Stealth infections (such as mold) are often overlooked in the treatment of chronic skin issues, both in conventional and functional medicine. My guest today shares how identifying and healing stealth infections can have a positive impact on skin (and other) issues. My guest today is Dr. Jess Peatross, a visionary for the future of healthcare. She is an expert in the field of stealth infections and infectious disease, biologics and regenerative medicine, cannabis, ozone and environmental toxicities.   Dr. Jess is a board certified internal medicine physician who trained at the University of Louisville. During this time, Dr. Jess experienced what many of her patients today are suffering from: anxiety, hormonal imbalances and adrenal dysfunction. She began to seek out real answers that got to the root cause of disease, not just for herself, but for her patients as well. After realizing that allopathic medicine was not the perfect fit for chronic disease solutions, Dr. Jess trained in the realm of functional medicine, Gerson therapy, ozone and nutrigenomics. Her philosophy now embodies true health as being all encompassing of mind, body and spirit, which is true health. What she has learned, and wants to share with the world, is that our bodies are perfect. Ninety percent of disease comes from lifestyle, diet and environment, which is what ultimately changes our genes, so everyone does have a chance to HEAL and reverse chronic disease. Join us as we talk about how mold and other stealth infections can trigger chronic skin rashes. Have your skin conditions improved after addressing mold and stealth infections? Tell me about it in the comments! In this episode: Stealth infections and how they affected Dr. Jess's significant other Mold and mold infections How to figure out if you have a mold infection Why are nasal swabs useful? Why real healing isn't typically a pleasant experience Why eliminating more and more food isn't the answer Quotes "Candida is unicellular. Mold is multicellular. So they behave in a very similar fashion with similar symptoms a lot of the time." [6:25] "There's one out of four people in the population who have a genetic predisposition to being very sensitive to mold. And if they're in a chronic exposure, they can't get rid of it—even after they're out of the exposure—without help." [7:02] "When your body sees things that it's missed (or that have gone under the radar), it's really going to go into kill mode temporarily—because that pathogen that it missed is not supposed to be in your body." [11:48] "A lot of rashes are the body pushing out something that it's viewing as foreign or a threat somehow to the body." [13:23] "Your genes load the gun, the environment pulls the trigger." [14:32] "I firmly believe that disease comes from four places: hidden infections, heavy metals, other environmental toxicities, and emotional trauma and stress." [17:58} Links Find Dr. Jess online Visual contrast test on survivingmold.com Sign up for emails and get 10% off your first purchase from Dr. Jess's online store Follow Dr. Jess on Instagram