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
Katy's Exposure 
Hi Laura, I am so sorry to hear this has happened to you. Most G.P.s and cardiologists in the U.S. are woefully under educated about the health effects of mold. I never recommend individual physicians for various reasons. I suggest you find a physician proficient in treating Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) and/or proficient in Functional Medicine treatments for mold exposure. There are several throughout the United States. A good ENT should also have superior knowledge of mold in sinuses. Look up “chronic fungal sinusitis”. As far as black gums, I am aware that gargling with hydrogen peroxide often helps people. The directions are on the bottle. I hope this information helps. Good luck!
I recently found my hotel room was infested with mold I can only say after moving suitcases and luggage bags the color was black it was on the mattress walls furniture but below the visual field. The ac was not working right I had already been moved to 3 different . I was dealing with multiple issues and was there because of loss of housing with a hurricane.
My teeth have been turning black one broke and fell out from the gum line. I have several that can not be fixed they are decayed at the gym line. I’ve had most symptoms listed , the confusion came from a history of blood clots and concerns of some same symptoms. I have been threw several diagnostics including some requiring radioactive dye.
I’m not being a drama queen. I’m not a native of the south. I would never thought mold .
My son came to check on me and found the mess I was in. Moisture collecting under sinks. Damage to important and family herlooms.
I dont know what to do.
Is there a physician who can clear excess mold from lungs and sinuses.
My G.P and Cardiologist never went to mold issues.
I’ve been to an ent who wants to put me threw tests.
Anything someone can share.
Rv’s, 5th wheel’s, trailer’s, also have a lot of mold in them, exspecially these older one’s, and not just home’s. But a lot of your 5th wheel places, where they sale all rv’s, your older one’s have mold. Anyone who wants to buy an older rv, I suggest having a mold test done on them, a lot of these dealers sale them as is, and even cars have mold. I know I’ve seen black mold in them, ALL of the lode rv’s & car’s, and where there’s mold in these rv’s, there’s leaks, I would walk away, not worth getting very sick, your health, or losing every penny that you’ve spent on these rv camper’s, I know ppl who have bought them and with so much black mold in them, and could not get their money back. Please share! To help someone from getting sick & being ripped off by these idiot’s who doesn’t care about you, but only about their pocket book.
Hi, I’m no professional in this issue, so take my words with that in mind. It’s hard to say if masks will be enough for you since you’re already environmentally sensitive. I know that you need to be careful b/c the spores are inhalable when you disturb them. If you are super sensitive you may want to invest in hiring a professional cleaner to do it. Many people use vinegar to clean their’s. Sounds like you’ve identified what’s causing the mold to grow and have moved to stop it. That’s good. That’s the first step.
My husband and I both have severe allergies. Recently we discovered mold growing on our windows that we had covered with insulation to help keep the house warm. Our allergies have gotten worse over the past two years. we are planning to remove the insulation and clean the windows this week end. I am a little worried to move and stir up the mold. Will masks be enough to protect us from the spores? And what can I use to clean it off the windows? We aren’t going to put the insulation back in.
So sad to hear the general overall denial by insurance companies and Healthcare professionals. In Texas many places just never repair water damage and it is a silent killer. No one wants the bill of proper remediation and as a single female homeowner the odds stack against getting honest work done either. My life has just gone up in flames over roof leaks not properly diagnosed……I saw a walking zombie reference in someone’s comment…I have joked about me going to audition for the set BUT it’s really not funny at ALL……blows me away no one takes this deadly stuff seriously. This crap is intentionally used for chemical warfare so I am pretty darn sure the powers that be are aware of it’s deterioration of a normal functionally level.
Deborah,
Sorry to hear that no one will help with the poor IAQ in your apartment. While its true there are some things that can help your immune system, you really need to get out of there if you are certain the apartment is making you ill. These illnesses seem to self correct if caught early enough. Those who report life long dibility appear to be those who have had chronic, long term exposures. Not a doctor, but I think that is pretty much accepted science.
I have tried to get apt management, health dept, air quality etc to come and do an air quality of my apt. No one is interested helping me in NC. So I found bone broth. I know my degenerating bones will really like the broth. I believe the nutrients will help with the mold toxicity also.
I have started making bone broth. I believe it will help my body heal from many things. Even damage from the mold. Bone broth is like a super food, like bee pollen and propolis are. Here are some links that for benefits of the broth. Read the whole web pages.
I found that borateem kills the mold better than anything else I have used. And it keeps the mold at bay inside the drywall longer than anything I have used.
I found these interesting reads.
http://www.healthextremist.com/bone-broths-health-benefits-and-how-to-make-bone-broth/
Why Gelatin in Bone Broth is So Healing
Gelatin is a protein substance which is present in the tendons, ligaments, tissues of mammals, and naturally occurs in bone broth. To achieve a higher amount of gelatin in your bone broth it is best to allow the bones to cool in the refrigerator. After a day of refrigeration you will be able to see the “jello” like gelatin formed. The amount of gelatin in bone broth can be visible as being gel like with a jiggly texture. Some bone broths may end up with more gelatin than others because the amount of gelatin from the bones can vary. It may also not be visible in the bone broth due to having a lot of water and the gelatin is not as condensed.
http://www.naturalnews.com/040493_bone_broth_immune_health_nutrients.html
Different bones house more of certain nutrients
Different bones have unique characteristics to be aware of. Larger bones such as the femur and humerus bones of the legs and arms contain more bone marrow than many of the smaller bones. Individuals with anemia, lung disorders, immune disorders, chronic infections, etc. would more specifically target these disorders using broth with increased marrow.
