Mold and the Immune System – Take Home Points

  • Immune System
  • Normal Balance
    • Identify self and not attack
    • Identify invaders and remove
    • Dysfunction of neither is good for our health
  • Additional role in mold toxicity disease beyond ongoing inflammation
    • Immune dysregulation – Off-balance
      • Increase autoimmunity
        • Mostly through antibodies
        • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, ANA antibodies
      • Lowers defenses to invaders
        • New and old microbes
        • Lyme, yeast, EBV, Parasites can flourish
    • If mold toxins reach a threshold
      • Autoimmune disease
      • Chronic and Atue infections result