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The Toxic Mold Series

To Reach Optimal Wellness, Breathing Clean Air is Just as Important as Modern Medicine Becoming ill from environmental allergens, pathogens, and toxins creates an almost impossible path for sick individuals. People inherently believe in poisons being harmful to human health. In addition, there are clear scientific conclusions that air pollution is bad for our health. […]

Part 4: Doctors’ Blind Spots Regarding Environmental Illness

While modern medicine is primarily practiced by traditional medical doctors, I have learned over the past decade that many illnesses are often caused by unknown environmental elements that fall into ‘blind spots’ to most medical doctors (MDs). This by no means suggests that modern medicine is not extraordinary in diagnosing and treating chronic diseases, or […]

Part 3: When Toxins Reach the Brain

By Cesar Collado A Separate System Called The Glymphatic System Clears Your Brain Works While You Sleep   Headaches, brain fog, memory problems, and tremors appear to be the most debilitating symptoms of mold sensitivity.  These symptoms, in particular,  scare patients. Cognitive symptoms and neurological motor function issues impact our ability to function as a […]

The Toxic Mold Series- Part 2

Our Body’s Toxic Load Part 2 discusses the total toxic load our body can handle before being permanently impacted.  The Toxic Load, sometimes called the “Body Burden” is the accumulated amount of toxins that are stored and negatively affecting your bodily systems over time. Toxins cause stress to many body systems including the endocrine system, […]

Mold In Carpet Will Impact Your Health

You Carpet is a Homes Largest Air Filter That Does Not Get Changed By Cesar Collado While many people enjoy the warmth and comfort of wall to wall carpeting, Vacuuming often is a significant commitment.  Carpet does not only capture crumbs, dirt and hair.  It captures small particulates that include VOCs, toxins, mold, bacteria, and […]

The Laundry Room and Clothing Can Make You Sick

The Science of Washing Machines, Detergents and Removing Mold from Laundry by Cesar Collado It is common knowledge today that the laundry room can be a mold incubator.  It is exposed to significant moisture in the washer and dryer, inevitably leaving the room humid.  Front load washers can also harbor mold if they are not […]

My Recent Bout with Environmental Illness

By Cesar Collado Late last summer, I was exposed to Legionella bacteria while attending a basketball camp for old people (35-70).  The athletic and trainer’s facilities where we played and recovered were likely as up-to-date and clean as they come in the world.  Unfortunately, no facility is immune from ubiquitous and opportunistic microbial pathogens that […]

Mold and Insomnia

  By Cesar Collado The most common symptom complaints I hear from patients is insomnia.  Insomnia is a significant symptom as it impacts your entire life.  Sleepless nights are frustrating.  It often results in depression and anxiety.  It also impacts your productivity and mood.  Irritability and anxiety due to  Brain fog, Memory loss, and fatigue […]

Environmental Sickness: What Hurts The Most?

Relationship Stress & Emotional Pain Often Eclipse The Physical Suffering By Cesar Collado As I rolled out the Sickhouses.com website to my network of building science experts, Dr. Joe Spurgeon, a longtime heavyweight and well published thought leader on industrial hygiene, environmental illness expert, diagnostic innovator, and all-around source of wisdom in the environmental illness […]