating cost?
Hi Elliot, i am in no way an expert on mold. But i see a functional medicine doc who says my blood tests show probable toxic mold exposures, so i had my house testes with the ERMI test and the results were quite high. This is the lab where the test was processed, as i understand it, very reputable.
You can order a test and do it yourself, but you probably need a mold savvy doc or remediator to interpret it for you.
Mold can be a rabbit hole, so if you decide you want to pursue it, be prepared for a potentially long and expensive process. Both the more detailed testing to find sources of mold in your home (ERMi will only tell you its there, but not where it is) and remediation can be expensive.
There are a lot of resouces and information on a website called Survivingmold.com. Some molds are neurotoxic so it is not a stretch to think they can contribute to Parkinsons and brain inflammation. Apparently, even if there is no current water damage, old dead mold can be just as toxic.
"We drink a glass of red wine every night. It is the only substance in our diet that is not organic."
From one of your previous posts, you met George only 8 years ago. Perhaps his diet was not so organic before you met him. And the mold could have taken hold then
Being a Brit, I'm ignorant of how healthy (or unhealthy) SAD is... but going by anecdotes, my take is SAD is all about burgers, hotdogs and fried chickens... as unhealthy as a diet can be. Please correct me if I'm wrong
When I saw her a year ago, Dr Laurie Mischley said that there was a connection between mold and PD, and that her better-funded patients were able to afford tests.
(She wasn't pushing for me to take the tests or anything. She was just explaining that some people, who can afford get PD summer school, get extra lab tests done. It was the idea of what medicine would look like if there weren't significant cost restrictions.)
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