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Is Your Home Making You Sick?

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Most people think mold is only a problem if they have had water damage or a visible leak in their home. This is not the case, as mold can develop with high humidity levels, encouraging mold to grow. Not everyone is affected by the same levels of mold, and your response or ability to handle mold exposure has to do with your immune system and what else you have going on in your microbiome. If your immune system is struggling to deal with toxic burdens, dysbiosis, or microbial imbalance, then you are more likely to be affected by mold and airborne fungus.  Strengthening your immune system and detoxification is key to better handling exposure from mold or airborne fungus, but finding ways to remediate the mold may also be necessary. One way to test for mold in your home is through the MSQPCR at-home test. It is a self-swab test in which you swab dust in 10 separate areas. You can send in your kit to get it analyzed by a laboratory that uses very accurate lab analysis. The nose knows, so p