Re: Re: Is 'Arthritis' for some a mold-driven illness? (Yes!)

[Guest guest]

Hey , Hope you are doing well and feeling better. A few years can't come

soon

enough for all of us. I hope all those Drs. you visit are paying attention

to you!!

Keep up the good work and stay well.

Sue

I definitely think that mold exposure will be linked to arthritis. I had

inflammation in every joint on a bone scan (which is like an x-ray, but shows

inflammation)I definitely think that mold exposure will be linked to arthritis.

I had inflammation in every joint on a bone scan (which is like an x-ray,

but shows inflammation)<WBR>. Arthritis is a malfunction of the immune system

where it attacks its own joints. If mold can cause allergies, where the immune

system perceives a harmless substance as a threat and produce

Interesting, too, is the fact that I had peripheral neuropathy, where the

immune system attacks the covering of the nerves in the legs, causing pain and

numbness. I do not think it is a coincidence that this malfunction of my

immune system happened by chance.

I think in a few years, mold is going to be linked to autoimmune disorders.

[Guest guest]

I definitely think that mold exposure will be linked to arthritis. I had

inflammation in every joint on a bone scan (which is like an x-ray, but shows

inflammation). Arthritis is a malfunction of the immune system where it attacks

its own joints. If mold can cause allergies, where the immune system perceives

a harmless substance as a threat and produces histamine and leukotrienes which

are mediators (or involved) in the symptoms of allergy and asthma, then I

definitely think it can cause other immune system disorders.

Interesting, too, is the fact that I had peripheral neuropathy, where the

immune system attacks the covering of the nerves in the legs, causing pain and

numbness. I do not think it is a coincidence that this malfunction of my immune

system happened by chance.

I think in a few years, mold is going to be linked to autoimmune disorders.

who <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

<http://www.psc-literature.org/arthritis.htm>

-- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> This thought came up for me yesterday because I used to get

INCREDIBLE aches

> and pains, especially in my lower back that have gone away since I

moved out

> of the moldy apartment.

>

> They were so very bad that often I could not walk and had to use a

broom,

> stick, anything just to support myself to go to the bathroom.. This

would go

> on for days, sometimes and I would not be able to go to work.

Sometimes I

> could sit in a chair but more often I would just have to lie in

bed, in

> pain..

>

> Advil, Aleve, Tylenol, aspirin, none would help appreciably. I

thought that

> I was getting arthritis... I would make doctors appointments but by

the time

> the appointment rolled around, the bout would usually be much

improved..

> only to come back again unexpectedly again later.. When we

realized the

> mold was connected to my other health problems I also realized that

this

> joint pain came and went with the mold.. It was so painful that I

can't

> imagine anyone enduring this for years without suffering permanent

joint or

> nerve damage..

>

> Would doctors end up calling this arthritis, if the person was

older?

>

> So, my question is does anyone think that toxic mold exposure

drives some

> people's getting arthritis? And eventually, needing hip

replacements- etc.

>

> (But that they don't know it, say if the mold is hidden inside of

walls and

> doesn't smell much.. or even if it does..)

>

> Those hip replacements are a huge moneymaker for the medical

industry..BTW..

>

>

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