Environmental Toxins

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Who needs liver detox? Everyone! The liver is the largest organ in the human body, second only to the skin; at any one time, it contains 1/3 of the body’s total blood volume. Often, the liver is only thought of in terms of its…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Vitamins and supplements can certainly help to bridge the gap between daily nutrition and what is lacking, but do dietary supplements really matter when it comes to illness, namely recovery from mold toxicity or healing from chronic illness? I can answer that…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and its ability to counteract the deleterious effects of stress on the body might be at the very crux of its success as a multitarget therapy for everything from fat loss and asthma, to Tylenol poisoning and OCD. NAC can…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. When out of balance, the immune system not only fails to protect the body but can even overreact and attack it, mistaking “self” cells for invading pathogens, resulting in chronic inflammation or even debilitating autoimmune diseases. The impacts of a person’s environment…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. There has been heightened interest in the last few years regarding genetics and one’s genetic predisposition to certain acquired diseases and illnesses. Autoimmune conditions and environmentally-triggered illnesses seem to be of particular focus for genetic testing. In fact, for years, members of the Academy of Environmental Medicine have…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Finding a different kind of doctor when nothing is working… Those who are dealing with things like mold or chronic Lyme and have become frustrated with traditional medical doctors who do not acknowledge or actively treat such diseases may have already gone…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. Concerns over electromagnetic fields are not new. There have been multiple concerns written through the years about the presence of high voltage wiring in neighborhoods, particularly near school systems with developing children, with the association between the proximity of the wiring and…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. In previous articles we have discussed things that are helpful for “gut immunity” but what does that mean? Further, if an individual does not have any obvious gastrointestinal or digestive symptoms, like bloating, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, or food intolerances, it is easy to…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. In order to get well from any chronic illness, and this particularly refers to mold-related illness, it is extremely important to lower the total load of toxins in the body. In previous articles, I have referred to this concept as the total body load.…

By Susan Tanner, MD – complete article written originally for and found at SinusitisWellness.com. In previous articles, I’ve shared the inflammatory cascade of events that occurs in patients made ill by mold. More recently I presented an illustration of “cytokine storm” and what happens in the body when attacked by the coronavirus and why people can become so ill. A question…

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