Re: Re: Esoterix mold testing- anyone heard of this?

[Guest guest]

Jack,

What does culturing the stool tell you about mycotoxins and colonization

of molds? Dr. Gray took both a nasal swab (not early morning) and stool

sample that he has cultured for 8 weeks, I think he said certain molds

don't show up until 8 weeks, but don't know if that is for colonization

in the body or quite what.

Also, I have been out of my house for 1 1/2 months, does that mean that

the Realtime Lab mycotoxins urine test that I just did today will be

less indicative of an ongoing problem, if there is one for me with my house?

thanks, sue

>Mycotoxin in the urine means an ongoing exposure. You may also have an

>infectious and/or colonization process of the sinuses. Aspergillus

>species do produce mycotoxins that appear in human serum from systemic

>infections in cancer patients. Thus, this probably occurs in people

>with chronic fungal rhinosinusitis. I recommend mycotoxin testing of

>early morining nasal sputum for individuals with sinusitis. They are

>almost invariably positive for aflatoxins and ochratoxins.

>

>Jack-Dwayne: Thrasher, Ph.D.

>

[Guest guest]

Could the mold be colonized somewhere else in the body or maybe in the brain?

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

Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 8:56:31 AM

Subject: [] Re: Esoterix mold testing- anyone heard of this?

Mycotoxin in the urine means an ongoing exposure. You may also have an

infectious and/or colonization process of the sinuses. Aspergillus species do

produce mycotoxins that appear in human serum from systemic infections in cancer

patients. Thus, this probably occurs in people with chronic fungal

rhinosinusitis. I recommend mycotoxin testing of early morining nasal sputum

for individuals with sinusitis. They are almost invariably positive for

aflatoxins and ochratoxins.

[Guest guest]

Dr T, Would you explain what you mean by " ongoing exposure. " It

sounds like exposure in one's external environment. Couldn't it be

that one's external environment is safe (living in mold-free

housing, for instance) but that one hasn't rid one's body of the

micotoxins in their system yet. Anne

On Dec 21, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Jack Thrasher, Ph.D. wrote:

> Mycotoxin in the urine means an ongoing exposure. You may also have

> an infectious and/or colonization process of the sinuses.

> Aspergillus species do produce mycotoxins that appear in human

> serum from systemic infections in cancer patients. Thus, this

> probably occurs in people with chronic fungal rhinosinusitis. I

> recommend mycotoxin testing of early morining nasal sputum for

> individuals with sinusitis. They are almost invariably positive for

> aflatoxins and ochratoxins.

>

[Guest guest]

but doesn't the type of mycotoxin detected tell you what kind of mold is

the source, although not telling you what building or part of building

is the source of that mold?

SUe V.

>May I add that mycotoxins in the urine can also be from Candida. After