Mold, CIRS, Lyme, and Environment
Approximately 24% of the population carries genetic susceptibility to environmental illness, with another 5% developing symptoms despite no genetic predisposition. That means 1 in 4 individuals worldwide is at risk of experiencing mystery multi-system symptoms that evade standard medical care.
The challenge?
Environmental illness isn’t confined to one organ or system—it affects the body as a whole. Yet, today’s standard care medical model remains fragmented, treating symptoms in isolation while missing the bigger picture. Proper diagnosis and root-cause healing require a deep, holistic investigation—one that conventional medicine isn’t designed to provide.
What Is CIRS, Lyme, and Environment Illness?
Environmental factors such as mold exposure, Lyme disease, chronic infections, and environmental illness conditions including Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) can quietly disrupt your health, leading to complex, multi-system symptoms that often go unrecognized. These hidden triggers affect everything from immune function and energy levels to cognitive clarity and overall well-being.
CIRS, also known as biotoxin illness or mold illness, is a complex condition caused by whole-body inflammation due to an overactive immune response. Vector-borne diseases, including chronic Lyme and co-infections, are infectious illnesses transmitted through infected bug bites or stings. Exposure to contaminated air in water-damaged buildings, mold, vector-borne illnesses, Pfiesteria, cyanobacteria, chronic infections, and/or other biotoxins can lead to chronic environmental illness in about a quarter of the population.
Exposure to these toxins can also cause acute illness and other symptoms in individuals without genetic susceptibility.
How Can Environmental Illness Treatment Protocols Help You?
Environmental illness treatment protocols can offer many benefits, including:
- Root-Cause Healing for Environmental Illness – Treatment protocols like the Shoemaker Protocol for CIRS and chronic Lyme treatment offer comprehensive healing strategies for individuals affected by environmental pathogens.
- Environmental Illness as a Root Cause – Chronic exposure to environmental triggers can contribute to conditions such as:
- Autoimmune disorders
- Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)
- Histamine intolerance
- Mental health conditions
- Neurological disorders
- Physical symptoms and conditions
- Complex multi-system symptoms
- Personalized Treatment for Long-Term Resilience – Individualized environmental illness protocols are designed to reinforce resilience, optimize immune function, and address the root causes of illness for lasting healing.
What Can I Expect From Environmental Illness Treatment Protocols?
Environmental illness treatment is an art requiring a nuanced, in-depth, holistic look at every individual patient. We incorporate science-backed, clinically-replicable, peer-reviewed protocols at the core of every treatment while utilizing various schools of thought to create a personalized approach dependent on exposure history and respective healing requirements. All environmental illness treatment plans leverage gut and immune health as foundational cornerstones for minimizing systemic inflammation, creating long-term resilience, and supporting overall wellness.
Who Is This For?
Any individual suffering from environmental pathogens such as mold exposure, vector-borne illnesses, Lyme, chronic infections, or other biotoxins can highly benefit from personalized environmental illness treatment protocols. If you are suffering from complex mystery illness symptoms, weren’t able to move the needle enough with a Carnivore elimination diet, have acute illness after an environmental exposure, or have experienced medical gaslighting from standard medical care, environmental illness may be a significant exploration for your case.
Your Environmental Illness Treatment Protocol Timeline
Environmental illness treatment protocol timelines vary from individual to individual. Acute environmental illness often requires three-month protocols or longer, while chronic environmental illnesses like CIRS or chronic Lyme generally require at least a year or more. Protocol durations are based on factors such as patient exposure and health history, gut and immune health status, lifestyle considerations, environmental exposures, and other personalized factors.
While protocol durations vary, you should start experiencing some level of symptom relief within three months of starting any environmental illness treatment protocol.
Why Choose EFH?
EFH provides exclusive patient care for environmental illness:
- Committed to Continuous Discovery – EFH is dedicated to ongoing learning and innovation in the field of environmental illness. We stay at the forefront of emerging research, ensuring our patients receive the most advanced and effective care available.
- Non-Dogmatic Approach – Unlike other practices that stick to rigid protocols, we integrate all effective schools of thought, customizing treatment plans for each individual. Our approach evolves with the latest clinically backed research, ensuring you receive care that truly addresses root-cause healing.
- Expert-Driven, Collaborative Care – We work alongside and partner with leading experts across multiple disciplines to provide comprehensive, science-backed solutions. Our team actively seeks the best research and clinical insights to refine and enhance our protocols.
- Foundational Gut & Immune Optimization – Since gut and immune health are critical for long-term resilience, every patient’s treatment plan includes targeted protocols to restore and strengthen these systems. This foundational work is key to achieving and maintaining remission from environmental illness.
- Personalized, Results-Driven Solutions – We challenge the status quo, refusing to accept surface-level symptom management. Every treatment plan is designed to provide sustainable, long-term healing rather than temporary relief.
- Building Host Resiliency, Not Fear – Instead of focusing on sterilizing the environment, EFH prioritizes strengthening your body’s resilience so you can live a full, thriving life. We help you rebuild tolerance, empowering you to navigate the world without fear of triggers.
Are you ready to get to true root-cause healing and achieve environmental illness remission? Let’s get you healing and thriving.
References
Thomas, N. (n.d.). Understanding Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS): Definition, diagnosis, and treatment. Surviving Mold. https://www.survivingmold.com/docs/UNDERSTANDING_CIRS_EDITV2A.PDF
Shoemaker, R., & Maizel, M. (2009). Innate immunity, MR spectroscopy, HLA DR, TGF beta-1, VIP and capillary hypoperfusion define acute and chronic human illness acquired following exposure to water-damaged buildings. Surviving Mold. https://www.survivingmold.com/docs/Resources/Shoemaker%20Papers/213v1.pdf
DiTulio, M. (2015, March 23). Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: Shoemaker Treatment Protocol Scientific Support. Surviving Mold. https://www.survivingmold.com/DRAFT_OF_SCIENTIFIC_SUPPORT_-_DITULIO.pdf
