Mold Illness Doctor | Naturopathic Physician for Chronic Illness
Sick for years with no clear answers? There's always a reason.
Dr. Karen Cureton is a mold-literate naturopathic physician helping patients in Oregon and Colorado uncover the hidden drivers of chronic illness, including mold toxicity, CIRS, and nervous system dysregulation, through telehealth.
Licensed Naturopathic Physician | 10+ Years Specializing in Mold Illness
✔ Telehealth for Oregon and Colorado
✔ Nervous System Healing Available Worldwide
Chronic Symptoms With No Clear Cause?
You may be experiencing…
Chronic fatigue, no matter how much you sleep
Brain fog, difficulty concentrating, memory problems
Insomnia and low resilience to stress or exercise
Digestive problems and hormone imbalances
Inflammation, muscle or joint pain, rashes
Sensitivities to food, chemicals, light, or sound
Worsening allergies or chronic sinus issues
Chronic headaches or migraines
Unexplained weight gain
Anxiety, depression, constant irritability
And on top of managing the symptoms, you're probably exhausted from researching, from appointments, from doing everything right and still not improving.
That frustration is real. And there's a reason you haven’t gotten better yet. Dr. Cureton can help you find it.
Many people who come to Dr. Cureton have been sick for years. They've seen multiple doctors, tried multiple treatments, and still aren't getting better. If this is you, you're not crazy; there is an answer, and you can get better.
Chronic Illness Stays Chronic When the Real Cause Is Never Found
Most patients are told their symptoms come from stress, diet, aging, hormone imbalances, gut problems, or infections. And some of that may even be partially true.
But for a significant number of people with chronic illness, there is a deeper driver that explains all of it.
Toxic Mold and Environmental Toxicity
In Dr. Cureton's clinical experience, toxic mold is one of the most overlooked and misdiagnosed drivers of chronic illness. Most people have no idea mold is the problem because:
It’s rarely visible and rarely smells musty
Most people have no known history of water damage or leaks
Toxic mold is common even in brand new buildings
Indoor mold is completely different from outdoor mold
Nervous System Dysregulation
When mold grows indoors in high amounts, it produces mycotoxins, chemicals so toxic to human health that they have been studied as biowarfare agents. Because modern homes are built airtight, those toxins stay trapped in the air you breathe every day.
This is not a fringe idea. It is under-recognized medicine, and it is what Dr. Cureton has spent over a decade identifying and treating.
Mold toxicity can affect every organ system. That’s why symptoms seem random and widespread. Every system, including the nervous, immune, digestive, hormonal, detoxification, and energy production systems gets pushed into dysfunction at the cellular level.
Over time, your body shifts into a constant state of stress and survival. Symptoms get worse. Tolerance drops. Normal body functions go off the rails. And most treatments fail because they’re treating symptoms, not the source.
Even when mold exposure is addressed, many patients stay stuck because the nervous system has been in survival mode for so long that it no longer resets on its own.
Dr. Cureton addresses both: the toxic load driving the illness and the nervous system patterns keeping the body from healing.
A Different Approach to Mold Illness and Chronic Illness Recovery
Dr. Cureton does not use a one-size-fits-all protocol. She uses specialized testing, mold-literate medical knowledge, and personalized nervous system work to understand what is actually keeping your body stuck and support a real recovery process.
This means:
Identifying whether mold toxicity, CIRS, or other environmental factors are involved
Ordering and interpreting the right labs, including mycotoxin blood testing, mycotoxin urine testing, VCS testing, and home mold testing.
Building a personalized mold detox, treatment, and repair plan that fits your biology
Addressing nervous system dysregulation as a core part of healing, not an afterthought
Treating the body and nervous system together, not as separate problems
“ This is not symptom management. "
This is putting out the fire, not just clearing the smoke.
How We Can Work Together
Mold Toxicity
Treatment
A full naturopathic approach to identifying and treating mold toxicity and mycotoxin illness. Includes lab testing, a personalized detox and recovery plan addressing Dr. Cureton’s 5 pillars of mold recovery, and ongoing clinical support. Available via telehealth for patients in Oregon and Colorado.
