Why Mould Exposure is serious
There are many symptoms of mould exposure, and they may disappear when you leave a mould-affected area. A mould victim (human or pet) may experience one or more of these symptoms, separately or simultaneously:
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- Abdominal pain
- Abnormal Pap smear
- Acid reflux / indigestion
- Acne
- Allergies
- Altered immunity
- Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
- Asthma and asthmatic signs
- Balance problems
- Bladder and kidney pain
- Bleeding lungs
- Blood pressure irregularities
- Body aches and pains
- Brain fog, confusion and/or loss of memory
- Breathing difficulties
- Bruising easily
- Burning mouth
- Burning in throat and lungs (similar to acid reflux)
- Cancer
- Central nervous system effects
- Chills
- Choking
- Cholesterol or triglycerides irregularities
- Chronic fatigue
- Chronic sinus infections
- Coated tongue
- Colds, recurring and with decreased resistance to infections
- Constipation
- Coughing and resulting sore lungs/chest from excessive coughing
- Coughing up blood
- Coughing, sore lungs
- Dandruff problems, despite use of anti-dandruff shampoo
- Dark urine
- Death, in extreme cases
- Depression / anxiety / dementia
- Dermatitis and skin rashes
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty concentrating
- Difficulty in swallowing
- Dirt-like taste in mouth
- Dizziness
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- Dry, hacking cough
- Early menopause
- Endometriosis
- Eye and vision problems
- Eye irritation (burning, watery or red eyes)
- Face flushing intermittently
- Facial movements inadvertently or extreme jerking
- Fatigue (chronic, excessive or continued) and / or general malaise
- Feeling lost or disconnected from what's happening around you
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Fevers
- Fibromyalgia (chronic fatigue and widespread pain)
- Flu symptoms
- Food allergies
- Frequent nose bleeds
- Frequent infections
- Hair loss
- Headaches / migraines
- Heart attack
- Heart burn
- Hemorrhagic pneumonitis
- Hives
- Hypersensitivity to mould
- Increased asthma attacks
- Indigestion / acid reflux
- Infertility
- Irritability
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Itching of the nose, mouth, eyes, throat, skin or any area
- Kidney pain and failure
- Large boils on neck
- Leaky gut syndrome
- Learning difficulties or mental functioning problems, personality changes
- Liver pain
- Long lasting flu-like symptoms
- Metallic taste in mouth
- Mood swings
- Multiple chemical sensitivity
- Muscle pain
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- Nasal and sinus congestion
- Nausea
- Night sweats and hot flashes
- Numbness in face and limbs
- Nose and throat irritation
- Nosebleeds
- Open skin sores and lacerations
- Open sores on head
- Open sores or skin rashes
- Organic dust toxic syndrome
- Peripheral nervous system effects
- Physical weakness
- Poor appetite
- Puffy or droopy eyes
- Rashes or hives
- Redness of the sclera (white portion of your eyes)
- Respiratory distress
- Ringing in ears
- Runny nose (rhinitis); clear, thin, watery mucus
- Seizures
- Sensitivity to smells / odours
- Shortness of breath
- Skin rashes or irritation
- Skin redness
- Sleep disorders
- Slurred speech
- Sneezing fits (more than three sneezes in a row, happening often)
- Sore lungs
- Sore throat
- Spitting up mucus
- Spleen apnea
- Sudden onset asthma
- Swollen glands
- Tightness in chest
- Tremors
- Unexplained fevers
- Urinary tract infections
- Vaginal yeast infections
- Verbal dysfunction (trouble speaking)
- Vertigo or dizziness
- Vomiting
- Wheezing