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Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

1019 - How to Know If Fungus Is Driving Chronic Symptoms (And What to Do)

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6804 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Free Candida Guide: https://drruscio.com/guides/get-candida-diet-guide/

Free Home Mold Guide: https://drruscio.com/guides/get-home-mold-guide/

 

Dr. Ruscio and Dr. Scott discuss a clinical framework for fungus, Candida, and mold as potential drivers of persistent gut, sinus, brain fog, fatigue, and inflammatory symptoms. They cover key diagnostic clues, sinus involvement, blood mold antibodies, sinus CT, limitations of urine mycotoxin testing, and treatment options including diet, probiotics, herbals, biofilm support, sinus therapies, and prescription antifungals.

 

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📌Timestamps

00:00 Fungal treatment problems

03:24 How prevalent is fungus?

05:08 Surprising forms of fungus (mold)

07:49 Why mold & fungus co-occur

09:22 Common mold testing issues  

15:50 Mold & fungus symptoms

23:27 Our mold diagnostic framework

27:30 Sinus testing & why it's important

44:54 Best diets

46:24 Natural supplements

47:19 Sinus treatment

01:06:29 Medications



🎧 Audio Episode & Featured Studies 

📉 Biofilm Disruption Enhances Antimicrobial Therapy for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Intestinal Methanogen Overgrowth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41394228/

📉 Dysmotility and proton pump inhibitor use are independent risk factors for small intestinal bacterial and/or fungal overgrowth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23574267/

📉 The diagnosis and incidence of allergic fungal sinusitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10488788/

📉 Case Study: Rapid Complete Recovery From An Autism Spectrum Disorder After Treatment of Aspergillus With The Antifungal Drugs Itraconazole And Sporanox: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33132781/

📉 Efficacy of generic forms of itraconazole capsule in treating subjects with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36967117/



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0:00.0

Welcome to Dr. Rucho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.

0:14.8

To stay up to date on the latest topics, as well as all of our prior episodes, make sure to subscribe in your podcast player.

0:22.2

For weekly updates, visit Dr. Russo.com.

0:25.6

Let's discuss fungus.

0:27.2

If you have confirmed fungus or you suspect you have fungus, yet you've been unable to clear this fungal infection,

0:36.4

I wanted to take a deep dive today and outline what are the best ways

0:43.3

to get confirmation that you do in fact have a fungal infection. And this is quite important because in

0:50.3

some cases, people assume they have something that they don't. They're treating the wrong

0:55.0

thing and they're frustrated that they're not getting better. So step one is really having a

0:59.6

accurate and confident diagnosis. And we do have a novel framework that we've developed for

1:06.0

diagnosing fungus, which I'm pretty eager to share. Then we'll talk about treatments spanning from

1:13.0

diet as the foundation, a array of natural treatments, and then some pharmaceuticals where there

1:21.0

do seem to be certain situations wherein people only fully get fully to resolution if they integrate pharmaceuticals

1:32.6

into their care plan. So we will break that all down today. I'm Michael Rucho. I'm a doctor

1:39.2

in private practice, a adjunct professor, and a clinical researcher. I'm joined today by another doctor from our clinic.

1:47.7

He's also a clinical researcher. In fact, he was one of the co-authors on the CBO biofilm paper,

1:53.5

where we were able to document for the first time. Antibiofilm treatment helps make CBO treatment more effective. And Dr. Spiritagliosi, or Dr. Scott,

2:05.7

and myself are co-authors on a paper in peer review on the treatment of fungal infections with

2:12.5

binding and detoxification therapy. So with that, let's jump in.

2:18.9

Dr. Scott Spirida Gliosi.

2:20.8

Welcome. It's been a while.

2:22.1

Hello.

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