Re: Re: Does Aspergillus.... high iron in the blood

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Thank you for this very thorough reply. It is giving me a great deal to think

about and look up. I'm wondering if this has any thing to do with the mold

exposure I suffered with a couple of years back. Although I had prexisiting

conditions prior: asthma, allergies, hashimotos and fatigue. Since then I've

experienced vertigo, dizziness, episodes of neurapathy and most recently have

grave's disease and hashis at once. One doc feels that the graves is often the

result of mold exposure as he has experienced with other patients. I'm also

dealing with adrenal issues and this was in part the reason for testing for the

iron levels.

Is the blood letting the only remedy for this condition? I will have to see if

I'm eligible as I also have EBS. Wouldn't want to pass on anything to anyone.

Are you doiung anything else for this? I too have some liver issues as well. And

also, I am of middle and eastern european extraction, so maybe there was a

tendency for this. I just have never seen it come up before and I am not a

youngster.

One other question I had was that the mold levels in our home were not off the

charts, but my reaction was quite real and long before I had any understanding

of what mold could do. Is there any medical research or papers out there that

could help me to make my docs understand that the many symptoms I have now that

I didn't have before-- could be a result of mold exposure even if the levels

weren't off the charts? They still were molds like aspergilluis and pennicillium

to name a few.

I will follow up on the info you shared Sharon. I am very appreciateive for your

taking the time to write to me. I hope that you are doing well and continue to

do so.

Many thanks,

Sam

 

Sam,

Many people of European descent have a condition called hemochromatosis. It is

an inability of the body to excrete iron.

[Guest guest]

Sam,

Our levels weren't " off the charts " either but we had all the usual

suspects, Stachy,Pennicillium,Aspergillus,Trichoderma etc and I became ill

really fast (within 3 months) and I have the serious Penicillin allergy. I

am also European (English) and I have adrenal issues. Sounds very similar

and I was never sick before this.

There is a book called " Damp Indoor Spaces and Health " It is written by the

National Academies of Science. I have it in PDF form if you want me to send

it to you.

Good Luck,

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Sam <yaddayadda53@...> wrote:

>

>

> Sharon,

>

> Thank you for this very thorough reply. It is giving me a great deal to

> think about and look up. I'm wondering if this has any thing to do with the

> mold exposure I suffered with a couple of years back. Although I had

> prexisiting conditions prior: asthma, allergies, hashimotos and fatigue.

> Since then I've experienced vertigo, dizziness, episodes of neurapathy and

> most recently have grave's disease and hashis at once. One doc feels that

> the graves is often the result of mold exposure as he has experienced with

> other patients. I'm also dealing with adrenal issues and this was in part

> the reason for testing for the iron levels.

>

> Is the blood letting the only remedy for this condition? I will have to see

> if I'm eligible as I also have EBS. Wouldn't want to pass on anything to

> anyone. Are you doiung anything else for this? I too have some liver issues

> as well.

[Guest guest]

After reading about this effect on iron, I am wondering if molds or mycotoxins

can effect the body's ability to absorb other vitamins. I know one person who

was exposed to toxic mold and his blood work is now showing that his body isn't

absorbing vitamins. Any comments?

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From: " Jack Thrasher, Ph.D. " <toxicologist1@...>

Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 10:06:00 PM

Subject: [] Re: Does Aspergillus.... high iron in the blood

As I mentioned earlier molds, such as Aspergillus and Penicillium produce

hemolytic proteins that lysed red blood cells. They also produce another

polypeptide called siderphores. The function of the siderphores is to liberate

the iron so the molds can use it. There is a paper in Straus' Book " Sick

Building Syndrome That fully describes these hemolysin. You can find

siderophores by doing a Google search.

Vesper SJ, Vesper MJ. Possible role of fungal hemolysins in sick building

syndrome. Adv Appl Microbiol 2004; 55:191-213.

Jack D. Thrasher, Ph.D.

Toxicologist/ Immunotoxicologi st/Fetaltoxicolo gist

www.drthrasher. org

toxicologist1@ msn.com

Off: 916-745-4703

Cell: 575-937-1150

L. Crawley, M.ED., LADC

Trauma Specialist

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