Re: Aspergillius/mold/Vit.D

[Guest guest]

Lottie,

maybe getting his wife to buy Vitamin D3, the brand or find a good brand to

buy and giving him higher dosages will help him heal his self? Just a thought??

Dory Doggie

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From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...>

CML < >

Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 11:01:38 PM

Subject: [ ] Aspergillius/mold/Vit.D

As some of you may remember my son has aspergillius, which is a fungus that has

covered his lung and intertwined with the vessels in the lung and spine, so

rather than risk what time he has left, he has opted not to have surgery as he

could die on the operating table. Now it seems Vitamin D has another disease

that it could prevent and that is what caught my eye on the article. Here it is

from Science Daily.

Vitamin D May Treat or Prevent Allergy to Common Mold... ScienceDaily (Aug. 18,

2010) — Research conducted by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chair of Genetics

at

LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans

" The environmental mold, Aspergillus fumigatus, is one of the most prevalent

fungal organisms inhaled by people. In the vast majority, it is not associated

with disease. However, in asthmatics and in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF),

it can cause significant allergic symptoms. Up to 15% of CF patients develop a

severe allergic response called Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA).

Since the mold is so common, the researchers wanted to identify the factors that

determine why only a subset of patients develop the allergy and what factors

regulate tolerance or sensitization to the mold resulting in the development of

ABPA. To gain insights, the group studied two groups of patients with CF. Both

groups were colonized with A. Fumigatus, but only one had ABPA. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816122122.htm

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Dangers of Mild (Video)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0303-clean_up_that_moldy_mess.htm

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Vitamin D Levels Linked To Asthma Severity (Apr. 24, 2009) — New research

provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma

severity. Serum levels of vitamin D in more than 600 Costa Rican children were

inversely linked to several ... > read more

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423082638.htm

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More Than Half the World's Population Gets Insufficient Vitamin D, Says

Biochemist

Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin D

should a person get? According to an international expert on v ... > full story

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/vitamin_d/

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Order free booklet on Vitamin D & Wellness Report from Berkely University of CA

http://tinyurl.com/28zo9gy

FYI,

Lottie Duthu

[Guest guest]

G'day Lottie- that is an awful fungus for your son to have.

As a matter of interest I was reading an article about a family who had

black mould growing in their home which was causing terrible health problems

for them and they had to move out. Another couple had a unit for 25 years

which had black mould in it and the husband actually died from complications

of pneumonia! Then on TV last night, they had a story on the " salt " rooms

which are being used as alternative therapy to improve/heal asthma and

cystic fibrosis patients. The building is made of salt blocks and the floor

is covered a foot or so deep with crystallised salt and a fan blows puried

salt into the room. It sounds fascinating and the patients say it works! As

a GP said, they need to do the all important clinical trials to demonstrate

that it isn't just a placbo affect.

Cheers from , who has been busy having a nice holiday



-- [ ] Aspergillius/mold/Vit.D

As some of you may remember my son has aspergillius, which is a fungus that

has covered his lung and intertwined with the vessels in the lung and spine,

so rather than risk what time he has left, he has opted not to have surgery

as he could die on the operating table. Now it seems Vitamin D has another

disease that it could prevent and that is what caught my eye on the article.

Here it is from Science Daily.

Vitamin D May Treat or Prevent Allergy to Common Mold... ScienceDaily (Aug.

18, 2010) — Research conducted by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chair of

Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans

" The environmental mold, Aspergillus fumigatus, is one of the most prevalent

fungal organisms inhaled by people. In the vast majority, it is not

associated with disease. However, in asthmatics and in patients with Cystic

Fibrosis (CF), it can cause significant allergic symptoms. Up to 15% of CF

patients develop a severe allergic response called Allergic Bronchopulmonary

Aspergillosis (ABPA). Since the mold is so common, the researchers wanted to

identify the factors that determine why only a subset of patients develop

the allergy and what factors regulate tolerance or sensitization to the mold

resulting in the development of ABPA. To gain insights, the group studied

two groups of patients with CF. Both groups were colonized with A. Fumigatus

but only one had ABPA. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816122122.htm

******************************************

Dangers of Mild (Video)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0303-clean_up_that_moldy_mess.htm

*******************************************

Vitamin D Levels Linked To Asthma Severity (Apr. 24, 2009) — New research

provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma

severity. Serum levels of vitamin D in more than 600 Costa Rican children

were inversely linked to several ... > read more

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423082638.htm

********************************************

More Than Half the World's Population Gets Insufficient Vitamin D, Says

Biochemist

Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin

D should a person get? According to an international expert on v ... > full

story

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/vitamin_d/

********************************************

Order free booklet on Vitamin D & Wellness Report from Berkely University of

CA

http://tinyurl.com/28zo9gy

FYI,

Lottie Duthu