Patients come to see me with GI issues; it is my general focus of treatment. The gastrointestinal system has only so many symptoms with which to present a myriad of ailments, which causes a lot of overlap in the way different underlying causes manifest as symptoms.

Here in the Pacific North West, we get all the beauty of a temperate rainforest, the a moderate climate, and the lush greenery. We also get high humidity and abundant water in and around our homes and places of business. It is a natural home to mold. Mold brings with it spores which, when released into the air, we have all breathed in, noting a musty or moldy smell. The spores are small enough to become airborne and make it into our lungs- they stimulate our body’s mucociliary response,response; we make mucus and cough it up along with the mold spores.