Dr. Diane Mueller explains how mold exposure raises MMP-9, an enzyme that breaks down uterine tissue, causing worse period symptoms like cramping and joint pain. Mycotoxins from mold can trigger muscle weakness and fibromyalgia flare-ups around your cycle, signaling you need testing and a healing protocol.
Hey everybody, Dr. Diane Mueller Mueller from mylimedoc.com here. Welcome back to my channel. I wanted to talk a little bit about why for some women symptoms get so much worse around the menses. So when women menstruate, the uterus lining has to slough off, and what makes that happen in part is an enzyme. This enzyme is MMP-9. Matrix metalloproteinase is its big technical name. And so what happens is when we get to that point as women of menstruation, we see an increase in this MMP-9. This enzyme breaks down protein and helps to break down some of that wall of the uterus so that that lining can slough off in a healthy way. Now what's interesting is there are certain things like mold, for example. Mold and the toxins from mold can in many people increase the MMP-9 level. The MMP-9 level will lead to throughout the month tissue being broken down, for example. So maybe we don't have as much energy and there's muscle weakness, right? Because protein can be broken down at a higher level with this enzyme. And so this can go on all month, and it's very common when women have mycotoxins in their blood and mold illness that when they get to their menstrual cycle and their MMP-9 level is already high, and then they get to their menstrual cycle, their MMP-9 goes up, that because of this, all of their symptoms can get worse. So there's other links too, but this is one of the more profound ones that I have found in studies. To help explain why symptoms around menses get so much worse. So you're having menstrual problems and they're normal, quote unquote, menstrual problems, such as the cramping and the breast tenderness and the mood. All of those type of things tend to be some level of hormonal imbalance, right? So oftentimes there's hormonal imbalance or inflammation that's leading to those, those menstrual symptoms. But if you're finding that there's other things that are not your classic PMS or PMDD type of symptoms that are happening around menstruation, such as worsening of joint pain or fibro or muscle weakness or other types of symptoms that we don't think of as like our classic PMS symptoms, this can be a big sign that there could be something else like mycotoxins leading to that higher tissue breakdown, especially around the menses. So I hope that you guys are getting mycotoxin tested because that's really important. Look for other videos on the channel. I have videos on this channel about what tests are best. So make sure you go through some of the other videos on this channel. And if you want to go through my course content to learn how to heal from something like mold illness, I have a great educational program to teaching you the steps to heal and teaching you how to be your own doctor in the process. So you can find information about that group program here in the show notes. Thank you all for listening. I wish you the best in your healing journey. Whatever happens, remember this: you do not have to live with this. Your symptoms are real. This is your body talking to you, and we just have to figure out the message that your body is saying. I'll see you all soon. Ciao for now!
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