Mold, HLA DRB, DBQ disease evaluation

[searching_for_help]

Needing help (again...)

 

What does an HLA DRB, DBQ disease evaluation show? Doc ordered this for daughter, but if it's just a genetic thing, we already know she's allergic to mold.. Doc office is too hard to get a hold of to ask. Hoping one of you can help!

[sf_mom]

It is one's ability to detox mold related toxins or biotoxin's from Lyme (die-off toxin's).

 

Please read my early post this morning or attached article.

 

http://www.betterhealthguy.com/topics/mold

[LNN]

the HLA stuff is genetic - as SF mom says, it tells you how well you can remove toxins from your body. One combo of these genes makes you a poor detoxer of lyme/bacterial toxins, one combo makes you a poor detoxer of mold toxins and one combo is the dreaded "can't detox anything". There are a variety of combos.

 

Not being able to detox mold toxins is different than being allergic to mold. An allergy suggests a histamine response (along with inflammation) while in the general vicinity of mold while an HLA issue with mold suggests an inability to remove the toxins from your body, even after the source of mold is removed. The genetic inability to detox can potentially keep you sick for a long time, because the toxins keep recirculating instead of becoming bound and excreted.

 

Is it worth the money? I found it helpful (ours was covered by insurance) but if money is tight and you don't think insurance will pay for it, you could just assume that being near mold is bad simply because of the allergy aspect and put the money toward finding/eliminating sources of mold.