Girl's Hair Starts Falling Out—What Her Mom Discovers Changes Everything
Summary
Alexis Babcock said she and her son Silas developed multiple health problems while the family lived in a Florida home with water damage and mold. The family left the home in October 2024, and clinicians later diagnosed Alexis and Silas with chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), a diagnosis and testing framework that are not widely accepted in conventional medicine.Key Facts
- Babcock said her symptoms began after the birth of her son in 2019 and eventually included fatigue, vertigo, migraines, joint pain, anxiety and hair loss.
- Babcock said Silas had recurring fevers, headaches, joint pain, digestive problems and frequent infections.
- Before the family left the home, Silas was hospitalized with parotitis and cellulitis, and Babcock’s daughter Reese began losing hair.
- The family noticed musty odors, water stains near an HVAC closet and lifting wallpaper in a child’s bedroom.
- Babcock and her husband found mold behind the wallpaper near Silas’s sleeping area and water-damaged materials behind kitchen cabinets.
- The family left its home in October 2024; later inspections found water intrusion and damaged building materials.
- Clinicians diagnosed Alexis and Silas with CIRS using the Shoemaker framework, which considers symptoms, exposure history and laboratory markers.
- UCLA Health physicians have cautioned that focusing on CIRS could delay investigation of other possible causes of symptoms.
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