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Mold Exposure Symptoms
There are over 100,000 species of mold that can grow from water damaged environments. The following is a list of mold exposure symptoms that are commonly reported, we divide the list into 3 levels of severity.
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Mold Symptoms By Level
Mold symptoms can range from moderate to severe. Both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have classified mold toxins as cancer causing. The health effects can vary greatly depending on 4 risk factors, below is a brief description of each one.
Level 1
Early Exposure to Mold
- Headaches
- Eye Irritation
- Sneezing
- Itching
- Skin Redness
- Skin Rash
Level 2
Advanced Exposure to Mold
- Breathing Disorders
- Nose Bleeds
- Ear Infections
- Chronic Sinusitis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Pain in Muscles and Joints
- Asthma
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Coughing up Blood
- Nervous Disorders
- Heart Palpitations
- Blurred Vision
- Swollen Glands
- Weight Loss
- Chronic Fatigue
- Loss of Appetite
- Depression
- Open Skin Sores or Lesions
- Fungal Nails (Hands or Feet)
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Thyroid Conditions
Level 3
Long Term Exposure to Mold
- Blindness
- COPD
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Histoplasmosis
- Memory Loss (long-term)
- Bleeding lungs
- Kidney Failure
- Liver disease
- Cancer
- Death
Misdiagnosed?
Mold exposure can be commonly misdiagnosed as other ailments, the following is a list of possible misdiagnoses.
- Fibromyalgia
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Inflammation
- Lupus
- Histoplasmosis
- COPD
- Lyme Disease
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Mold Spore Levels
Concentrated amounts of mold spores can amplify mold symptoms. When preforming air quality testing, elevated mold spore counts are defined as the indoor levels of mold spores being at higher levels than naturally occurring outdoors. Often the higher an environment’s mold spore count, the more severe mold symptoms can become.
Mold Toxins
Mold toxins have been connected to some of the most harmful mold symptoms. Mold will produce toxins at different points of its life cycle. A dangerous toxin that comes from mold are mycotoxins. Mycotoxins will attach to fine and ultra-fine mold spore particulates making them extremely difficult to remove from the human body. Mycotoxins have been classified as a carcinogen (cancer causing) by the CDC and EPA.
Time of Mold Exposure
Prolonged mold exposure can lead to a host of mold symptoms including mycotoxicosis. Mold fine and ultra-fine particulates build up in the human body over time. Often the longer you are in a mold contaminated environment the higher your risk factors become for more severe health effects.
Immune System
Mold can affect everyone’s immune system in drastically different ways. Your immune system will dictate mold symptoms such as allergic reactions and invasive fungal infections. It is not uncommon for one member of the household to have more adverse mold symptoms than another. If left untreated mold exposure can lead to a lowered or compromised immune system.
Health & Environmental Connections
Establishing a true connection between a mold contaminated environment and the health effects you’re experiencing is possible with the correct testing approach. Working closely with the medical community we have found the most effective method is a combination of medical and environmental tests.
