Oregon Mold Illness Doctor | Naturopathic Telehealth Care
Specialized telehealth care for patients throughout Oregon
If you;ve been dealing with chronic fatigue, brain fog, digestive problems, sinus problems, anxiety, sensitivities, or symptoms that no doctor has been able to fully explain, toxic mold exposure may be what is keeping you sick.
I’m Dr. Karen Cureton, a licensed naturopathic physician with more than a decade of experience treating complex chronic illness. I provide mold-literate naturopathic medical care via telehealth to patients throughout Oregon, including Portland, Bend, Eugene, Salem, Medford, Ashland, Corvallis, Grants Pass, Hood River, and anywhere else in Oregon.
Licensed Naturopathic Physician | Licensed in Oregon
✔ Mold Toxicity and CIRS Specialist
✔ Telehealth Statewide
Looking for a Mold Illness Doctor in Oregon?
Oregon has one of the highest rates of mold related illness in the country. The Pacific Northwest climate, with its long wet seasons, high humidity, and older building stock, creates ideal conditions for toxic mold growth inside homes, workplaces, and schools.
Many patients I work with in Oregon have lived or worked in water damaged buildings for years without knowing it. Others discovered mold after a leak or remediation but never fully recovered despite leaving the environment.
Some are still unsure what’s wrong.
They know their health changed. Their body became more reactive. Treatments that should have helped either did very little or made them feel worse. They’ve seen multiple practitioners, received several diagnoses, and tried countless diets, supplements, medications, or nervous system programs without finding a complete explanation or a real solution.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before we speak. My role is to look at the full pattern of your health and help determine whether toxic mold exposure, nervous system dysregulation, or another overlooked driver may be keeping you stuck.
Symptoms I Treat in Oregon Patients
Physical Symptoms
Chronic fatigue or low stamina
Brain fog, memory problems, or difficulty concentrating
Headaches, migraines, or chronic sinus issues
Digestive problems or food reactions
Histamine intolerance or mast cell symptoms
Hormone, thyroid, or metabolic changes
Muscle pain, joint pain, or dysautonomia
Increased sensitivity to medications, supplements, or treatments
Nervous System Symptoms
Anxiety, panic, or feeling constantly on alert
Insomnia or disrupted sleep
Sensitivity to smells, chemicals, light, sound, or environments
Fear of mold exposure or re-exposure
Difficulty feeling safe in your body or your home
Constant symptom monitoring or bracing for the next reaction
Feeling emotionally or physically overwhelmed by treatment
Mold illness can affect nearly every system in the body and is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed. That’s why I always investigate it when your history or symptom pattern suggests it may be involved.
See Mold Toxicity Testing and Diagnosis to understand how I identify mold as a driver of your symptoms.
Why Oregon Has a High Rate of Mold Illness
Oregon's climate makes it one of the most mold-prone states in the country.
Portland averages over 140 days of rain per year. Bend, Eugene, Salem, and the Willamette Valley all experience long wet seasons with high indoor humidity. Older homes in Portland, Eugene, and Corvallis frequently have poor ventilation, aging plumbing, and building materials that absorb and hold moisture.
The east side of Oregon has its own issues, often stemming from moldy air conditioning systems.
Even newer construction in Oregon is not immune. Airtight energy efficient building design traps moisture indoors, and mycotoxin concentrations build up over time with no way to escape.
Oregon also has a large population of people who are health conscious and have already tried multiple approaches to chronic illness. Many have already worked with naturopathic doctors, functional medicine providers, and integrative practitioners without getting to the root cause. If that’s you, it does not mean there is nothing left to find. It often means mold has not been looked at properly yet.
Mold Illness Is Not Just Physical
Many approaches to mold recovery focus almost entirely on exposure, detoxification, gut health, infections, and inflammation. Those pieces are important. But when illness has pushed the body into a prolonged state of survival, the nervous system becomes increasingly reactive. Foods, supplements, medications, environments, and even ordinary bodily sensations can begin to trigger threat responses.
This makes it difficult to tolerate treatment, sleep deeply, detoxify effectively, and feel safe even after leaving the original exposure.
