So, what can you do about mold illness if you are sick?

Not as much as you need if you are sick and can't afford to travel to the (very) few doctors who study this illness.
(But if you can, its worth it, by all accounts.)

Here are some sources to read more..

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/files/ShoeNTP_12_06_07w_attach.pdf

(a must-read, Dr. Shoemaker's presentation to the National Toxicology Program on illness caused by WDBs - water damaged buildings)

http://www.biotoxin.info/current_research (and the rest of the site, forums, etc.)

"Indoor Mold: Better Coordination of Research on Health Effects and More Consistent Guidance Would Improve Federal Efforts"

GAO-08-980 September 30, 2008
Highlights Page (PDF)   Full Report (PDF, 60 pages)   Accessible Text   Recommendations (HTML)


http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-980_

This looks relevant and interesting.. (low alpha-MSH is involved in many of the symptoms of mold illness)

Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone and Related Tripeptides: Biochemistry, Antiinflammatory and Protective Effects in Vitro and in Vivo, and Future Perspectives for the Treatment of Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases

http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/5/581

and so on...

Good luck. Ask your doctor to speak with Dr. Shoemaker.. I am not one of his patients but I have been helped by cholestyramine, especially in the fall when my mold illness makes the whole rest of my body go beserk.

(We NEED to find a way to RESET the immune system after these big exposures..)

Especially, read that first paper (the NTP paper) and check out
www.biotoxin.info