INDOOR MOLD EXPOSURE
Over the past several years, we have seen many patients whose chronic health complaints linked to indoor mold exposure. Water damage from leaking roofs, plumbing, sprinklers, or sewage lines can cause mold growth inside walls and ceilings with serious health consequences including respiratory illness, neurological disorders from mold toxins, and autoimmune problems including fibromyalgia and arthritis. Chronic sinusitis, asthma, fatigue, and pain problems that improve when away from home and worsen on returning to the contaminated building often indicate mold related illness. Certain persons are highly susceptible to mold exposure, where other people living in the same home may be free of symptoms. Chinese herbal formulas with antifungal, antiallergy, antiinflammatory, and immune regulating effects are custom formulated for the individual patient. | REFERENCES:
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