Other approaches focus almost entirely on brain retraining, sometimes overlooking the ongoing physical drivers still placing stress on the body.
I don’t believe you should have to choose between addressing the body and addressing the nervous system. My work brings both together.
See Nervous System Healing for Chronic Illness for how I address this as a core part of mold illness recovery.
Naturopathic Mold Illness Care for Oregon Patients
My approach goes beyond managing individual symptoms. Together, we investigate what’s actually driving your illness, including toxic environmental exposure. Once we find the root causes, we address them with functional medicine while supporting the nervous system patterns that can make recovery more difficult.
Find the Obstacles to Healing
Comprehensive review of your health history and symptom patterns
Evaluation of possible mold and environmental exposure
Review of previous lab results and treatments
Specialized laboratory testing when appropriate
Consideration of gut, immune, hormonal, metabolic, nutritional, and infectious contributors
Functional Medicine Body Support
Personalized strategies for reducing toxic burden, tailored to the toxins you’re dealing with
Nutritional, herbal, or medication support when indicated
Treatment for fungal colonization and chronic infections
Support for digestion, microbiome health, and elimination
Strategies for inflammation, histamine reactivity, and treatment tolerance
Care adapted to your current level of sensitivity and resilience
See Mold Toxicity Treatment and Mold Detox Protocol and Binders for a full breakdown of how I approach the physical side of recovery.
Nervous System Healing
Identifying the traumas and patterns keeping your system on high alert
Personalized one-on-one memory reconsolidation and brain rewiring sessions
Reducing fear, hypervigilance, and reactivity around symptoms or exposure
Building greater nervous system flexibility and resilience
Supporting your ability to tolerate medical treatment and daily life
Care Based on Where You Are in Recovery
You don’t have to wait until you’re in a mold-safe environment before seeking support. There is a lot we can do to protect your body while you’re still being exposed, making the rest of your recovery easier once you reach a safe environment.
If You Are Still Living in Mold
The immediate goal is to protect your body from damage, improve resilience, and reduce anything else straining your health. Care focuses on reducing ongoing exposure where possible, protecting cells and reducing inflammation, building resilience and treatment tolerance, supporting careful detoxification, and improving symptoms so you can function better while working on your environment.
If You Are Now in a Mold-Safe Environment
Once exposure has been reduced, the body needs more comprehensive support to clear accumulated toxic burden, address colonization, and repair the systems affected by prolonged illness. Care focuses on mycotoxin detoxification, treating fungal colonization, repairing gut, immune, hormonal, and mitochondrial function, and helping the body and nervous system recognize that recovery is now possible.
See CIRS Treatment if you have been diagnosed with or suspect Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.
If You Are Not Sure Whether Mold Is the Cause
You don’t need to arrive with a diagnosis. We begin with a comprehensive evaluation of your symptoms, history, environment, previous testing, and treatment responses. From there, we determine what additional investigation makes sense and whether mold appears to be a central driver, one part of a larger picture, or unlikely to explain your symptoms.
A Different Kind of Mold Illness Care in Oregon
Many patients I work with have already tried a lot. They’ve seen conventional doctors, functional medicine providers, naturopathic physicians, mold specialists, nutritionists, therapists, and tried nervous system programs. They’ve spent years and significant money trying to solve one piece at a time, and often those pieces were not the ones driving the illness.
That doesn’t mean every previous treatment was wrong. The problem is that no one stepped back far enough to see how the environment, immune system, cellular and mitochondrial health, gut, hormones, infections, trauma, sensitivities, and nervous system are interacting, and which issues are really at the core.
My approach is different because:
I look for the deeper drivers, not just symptom management
I have broad mold and chronic illness training, drawing from Dr. Jill Crista, Dr. Neil Nathan, Dr. Andrew Campbell, Dr. Joseph Brewer, Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, and others
I address the body and nervous system together as integrated parts of recovery
Care is individualized to your specific exposure, tolerance, and stage of healing
Treatment is paced to your tolerance, especially for highly sensitive patients
I take on fewer patients at a time so you receive deeper support
I understand this work personally as well as professionally. My own recovery from complex chronic illness driven largely by toxic mold exposure and nervous system dysregulation shaped the way I practice.
