Toxicity, Sensitivity & Chronic Illness Connection
I get it. I was once in your shoes.
I struggled for years with MCAS and a plethora of other conditions and symptoms.
It wasn’t until I discovered how my chronic symptoms were tied back to my underlying infections, toxicities and sensitivities that I was able to cleanse and heal my body naturally.
Do you have unexplained symptoms that baffle your doctors? Your fatigue, anxiety, headaches, insomnia, and brain fog are getting progressively worse, and your providers' treatments exacerbate your symptoms…even if they are holistic and all-natural approaches.
You’ve maybe even become a highly sensitive person where sounds, lights, and smells cause an overreaction from your body, sending it into chaos. Your complex chronic illness is taking over your life, and you need answers.
I get it. I was once in your shoes. I struggled for years with MCAS and a plethora of other conditions and symptoms. It wasn’t until I discovered how my chronic symptoms were tied back to my underlying infections, toxicities, and sensitivities that I was able to cleanse and heal my body naturally.
What is Toxicity?
Toxicity is when certain toxins from your environment attach to your cell membranes, making your cells “toxic.” These membranes become so filled with toxins (either with mold, heavy metals, and/or pesticides, etc.) that it inhibits the cell’s membrane from doing quite anything else.
These cell membranes can become so packed with toxins that even the slightest impact or stressor can cause chaos in a person’s body, exacerbating their symptoms.
In severe toxicity cases, the stressor could be as simple as a scent of perfume or a change in temperature that releases these toxic molecules into the bloodstream or other parts of the body, sending a highly sensitive person into agony.
But what’s even more concerning is that these toxins can then inhibit your organs from being able to do their job…like detoxifying.
So this becomes a never-ending cycle of more and more toxin accumulation with no way to get the toxins out of the body.
Some people can make antibodies that bind to toxins like mold, and eliminate them from the body. But about 25% of people can’t make these antibodies. And if their detox organs aren’t functioning optimally because of toxicity, well, those mold toxins are going to accumulate and cause severe symptoms as time goes on unless it is properly addressed and treated.
What is Sensitivity?
Sensitivity is when the nervous system becomes hyperactive to overexcited in response to stimuli like lights, sounds, smells, foods, chemicals, touch, and even EMF (electromagnetic fields) from wifi and phones.
These nervous system hyperactive responses can be triggered by one of these stimuli or your body could overreact to all of them, progressing into chronic illnesses like mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and causing you to become a highly sensitive person.
Mold toxicity and certain infections can make your cells more sensitive to stimuli, which over activates your immune cell, more specifically your mast cells, which then release histamines and other pro-inflammatory cytokines. It’s mostly these histamines that contribute to an onset of symptoms (flushing, rashes, stomach pains, diarrhea, and sweating).
This may even manifest into multiple chemical sensitivities, where your body goes into chaos (cognitive impairment, fatigue, or spasms like twitching/jerking motions) at even the smallest exposure to stimuli. It also leads to histamine intolerance.
The Connection Between Toxicity and Sensitivities
Toxicity can begin early in life or 5-10 years before it causes life-debilitating issues. However, these toxicities can then trigger severe sensitivities that can interfere with mold treatment or MCAS treatment…even with the tiniest amount of natural homeopathic remedies!
You can have toxicities without having sensitivities. These individuals respond much better to detox treatments, like herbal antibiotics and mold detox binders. However, if you have underlying toxicity and have sensitivities, the toxicity treatment may put your body into shock and overdrive, causing a herxheimer reaction that makes your symptoms worse as they overwhelm your drainage pathways.
The unfortunate thing is that toxicity and sensitivity can impact one another, predisposing a person to the other. This is why treating complex chronic illnesses that have manifested from toxicities and/or sensitivity takes time, patience, and experience to see what works for you and what the body can tolerate.
These two issues are on the rise and are manifesting into such new and fast-growing complex symptoms that most conventional medicine doctors don't know how to diagnose and treat these cases of highly sensitive individuals.
Why Are Toxicities and Sensitivities on the Rise?
Just a couple of decades ago, complex chronic illnesses related to toxicity and sensitivities were rare. But now, patients with mysterious illnesses, symptoms and reactions to “healthy” and homeopathic remedies are becoming more and more common. Many doctors don’t believe their patients or simply don’t know what to do to treat them, because toxicity and sensitivities are not easily treated with medications, and require more than a 12 week protocol to achieve lasting healing results.
So why are these issues and complex chronic illnesses becoming more common? Because our world is exponentially becoming a toxic environment.
Pesticides are sprayed on the majority of our food
We are exposed to thousands of new chemicals that didn't even exist a few decades ago
We have increased EMF exposure from computers, wifi, and cellphone towers
Our drinking water has even been contaminated with numerous toxic chemicals (almost all water sources have been contaminated with microplastics at this point and have been seen in human lungs and human blood for the first time ever )
Simply put, our environment has become a toxic disaster, and our bodies haven’t had the slightest chance to adapt to these new conditions, because they weren’t designed to deal with the onslaught of man-made chemicals in the first place.
How to Prevent and Improve Complex Chronic Illnesses
The best thing you can do to prevent complex chronic illnesses is by 1.) avoiding toxins in the first place, 2.) addressing any underlying infections as quickly as possible before it manifests into more serious conditions and symptoms, and 3.) optimizing your cellular health, immune, and detox systems by cleansing drainage organs and binding toxins.
Here are things you avoid the manifestation of complex chronic conditions:
Root cause lab testing can help you identify if you have mold, chemical, heavy metal or Lyme disease toxicity
Investigate hormone imbalances that may be impacting your immune function or contributing to your symptoms
Ensure your body’s organs and proceeds are working optimally
Use only non-toxic products, including beauty/skincare/household products
Invest in a high-quality water filter and air purifier for your home
Swap out toxic cookware for non-toxic options
Enhance your nutrient levels by eating an array of organic, whole foods and taking the necessary supplements based on your lab results
Work on calming your nervous system, getting it out of fight or flight mode
Address methylation dysfunctions as soon as possible and support your detox pathways
Use binders to carry toxins out of the body
If you are already a highly sensitive person, some of these things may exacerbate symptoms at first. For this reason, a personalized healing plan should be created for you with the help of expert MCAS practitioners. They will help you open drainage pathways first, then address your main underlying issues, and work through the other dysfunctions and imbalances, all while keeping your sensitivities top of mind.
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by sarah southerton
Certified Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP2) & Functional Medicine Health Coach
I specialize in helping people heal chronic illnesses and achieve optimal health. After my own battle with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Lyme disease, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and Post Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), I was thrust into the world of alternative medicine, herbal healing, and low-tox/low-stress living. I have since restored my health and no longer suffer with debilitating symptoms and I’m passionate about help other people who are suffering, so they can feel better a lot faster than I did.
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