Re: Etzel 2006 Pediatrician Should Know about Syndromes Exposure to Mycotoxins

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-Thanks Sharon, she's right, when I first went to the libuary with a

list of molds found in my homes and started reading about the

mycotoxins they can produce and some of the known affects of them I

could pretty well tell which mycotoxins I was exposed to and I didn't

know anything about mold exposure than, but several affects that I

had suffered from were right there. it all was overwhelming and I

was very ill but

there was no dening the very obivous symptoms.what I later couldn't

figure out is why these cases were so hard when affects of mycotoxins

were fairly well documented. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't

find a lawyer or doctor in my area that knew anything about it. than

I got hooked up with a computer and got on line. strange, I dont

remember how I came to find toxlaw. -- In

, snk1955@... wrote:

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> What the Primary Care Pediatrician Should Know about Syndromes

Associated

> with Exposures to Mycotoxins

> Ruth A. Etzel MD, PhD_a_

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> aDivision of Environmental and Occupational Health,

Washington

> University, School of Public Health and Health Services,

Washington, DC

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> Available online 25 August 2006.

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> Abstract

> Disease associated with exposure to mycotoxins is known as the

“Great

> Masquerader†of the 21st century because of its complex natural

history involving

> different tissues and resembling different diseases at each stage

in its

> evolution. It can present with a variety of nonspecific clinical

signs and

> symptoms such as rash, conjunctivitis, epistaxis, apnea, cough,

wheezing, nausea,

> and vomiting. Some cases of vomiting illness, bone marrow failure,

acute

> pulmonary hemorrhage, and recurrent apnea and/or “pneumoniaâ€

are associated with

> exposure to mycotoxins. Familiarity with the symptoms of exposure

to the major

> classes of mycotoxins enables the clinician to ask pertinent

questions about

> possible fungal exposures and to remove the infant or child from

the source

> of exposure, which could be contaminated food(s), clothing and

furniture, or

> the indoor air of the home. Failure to prevent recurrent exposure

often

> results in recurrent illness. A variety of other conditions,

including

> hepatocellular and esophageal cancer and neural tube defects, are

associated with

> consumption of foods contaminated with mycotoxins. Awareness of

the short- and

> long-term consequences of exposures to these natural toxins helps

pediatricians to

> serve as better advocates for children and families.

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> Parts of this review appeared previously in reference 16 and in

Chapter 16, “

> Mycotoxins and Human Disease†in Microbial Toxins: Molecular and

Cellular

> Biology, edited by Proft (Norfolk, England: Horizon

Bioscience), 2005,

> pp. 447-472.

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