Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

CIRS Episode 1 | The Hidden Dangers Lurking in Your Home - Mold Toxicity Symptoms Explained

26 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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This YouTube video (CIRS Episode 1) explains the concept of a home microbiome and how dysbiosis—overgrowth of harmful microbes in the home—can produce biotoxins that cause mold/toxin-related illness. Speaker describes how organisms (e.g., “Actino”) can penetrate skin or be inhaled, act synergistically to worsen toxicity, and asks about symptoms of mold toxicity and how they can mimic other conditions.

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The same way that you have a microbiome that should be diverse and balanced and in harmony, so too does your home. And when your home has dysbiosis, essentially, if the wrong things are growing and they're kicking out these biotoxins and you're breathing them, in the case of Actino, when it gets on your skin, penetrates through the skin, then it becomes a problem and it doesn't need much. And they tend to, synergistically, in a negative way, make each other worse, one, because the other. Now, all of a sudden, you have a really toxic issue at home. So, that being said, what are some of the symptoms of mold toxicity? And how would you say that they mimic other conditions?