Poll Results: Mold-Related Illness Symptoms
This poll about mold illness symptoms was conducted of the mold illness sufferers (most of them severely affected) in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in April 2017. Question: “Which of these...
View ArticleSuggestions from Physicians on Treating Mold-Related Issues From the Book...
By Connie Strasheim I was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2005 and but hadn’t really considered treatment for mold at that time, even though it occurred to me that I might not just be battling...
View ArticleNotes from the Road from a 24-Year-Old MCAS/Lyme Patient: “Why I Chose Mold...
By Ana Harris I titled this post “Why I Chose Mold Avoidance,” but perhaps it would be more accurate to say that mold avoidance chose me. Truthfully, pursuing avoidance was not a decision that I got to...
View ArticlePoll Results: Successful Strategies for Recovering from Mold Hits
Following are the results of a poll that took place in the Mold Avoiders group on Facebook in April 2017. The question read as follows: If you get hit with mold (of whatever sort), what kinds of...
View ArticlePoll Results: Air Purifiers
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. A total of 106 group members participated. General Statements “This is a poll on machines that purport to clean the air of...
View ArticleSymptoms Experienced By Mold Illness Patients – And By Their Partners, Their...
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. People who have become particularly sick with mold-related illness usually report experiencing a wide variety of symptoms themselves – and very often say that they have noticed...
View ArticlePoll Results: Dealing with Contaminated Clothing
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. A total of 73 people participated. The question and most frequent responses follow: What strategies have you found to be useful...
View ArticlePoll Results: Weight Changes After Starting Mold Avoidance
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. The question and the most frequent responses follow: What was your weight status prior to pursuing mold avoidance, and how has...
View ArticlePoll Results: Successful Strategies for Addressing Body Pain
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. The question and the most frequent responses follow: If you have experienced body pain (such as muscle pain, trigger point pain,...
View ArticlePoll Results: Mold Avoidance Barriers
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in April 2017. “Following is a list of barriers in pursuing effective mold avoidance in pursuing effective mold avoidance that people have...
View ArticlePoll Results: Helpful Medical Testing
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in March 2017. The question and responses were as follows: Are there any medical tests that appear to have provided concrete and substantial...
View ArticlePoll Results: Strategies for Preventing and Addressing Migraine-Like Headaches
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in July 2017. A total of 86 people participated. The question and most frequent responses follow: If you have experienced migraine-like...
View ArticlePoll Results: Glutathione Experiences
These polls were conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in March 2017. “Which of these characterizes your best experiences with glutathione? If you have tried more than one form or brand of...
View ArticlePoll Results: MRI Testing Health Effects
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in November 2017. The goal was to look at the reported health effects of MRI testing.
View ArticlePoll Results: Chain Restaurants
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in December 2017. A total of 160 members participated. The question and most frequent responses follow:
View ArticlePoll Results: 2017 Health-Promoting Activities
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in December 2017. A total of 158 members participated. The question and most frequent responses follow: What activities did you do in 2017...
View ArticlePoll Results: Winter vs. Summer Health Status
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in December 2017. The goal was to look at the extent to which the health status of participants had changed recently as winter had set in,...
View ArticleMy Tent Camping Experiences During My First Year of Mold Avoidance
By Lisa Petrison Following is a letter that I wrote soon after I started tent camping full-time, to an online acquaintance who was interested in trying it herself. This was March 2009, and I had been...
View ArticlePoll Results: Drinking Water
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders group in March 2018. A total of 125 people participated. The question and most frequent responses follow. What type of methods for treating drinking water...
View ArticlePoll Results: Hotels
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders group in March 2018. A total of 21 members participated. The question and most response breakdowns follow.
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