I want to emphasize that this just sets a lower bound on the importance.
E.g. there’s a theory that fungal infections are the primary cause of cancer.
How much of chronic fatigue is due to undiagnosed fungal infections? Nobody knows. I know someone with chronic fatigue who can’t tell whether it’s due in part to a fungal infection. He’s got elevated mycotoxins in his urine, but that might be due to past exposure to a moldy environment. He’s trying antifungals, but so far the side effects have prevented him from taking more than a few doses of the two that he has tried.
It feels like we need something more novel than slightly better versions of existing approaches to fungal infections. Maybe something as radical as nanomedicine, but that’s not very tractable yet.
I want to emphasize that this just sets a lower bound on the importance.
E.g. there’s a theory that fungal infections are the primary cause of cancer.
How much of chronic fatigue is due to undiagnosed fungal infections? Nobody knows. I know someone with chronic fatigue who can’t tell whether it’s due in part to a fungal infection. He’s got elevated mycotoxins in his urine, but that might be due to past exposure to a moldy environment. He’s trying antifungals, but so far the side effects have prevented him from taking more than a few doses of the two that he has tried.
It feels like we need something more novel than slightly better versions of existing approaches to fungal infections. Maybe something as radical as nanomedicine, but that’s not very tractable yet.
Agree with the lower bound on fungal burden. For the post you linked I’d signal-boost J Bostock’s 7 criticisms too.
I agree this is most likely a lower bound—we tried to emphasize this in the report.
I was not aware of the theory that fungal infections are the primary cause of cancer—many thanks for sharing!