Looking through your profile, Im stunned. If only we had conferred all these years since 2018:( I also came to the conclusion that I have a fungal infection and upon taking CBD, Zinc, Deodorex, and alkaline water I have started seeing candida in my stools. All of these years our bodies are suffering. I ended up with benign tumors on my spleen and auditory canal. I strongly believe this is because of the fungal infection. This all started from too many rounds of antibiotics mixed with my pre-existing anxiety disorder and chronic constipation. The white tongue is indicative of thrush too, with deodorex my white tongue disappeared. I even tested not brushing my tongue for 2 weeks and no white! Another main concern is to keep evacuating stool to cleanse our system. Alkaline water has proven helpful for me but maybe not for everyone. I'm still on the hunt for more mushroom strains and probiotics to knock this candida out. I struggle with maintenance because its hard to keep "clean" with food/alcohol as a college student. Good luck and I will keep in touch on here!
Please ask Dr for Ketaconazole shampoo, 2%, this will remove most PATM reactions for 1-2 days, then you need to use again, clean whole body with it. Hair, nose hair, eyebrows, pubic,. Leave on areas a few minutes, yes even nose hair, get this in there. Specially head and groin area is where most of the particles come from, the hair there
I also thought that this could be the issue. I do think it is related to digestion. When I take proton pump inhibitors I can tell a difference, but they cause my joints to stiffen too bad.
Ray, thank you for letting us know. Iv often suspected some type of fungus/mold may be the culprit.
From 2016-2017 I was living in a damp flat, and the bedroom which I slept in was covered in black mold. I even scrubbed the walls without a mask! Stupid I know.
If you read about symptoms when people are exposed to Mold it describes my reactions exactly; headaches, coughing, sneezing, nausea etc.
I believe you are really onto something here so please keep us updated. Thanks.
Hi ray2502!
Hope you are doing well.
I got visible oral thrush around the same time I got PATM, and I know for certain I was exposed to black mold when renovating a old shower room.
Why the PATM does not go away after the exposure ends is beyond me unless I still get exposed to something without myself knowing it or maybe the black mold only started this and now I suck up all kinds of molds into my system from the environment.
Going to try being a straight month outdoors once summer comes around and I get my vacation from work.
Ray,
Good to see you pushing forward looking for answers. Watch a few videos about black mold and watch how the spores "shoot out" its interesting to say the least. Take care. Good luck
You may be on to something Ray. Earlier this year I had a scope done of my throat due to inflammation, and my ENT discovered I had thrush in my throat. Told me this was due to years of having silent acid reflux. He gave me an anti-fungal med to take for a couple of weeks along with an antibiotic and a PPI. After treatment I still had PATM reactions, but if it’s more of a systemic fungal issue instead of being isolated to my throat, maybe this could be why the short-term treatment didn’t ‘cure’ me of PATM. Please let us know how the infectious disease specialist appt goes.