Though no two people are ever exactly the same, certain things seem to happen on a rather regular basis. Below is a list of the most common symptons of mold illness. There are many more, but this is a partial list. Mycotoxins can also cause immune dysfunction and are even carcogenic.
Severe abdominal pain (often sudden onset)
Muscle aches and chronic pain
Tightness, pain in chest wall
Very dry eyes
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Hoarseness
Loss of concentration
Short term memory loss
Low (or high) blood pressure
Low Body Temperature
Nosebleeds
Mouth Sores
Out of norm headaches
Hair Loss
Hearing Loss
Restless Leg (spasms of feet, toes as well)
chronic fatigue
Vertigo
Red or bloodshot eyes
Nail infections
Sudden weight gain or loss
Painless tiny blood-like blisters on skin
Respiratory infections
Shortness of breath
Sinus infections, excessive mucous production
Tooth decay near the gum area
Blurred or distorted vision
Tingling or burning sensation in hands or feet
Sleeping for long periods
Seizure-like episodes
Pinhole size pupils
Edema
6 Comments
08/29/2009 at 12:44 am
I thank you for this site. I live in an old motel from the 50’s. The owner made it into apartments. I have seen black stuff oon the windows and the smell is awful.. you have to use air freshners. I have mentioned it to him and he says use bleach water all will be fine. I have taken pictures and even my apt is falling off the foundation. we hve a pump under the motel that pumps the excess water out. but when hot you can smell it and the water that is left in the drain you see is green. I feel tired all the time and now have high blood pressure. When I leave I feel great. my neighbors now have migraines and upper respitory infections and the kids are on inhailers. he will not do any thing.. its awful…I am going to my dr and see what he says then to city hall.
07/11/2009 at 7:32 pm
Hi I just moved into an apt, it has an awfull musty odor,and also feels damp all the time,the tenant had over 20 air fresheners thru out the apt,(I now know why)but my thought is that there may be a mold issue,as the apt was in the 1996 hurricane “Floyd” in New Jersey,my apt is on ground level so I am not sure where the smell is coming from,and also my throat snd nose burns when I smell the odor,and I cant get rid of the smell, it is driving me crazy,does any1 have any suggestions!!!thanks,Michele…
06/21/2009 at 4:52 pm
After living with mold for more than 6 yrs. with numerous health problems (all mis-diagnosed), i finally figured it out and my house was torn apart. My problem now is, i can’t seem to find a toxicologist who can help me recover from this horrible ordeal. I don’t want to feel like this permanently.
05/12/2009 at 9:43 pm
Wow..
Glad I found this post. I have 17 of the above symptoms and have been really worried that I had (kidney disease/ liver toxicity/ heart problems/ chronic fatigue.. many worries).
I have an art studio in New Orleans in an old school that was turned into artist spaces after Katrina and though the building was remediated for mold, my studio had visible mold in the ceiling and probably in the walls as well. I finally put two and two together and you are right.. it is slippery to diagnose but really intense to deal with.
Thank you,
Laurel
04/29/2009 at 6:33 pm
My wife and I have a personal injury attorney to try and go after our Home Owners Association, who like Richard’s HOA neglected to repair the water damage (and subsequent mold infestaion)caused by a leaking roof that took them three years to replace. They basically deny that we have mold at all, even though we’ve had multiple contractors over a number of years present bids for remediation valued at over $8K US. The HOA has only replaced one section of sheetrock, in the ceiling where the water intrusion occured, and refused to let the contractors do anything more. We opened the wall adjacent to the ceiling, and found more mold. My wife has 33 out of the 35 mold toxicity symptoms, and nobody in Las Vegas wants to help us. (Not alot of regulatory agencies in Nevada, unlike California where I grew up).
Any information exchange of info that could help either of our cases would be greatly appreciated.
Steve Willcutts
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03/22/2009 at 6:47 am
hi i am taking my local housing association to court for mould poisoning of me and my dog my dog developed a auto imunie skin disease about 4 years ago then last year i developed same disease we lived in a flat which had leaking pipe work and windows the flat was covered in mould spores and i got a survey report done which condemed the property but still they failed to do repairs so i lived there for 8 years with my dog iam now allergic to nearly everything inclueding sunlight theres very little i can eat most people are scared to see me as they thing they will catch my or my dogs disease as me and my dog alfie were the only inhabitents of the flat and we both have very serious skin diseases this case will be the first one of its kind in england and i wont to make people aware of how serious mould is its ruined me and alfies lives any way better go now bye