Mold Illness Treatment While You’re Still Living in Mold
If you know you’re living in mold, don’t wait to start treatment.
Dr. Cureton provides treatment protocols that help to protect your body and feel more resilient until you can remediate or move. Each protocol is customized to your body and your specific toxin exposures.
Mold Toxicity Testing
and Diagnosis
Not sure if mold is the problem? Dr. Cureton orders and interprets the full range of mold-related lab work, including mycotoxin blood tests, mycotoxin urine tests, CIRS testing, and VCS (visual contrast sensitivity) testing. She helps you understand what the results actually mean and what to do next.
Nervous System Healing for Chronic Illness
For many patients, nervous system dysregulation keeps the body stuck even after the mold exposure is removed. Dr. Cureton offers trauma and nervous system healing sessions, including one-on-one brain rewiring sessions and customized recorded guided processes, available to clients worldwide, not just Oregon and Colorado.
CIRS Treatment
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) is a specific condition caused by biotoxin exposure, most often mold toxins, but sometimes endotoxins or actinomycetes. It requires a CIRS-literate doctor who understands how to test for it and treat it properly. Dr. Cureton provides naturopathic CIRS treatment and biotoxin illness support via telehealth.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent
for Chronic Illness
Frequency-specific microcurrent is a modality that allows Dr. Cureton to treat both the symptoms and causes of chronic illness without another supplement or medication. It’s well-tolerated by even sensitive patients, and is an incredibly supportive tool to those recovering from toxic mold illness, CIRS, mast cell activation disorder, and other drivers of chronic illness.
About Dr. Karen Cureton
I’m Dr. Cureton. A licensed naturopathic physician with over a decade of clinical experience helping patients with chronic illness that conventional medicine has not been able to explain or resolve.
This work is a passion for me because I also know what it's like to recover from chronic illness and mold illness myself. For over 15 years, I struggled with my own chronic health issues before uncovering toxic mold exposure as a root cause. Nervous system healing was the other piece that finally allowed me to recover.
That experience shaped the way I practice. I look for what’s actually driving your symptoms, so you can truly get better, not just cover them up with another band-aid.
I provide naturopathic medical care via telehealth for patients in Oregon and Colorado, and trauma and nervous system healing sessions for clients anywhere in the world.
Could Mold Be Driving Your Symptoms?
Take the same short questionnaire Dr. Cureton uses when evaluating new patients. It helps you assess whether toxic mold exposure could be contributing to what you are experiencing, based on your symptom pattern.
It takes just a few minutes.
It could change the whole trajectory of your healing.
Telehealth Mold Illness Doctor Serving Oregon and Colorado
Dr. Cureton practices entirely via telehealth, which means you get access to a mold-literate naturopathic physician without needing to find one in your city.
Mold Illness Doctor
for Colorado Patients
Serving patients statewide across Colorado, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Durango, and anywhere else in Colorado. If you are looking for a naturopathic doctor for mold illness in Colorado, a CIRS doctor in Colorado, or a functional medicine doctor for mold toxicity in Colorado, Dr. Cureton provides that care through telehealth.
Mold Illness Doctor
for Oregon Patients
Serving patients statewide across Oregon, including Portland, Bend, Eugene, Salem, Ashland, and anywhere else in Oregon. If you are searching for a mold illness doctor in Portland, a naturopathic doctor for mold illness in Oregon, or a CIRS doctor in Oregon, you can access that care from home through telehealth.
Nervous System Healing Sessions: Available Worldwide
Trauma and nervous system healing sessions are available to clients anywhere in the world, regardless of location
Real People.
Real Healing…
One-on-One Clients with Chronic Illness
It is gonna be almost a year since I don't have any more panic attacks. I don't have any more migraines and I did not take any medication anymore. I don't have vertigo at all. Insomnia? No.
I can barely remember that negative mindset that I was having before and I think because it was a really short time that I can see results.