How The Process Works
Discovery Call:
A brief 15-minute conversation to see if we are a good fit and which path makes sense for your situation.
Evaluation:
A deep-dive evaluation from a functional medicine lens, nervous system patterning lens, or both, to create a personalized healing plan.
Personalized Path:
Recommendations may include further testing, functional medicine treatment, nervous system work, or an integrated approach.
Ongoing Support:
We monitor your response, adjust your plan, and reassess what you need as your health improves.
Recovery Story
"I went through some pretty profound changes. It’s incredible the results you get when you really dig into the true roots of where things are coming from. It’s been the dual approach that has given me the most benefit. I do not think one or the other would have been enough on its own. I think you can do the physical work all you want, but if you do not work on the underlying brain retraining, you are only going to get limited results and they are going to keep coming back."
— Rumeysa
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. I provide naturopathic medical care via secure telehealth to patients located throughout Oregon, including Portland, Bend, Eugene, Salem, Medford, Ashland, Corvallis, Grants Pass, Hood River, and other Oregon communities. Because care is provided remotely, you attend appointments from home rather than traveling to a clinic.
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Yes. I am a licensed naturopathic physician in Oregon. Oregon is one of the states with the strongest naturopathic licensing laws in the country, and licensed NDs here have full prescriptive authority and the ability to order lab work. My practice focuses on mold-related illness, complex chronic illness, and nervous system dysregulation. I provide specialty consultative care rather than serving as a replacement for your primary care physician.
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Yes, and it’s a natural fit. We can review your health and exposure history, previous records and testing, order appropriate laboratory work, develop treatment strategies, monitor your response, and provide nervous system healing sessions, all remotely. Most lab testing can be completed through kits sent directly to your home. If you need a physical examination, urgent care, or emergency services, you will need to visit your local provider or emergency room.
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No. Many patients contact me because they suspect mold but are not certain. An initial comprehensive evaluation helps us determine whether your symptom pattern, environmental history, and previous treatment responses make mold a likely contributor, and then if appropriate we pursue testing to confirm or rule it out.
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Yes. I work with patients who have been diagnosed with CIRS as well as people with other patterns of illness associated with mold and water-damaged buildings. I do not apply one rigid protocol to every patient. Recommendations are based on the person's exposures, symptoms, laboratory findings, sensitivities, nervous system state, and treatment tolerance. See CIRS Treatment for more.
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I do not follow the Shoemaker Protocol. I may use certain tools or medications that are also used within that model when they are appropriate, but my overall approach is broader and individualized. I have extensive training in mold-related illness and combine approaches from Dr. Jill Crista, Dr. Neil Nathan, Dr. Andrew Campbell, Dr. Joseph Brewer, and Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker.
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Yes. Many of the people I work with are reactive to supplements, medications, foods, or environmental triggers. Rather than pushing harder, we look for the reasons treatment is not being tolerated. This can include dosage and timing, elimination capacity, inflammation, histamine or mast cell reactivity, nervous system threat responses, gut dysfunction, and other unresolved stressors.
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Yes, and I highly encourage people to seek treatment at this stage to protect the body from toxin damage and fungal colonization and support resilience so that recovery is easier and shorter once you reach a safe environment. That being said, complete recovery is generally not possible while meaningful exposure continues.
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My practice is private-pay and does not bill insurance directly. However, you can likely use HSA or FSA funds. Payment plans are also available where appropriate, and zero percent interest medical credit is available to those who qualify.
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No. I provide specialized care for mold-related and complex chronic illness. You will need to maintain a local primary care provider for routine examinations, screenings, vaccinations, urgent concerns, and general medical care.
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Yes. As a licensed naturopathic physician in Oregon, I have full prescriptive authority and can prescribe medications when clinically indicated as part of your mold illness treatment plan.
Ready to Find Out What Is Keeping You Sick?
If your health has become increasingly complicated, reactive, or difficult to figure out, there may be more connecting your symptoms than anyone has recognized.
Together, we can look beneath the individual diagnoses, identify the drivers that may be keeping your body stuck, and determine what type of support will give you the clearest path forward.