Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I have serious asthma, need help, will really appreciate any advice, please don't post irrelevant answes?
I have had asthma since the age of 9. I am now 66 years old. Fourteen years ago, I got a job in a building that had a mive toxic mold infestation, which left me with the potential of reacting to the tiniest amounts of mold or chemicals. The symptoms are identical to asthma, plus many neurological and body-wide symptoms, not just confined to the lungs. In my case, it includes a feeling that every cell of my body is exploding, and headaches and nosebleeds. There is a Yahoo Health Groups Forum called: "Sickbuildings", as the general name for this illness is "sick building syndrome". In my case, asthma medication always gives me complete relief of asthma symptoms, for a period of 4 to 8 hours. If my albuterol (proventil) inhaler does not provide a complete relief of my symptoms, I know that my breathing problems are being caused by BOTH an asthmatic reaction to mold, and a "toxic" reaction to mold. And the part of my breathing problem that is NOT relieved by my albuterol, is that part which is being caused by a "toxic", non-allergic reaction. The only way for a toxic mold reaction to stop, is to remove the mold from the indoor environment in which you are being exposed, or to remove YOURSELF from the moldy environment, by moving to a different home, or quiting your new job. Since your asthma flare-up coincides with your move to a new job and a new home, I would strongly suspect the mold causation of YOUR breathing problems. Most asthma reactions to environmental factors occur immediately, or within a few hours. Most breathing problems caused by a "toxic" (non-asthmatic) exposure reaction, take a few days or weeks, to build up, to the point where you notice an effect on your breathing. To summarize, you are probably having BOTH an allergic (asthmatic) reaction to mold, and also a toxic reaction to mold, and the only cure for the toxic part, is to get away from the mold. You should be aware that, while an asthmatic reaction to mold will stop immediately, upon taking asthma medication in a "mold-free" environment, and never returning to that environment, a toxic reaction to mold will slowly diminish over a period of days or weeks, depending on how long a period of time you had been exposed to mold. Each day you will feel a little better, but you will always have the potential of starting the reaction all over again, whenever you are exposed to mold or chemicals, in your future. Good luck, and God bless. Email me for any further follow-up. josephsalowitz@yahoo.com
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