How mold can effect infertility

Can black mold poisoning cause infertility?

There isn't a lot of research available online when looking for how mold effects the body and all of the systems. And most of what you read, you can't tell if the source is really credible or not.

I get it. But you still want to know. You want answers. Sometimes, I find research papers written by actual doctors who have run trials studies, that can lead to some interesting findings, that is IF you can understand what your reading.

I want to understand what the mold has done to by body. I write to share my experiences, so that if anyone out there has similar symptoms, they can go to their doctor and make inquires. Perhaps I can help someone discover they have mold poisoning before their body is as impacted as mine. Or maybe it will help to rule it out for some of you and help you on your journey to finding your health.

I had black mold poisoning for 7 years. Had, because at the time of this writing, I am MOLD-FREE after several relapses, can we sing a Hallelujah?!

My Chiropractic Physician literally saved my life. I would not be here writing to you if it wasn't for him.

As I was detoxing from the mold, we did not try to have children as I could pass the mold from me to the unborn baby, thus making any baby born with toxic mold poisoning. Which was something I certainly didn't want to to. That was a side note, just voicing that out there in case you hadn't thought of it.

I have PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Which means, my ovaries are full of cysts. It can cause a myriad of issues, which you can readily read online, but the basic concept is that you do not ovulate. The egg stays inside the ovary, creating a cyst. And it's not curable. Kinda hard to have babies without ovulating.

So what does this have to do with mold?

PCOS is caused by a hormonal imbalance. It's an endocrine problem. Basically, your body is resistant to insulin, doesn't produce enough progesterone, makes too much testosterone and causes an estrogen dominance.

Hormonal imbalance can be caused by lots of different things. ONE of those things is biotoxins emitted from mold and lyme disease. (Of which I had both)

As the toxins effect your immune system, your body produces extra cortisol as the flight or fight response kicks in. As your body focuses its energy on fighting the invaders, it neglects other hormone production including the sex hormones like progesterone.

The elevated cortisol contributes to weight gain as the body begins to store fat due to the body thinking it is in a fight or flight situation and isn't sure when the next meal is coming from.

Rapid weight gain is also a common PCOS symptom. I personally gained four pant sizes in a month. Which is fairly common for PCOS patients. It is also very common for PCOS ladies to struggle with losing the weight despite exercise and diet. (The medical doctor told me I was stress eating.)

These changes contribute to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is not the same as diabetes. Insulin allows the body to use glucose for energy. When a person become resistant, yhe body is not processing glucose and insulin properly, causing the body to have to produce extra insulin to get the job done. A person who is resistant is able to produce extra insulin to keep up with elevated glucose levels, while someone who is diabetic can not. Overtime, this can lead to diabetes as the glucose builds up in the blood stream.

The elevated insulin secretes extras of the aromatase enzyme. The enzyme converts testosterone to estrogen and estrogen to testosterone.

For a woman, the elevated insulin, insulin resistance and the increase in testosterone are key factors in PCOS.

Insulin resistance is the precursor for developing Type II diabetes. While I didn't find much information on just insulin resistance and the effect on sperm, Diabetes can certainly cause sperm problems.

Increased glucose can cause lowered sperm counts, ejaculation issues and high deformity in sperm.

My husband also suffered from mold poisoning. When we first began to look into fertility 5 years ago, before we knew we were living in a house full of black mold, the fertility specialist told my husband to "check his environment for black mold, because that can cause the issue you are having." That is how we discovered our house was making us sick and started us on the mold healing journey which you can read about in other posts on my black mold blog page.

Today, my husband still struggles with a low sperm count, higher deformed sperm and

a high viscosity, meaning it's too thick for sperm to swim properly.

Other sites have stated that PCOS can be hereditary, so it's possible I have had this all my life. There also lots of other factors that can contribute to sperm issues. Or it's possible that the mold poisoning caused my husband and I's infertility issues. I guess that's a question that may never be answered for sure.