-Andrea
It is so just absolutely profound the change and how much it works so quickly by working with you.  I've had a lot of improvement from just our three sessions together. It worked really quickly for me.
I went from super anxious to just down to this calm feeling of like I was safe and I'm okay. Before, when I would do a physically exertional activity, I would come back and the next day my legs would not work to the point I couldn't walk much at all like the whole day.
-Meghan
 This actually has been a real lifesaver for me and given me my life back in the sense that I could be happy again.
I can look forward to things, and so if anybody out there is struggling or on the fence, I say it's worth a try because you don't have your health, I don't know what you have.
-Henrick
Frequently Asked Questions
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DescripA mold illness doctor is a physician trained to identify and treat illness caused by toxic mold and mycotoxin exposure. Most conventional doctors are not trained to test for mold toxicity or interpret the results correctly, so patients often go undiagnosed for years. I specialize specifically in this area, which means I know what to test for, how to read the results, and how to build a treatment plan that actually addresses the root cause.
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Mold toxicity does not always look like what people expect. There is often no visible mold, no musty smell, and no obvious water damage. If you have been dealing with chronic fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, mood dysregulation, sensitivities, or symptoms that multiple doctors have not been able to explain, mold exposure could be a contributing factor. The best starting point is taking the mold symptom assessment on this page or booking a free consult to talk through your history.
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Depending on your symptoms and history, I may use mycotoxin serum antibody testing, mycotoxin urine testing, CIRS panels, and VCS (visual contrast sensitivity) testing. I also look at your full clinical picture, not just lab numbers, to understand what is actually going on in your body.
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CIRS stands for Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. It is a specific condition triggered by biotoxin exposure, most commonly toxic mold. Not everyone with mold exposure develops CIRS, but for those who do, the immune system gets stuck in a chronic inflammatory response that does not resolve on its own. It requires specific testing and a targeted treatment approach. I treat CIRS as part of my practice.
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No. If you know or suspect you are still living in mold, it’s best to begin treatment as soon as possible. I work with patients who are still in the exposure environment and build protocols to support and protect the body while remediation or a move is being planned. Every situation is different and we work with your real life circumstances.
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I use a combination of both, depending on what your body needs. Naturopathic medicine is not about avoiding pharmaceuticals at all costs. It is about using the right tools in the right order. For some patients that includes prescription medications alongside supplements and detox support. For others it is primarily natural protocols. The plan is built around your specific testing, clinical picture, and tolerance.
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No. My practice is fully telehealth. I provide naturopathic medical care to patients in Oregon and Colorado remotely. Nervous system healing sessions are available to clients anywhere in the world. Most lab testing can be done through kits sent directly to your home.
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It depends on how long you were exposed, how much toxin has accumulated, whether you are still in the exposure environment, and how your body is responding. Some patients see meaningful improvement within a few months. Others need longer. I do not give predicted timelines or promised outcomes because recovery is individual. What I can tell you is that when the real drivers are identified and addressed properly, real healing becomes possible.
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When your body has been under the stress of chronic illness and toxic exposure for a long time, the nervous system gets stuck in survival mode. Even after the mold exposure is removed and detox is underway, many patients stay symptomatic because the nervous system keeps running the same alarm patterns. Nervous system healing and brain rewiring work addresses that directly. I include it as a core part of treatment, not an add-on, because without it many patients plateau and do not fully recover.
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Book a free consult. We will talk through your symptoms and history, assess whether mold toxicity or nervous system dysregulation could be involved, and figure out whether working together makes sense for you.
Ready to Find Out What’s
Actually Keeping You Sick?
Most people who reach out to Dr. Cureton have already spent years trying to get better. They've seen multiple doctors, tried multiple approaches, and still aren't where they need to be.
If you're ready to stop managing symptoms and start identifying the actual cause, book a free consultation. The call is a chance to talk through what you've been experiencing, understand whether mold toxicity or nervous system dysregulation might be involved, and figure out whether working with Dr. Cureton is the right next step for you.
No pressure. No commitment. Just clarity.
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