that proposes that many if not ALL disease we encounter is microbial. That is, we get infected with some organism that lives in the environment and it attacks certain areas and becomes a "disease".

Examples are:
Rheumatoid arthritis (begins with an infection, then becomes a self sustaining autoimmune response)
Type I diabetes (a viral illness trigger is often the beginning for this)
mental illness (some schizophrenia is suggested for this-viral)
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
and many more...

Here is an example--for mycoplasma:
http://www.rense.com/general3/chemill.htm
(I am not advocating long term antibiotics for you, Kris, just showing this as an example).

here is an example for mental illness:
http://www.in-my-opinion.org/in-my-o...11a6b60c94612d

When our bodies react to an infection, many inflammatory compounds are made, and some then attack areas of the body that resemble parts of the invader. A good example of this is PANDAs which is an inflammation of the brain caused by Strep and results in tics and Tourette's syndrome.

A person's immune system, and genetic potential for over-reacting, contribute to the final effect--whatever it may be.

There have even been studies to show obesity has an immune response to a specific virus, which may cause it.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/07/28/fat.virus.ap/

As the genetics research progresses, we may find more answers to many puzzling and treatment resistant conditions.

We are a walking target every day now...and I'll say, that just the food borne pathogens we are encountering now, they alone are pretty scary to me. I seem to be having more GI problems than ever before since the beginning of the year!

And most often, the research information does not get to the daily medical providers, who evaluate patients based on what they have learned in school, often many years ago.

Ever since my son had Mono-- he has been plagued with bouts of fatigue and other obscure symptoms.
Ever since MY mono--- decades ago, I have had swollen glands in my neck...they never go away! So I think we both have a chronic Epstein Barr situation..that activates, and goes to sleep. It may be that we are all infected with "something" that plagues us!

We had a poster here discussing breast implants...and she described what they look like when removed! YUK YUK... filled with mold and other nasties!

Some people have be poisoned by mold in their own homes.

So the list of potential causes for human misery grows.
There are so many of these!