NBS #121: The Hidden Connection Between Mold, Lyme & MCAS

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Written by Michelle McKeon

March 30, 2026

When people are dealing with chronic symptoms, they often focus on one diagnosis.

Lyme disease, Long-haul COVID, MCAS, gut dysfunction, chronic fatigue syndrome, and multi-systemic chronic conditions .

But for many people, the full picture is much more connected than it first appears.

In this episode of Never Been Sicker, Michael Rubino sits down with integrative medicine practitioner Michelle McKeon to explore the overlap between mold exposure, Lyme disease, mast cell activation syndrome, long COVID, and chronic inflammation.

Their conversation makes one thing very clear:

If you are missing the mold piece, you may be missing a major reason why healing is not happening.

Listen to the episode here: https://www.themichaelrubino.com/the-mold-connection-many-chronic-illness-patients-still-miss/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

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