I am susceptible. Now what?
1.) Did you fail the VCS Test?
2.) Did you find out that you have a susceptible HLA-DR immune type?
If you answered yes to both of these questions what do you do next?
The first and most important thing that you can do for your health is make sure that you are no longer exposed the Biotoxins to which you are susceptible. Mold is the most common Biotoxin you will have to avoid because it can live in your home or other water-damaged buildings. Other Biotoxins are typically found outside in places like red tide beaches, estuary fish kills, blue-green algae blooms and tropical reef fish infected with ciguatera. You will also want to avoid tick bites and brown recluse spider bites if you are susceptible (not that anyone doesn't avoid those!)
Mold is the trickiest because it can live with you. You may think that you live in a newer home, or that you don't see any mold in your environment. But mold can be hidden. It can exist next to a pinhole leak in the a pipe in the wall, in your air conditioning system or in a small roof leak in the attic. You may not see the mold that is in your environment. Or the mold that you do see, may not be the dangerous type. So how do you know if you are being exposed to mold in your environment?
The answer is a mold DNA test called an ERMI (Environmental Relative Mold Index.)
2.) Did you find out that you have a susceptible HLA-DR immune type?
If you answered yes to both of these questions what do you do next?
The first and most important thing that you can do for your health is make sure that you are no longer exposed the Biotoxins to which you are susceptible. Mold is the most common Biotoxin you will have to avoid because it can live in your home or other water-damaged buildings. Other Biotoxins are typically found outside in places like red tide beaches, estuary fish kills, blue-green algae blooms and tropical reef fish infected with ciguatera. You will also want to avoid tick bites and brown recluse spider bites if you are susceptible (not that anyone doesn't avoid those!)
Mold is the trickiest because it can live with you. You may think that you live in a newer home, or that you don't see any mold in your environment. But mold can be hidden. It can exist next to a pinhole leak in the a pipe in the wall, in your air conditioning system or in a small roof leak in the attic. You may not see the mold that is in your environment. Or the mold that you do see, may not be the dangerous type. So how do you know if you are being exposed to mold in your environment?
The answer is a mold DNA test called an ERMI (Environmental Relative Mold Index.)
