| You can find black mold by tracing its odor around the | | | | airborne spores can easily travel from one room to |
| house. Black mold gives off an earthy, musty smell | | | | another. In addition, always wear gloves to protect |
| that can become rather pungent when growth is | | | | your hands and a face mask to keep from inhaling the |
| profuse. "Smelling around" is the best we can do when | | | | spores. |
| looking for black mold growth because they can be | | | | What about toxic mold? |
| rarely seen. | | | | Ordinary black mold exposure may be easy to deal |
| Especially problematic areas are hard-to-reach nooks | | | | with, but exposure to toxic black mold is a whole other |
| and crannies in a room, small spaces behind furniture | | | | story. The spores can immediately attack your healthy |
| or kitchen appliances that rarely get cleaned, behind | | | | cells, impairing not just the respiratory system but the |
| walls, and inside ceilings. | | | | digestive and nervous systems as well. |
| You could experience several different symptoms | | | | It attacks myelin, a component of the covering of the |
| when exposed to black mold. The non-toxic variety | | | | nerve cells, and has been linked to mood swings and |
| may cause a stuffy, congested nose, coughing, | | | | severe depression. The worst part of it all is the |
| sneezing, difficulty in breathing, headaches, and skin or | | | | effects can be long-lasting and may remain in the |
| eye irritation. | | | | body even after the toxic black mold has been |
| Since many doctors are not too familiar in dealing with | | | | eliminated from the home. |
| black mold exposure, mainly because its symptoms | | | | There is little that can be done to reverse the effects |
| are so similar to those of other illnesses, you have to | | | | on someone with long-term toxic Black Mold Mold |
| give him a little help. When at home, keep a journal. Try | | | | exposure, but the insidious harm it brings can be |
| to keep a log of the rooms you enter and where or | | | | stopped with a detoxification process. Your doctor |
| when you start experiencing the symptoms. | | | | may not be an expert in detox but he can refer you to |
| This will help you in locating the black mold growth and | | | | a detox specialist. |
| eventually eliminating it. Once a particular area is | | | | Asthmatics, people with histories of allergies, children, |
| cleaned out, your symptoms are expected to improve, | | | | and the elderly have weak immune systems and are |
| but if not, then there may still be other areas that could | | | | thus highly susceptible to the effects of black mold |
| require looking into. | | | | exposure. If you believe that you, too, have a weak |
| When exposing a certain section of the home, don't | | | | immune system, don't try to handle the mold cleanup |
| forget to turn off the airconditioning and heating | | | | yourself - hire the services of experts who can do a |
| systems. The ducts run throughout the house and the | | | | quick and thorough job for you. |