Mold Allergy - Hidden Cause of Many SymptomsHaving unexplained allergy symptoms can be extremely frustrating. You don't know what is wrong, but you know that you are getting sick. Hidden mold within the home has been brought to the public's attention since Hurricane Katrina flooded homes in the southern states. The growth of mold in the damaged homes has caused many people to develop mold allergies. There is a specific mold that grows in homes that can cause allergies in people. Black mold can grow in dry wall, carpet, wallpaper, fiber-board, ceiling tiles and insulation. This mold usually begins with the materials in your home getting wet. While flooding is a major culprit, a small leak can be just as hazardous if you have a mold allergy. There are thousands of different types of mold, but only a few of them cause allergic reactions in people. Mold is everywhere in our environment and it and usually found in the soil and it also floats harmlessly through the air. When the mold spores begin to multiply in a confined area, they can cause an allergic reaction in people who already have a mold allergy. Mold allergy symptoms include sneezing, runny nose or eyes, nasal congestion, persistent coughing, headaches, and asthma attacks. For anyone who has a mold allergy, it is important to them to locate and eliminate the source of the mold. The process of finding and eliminating the mold can help reduce or alleviate the symptoms the mold allergy sufferer is enduring. The mold within your home will grow steadily because of the warm moist environment and it will cause the person with the mold allergy to have worsening symptoms. As the mold continues to grow, it sends spoors out into the air that are circulated through the home heating system. The spoors spread and attach themselves to everything in the home. In extremely severe cases, people have had to leave their homes and all of their possessions because everything is contaminated with the mold. To move the items within the house would spread the mold spoors to their new home. A person with a mold allergy may find that taking over-the-counter antihistamines helps to reduce or eliminate their symptoms. In more severe instances, the treatment for individuals with mold allergies may include allergen immunotherapy. The patient is given injections of a special formula of medication which contains the allergens that directly bother them. The allergy shots desensitize the patient’s response when they come into contact with the item in the future. Using injections as an allergy treatment may take several weeks, if not months, to help the patient build up a sufficient resistance to the allergen. It is important to find out if your mold allergy is being caused by the everyday mold that is in the air or if it is a more serious problem in your home. Remember that having a mold allergy can be detrimental to your long-term health and finding and treating your mold allergy is important. |
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