Smaller bones contain more gelatinous materials than larger bones. The gelatinous material is especially useful for digestive health as it provides key raw materials that help the cells of the digestive system to regenerate. This is a key health tool for individuals who are trying to overcome leaky gut syndrome. Bone broth fasts are one of the best strategies for destroying parasites like Candida and rebuilding the gut.
Benefits of Bone Broth
http://www.doctorauer.com/benefits-of-bone-broth/
What’s better than a hot bowl of homemade soup during a cold winter day? Almost every culture throughout history has used bone broth for its nutritional significance, versatility and overall deliciousness. Chinese medicine practitioners use bone broth to strengthen the kidney, support digestive systems and build blood. The term “Jewish penicillin” is used for chicken soup, known to inhibit cell inflammation and mitigate cold symptoms. And the English sip beef tea, or beef broth, used since the Victorian era.
Hi Travis,
While its never a good idea to have mold in your home, your question of whether you should be worried is hard to answer. Typically a little mold in a shower is not going to harm anyone. Alot of mold behind the vinyl could pose a health threat. If you are feeling ill, try to track if you feel better when away from your home and then worse upon reentry. If that’s the case, you may wish to have someone come advise you specifically about the safety of the indoor air quality of the home. Hope that helps!
I got mold in my place am renting in the bathroom and probaly on the ceilin but can’t see it tho cuz ther is vinyl slidin on the inside of the trailer sould i be worry
Currently I’m living a nightmare since I was exposed to a lot of mold in the department of my mom. There was a water leak and the wood began to rot, mold grew and I was exposed for a month and a half to it, the smell was terrible at the end, we managed to find a new place to move but apparently I had already greatly affected me, even though the last few days I stayed at a hotel avoiding further ill, the damage was done. I’ve been experiencing symptoms all the time for 3 months, and I can barely sleep 3 or 4 hours at night, this has been terrible for me. I would like to contact any of you to see how we can help each other and what is the treatment. I’m temporarily in Miami – Florida. Mi e-mail in hotmail is p a t s a n i t
Hope to hear from anyone soon! Richard Wiggins I fully identify with you
Suggestions for the house: Join IEQuality at Yahoo groups. Its filled with indoor air quality pros. Health, join sickbuildings at yahoo groups. It has about 3000 members who have been thru it. Ask your questions there. Good luck.
This is kind of upsetting that more treatment isn’t available for those folks affected by this debilitating condition (mold Mycotoxins), and to discover that I possibly have this condition really has me on the edge… I have all the symptoms… Maybe missing one or two but believe me they are there! However I have not seen any mold in my home. My home is only 6 years old, my basement in damp due to moderate rains, nothing a dry mop can’t clean up. But, it happen after each and every rain or snow event. The water appears to come from the concrete walls which are insulated with heavy padding covered with foil that is stapled to the wall. I sure this padding is soaking up all that moister. This has been going on for about three years now. The symptoms appear to be more acute during the winter months when the home is closed up due to the weather then summer month when the home is open to fresh air. I haven’t had a good night’s rest in 3 months now. I get about one hour rest a night at home and sleep about 3 hours at my job! I know this can’t go on for much longer… I’m a walking nightmare… I could be a perfect cast member for a zombie on the hit show THE WALKING DEAD!!! However this is real, very real and very serious. I pray to find a solution. Any suggestions?
LAST DECEMBER ONE MONTH AFTER I MOVED INTO MY NEW STORE TO START A DREAM THAT BECAME A NIGHTMARE I STARTED HAVING PAIN IN MY EYES THIONKING IT WAS RELATED TO DUST FROM RETAIL I DEALEDWITH THIS AS MY LEFT EYE FELT WORSE THAN A NEEDLE POKING IT. MY EYES WERE RED AND STARTING IN THE CORNER OF LEFT WAS GRAY COLOR.. FELT AS IF I WAS RUNNING A MARATHON ON A BROKEN LEG TILL FOR MONTHES JANUARY I SHVED MY LEGS AND ASSUMED I HAD RAZOR BURN IRRITATED WAS AND UNDERSTATEMENT BUT I KEPT WORKING I HAVE 2 YOUNG BOYS AFTER THE 23 JAN MY ENGAGEMENT CALLED OF CAUSE I WAS NOT HAPPY I MOVED INTO A SMALL HOME WITH MY BOYS AND PRAYED FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH MY STORE WENT TO DOCS JAN 30 AND I HAD MERCA ON MY LEGS BACK FROM AN ITCH DOC GAVE ME A SHOT AND STRONG ANTIBIOTICS FEB 13TH MET A MAN WHO PITCHED ME A CLOTHING LINE AND A WOMAN WITH LUPUS CAME AS A ANGEL INTO MY STORESTARTED MERCHANDISING IT NEXT DAY HER AND WENT DOWN BED FOR 8 DAYS I THOUGHT SHE GOT ME SICK BUT MY EYES STARTED FILLING WITH SNOT SO 3 DAYS OFF ANITBIOTCS PRES DAY 2012 WENT TO DOCS AND GOT EYE DROPS AND MORE ANTIOBIOTICS SPOKE TO THE GUY WHO PITCHED ME A CLOTHING LINE I SAID I WA SUPER SICK HE REPLIED ITS PROBABLY FROM THE MOLD HE TOOK OUT OF THE STORE NEXT TO ME HE SAID MAN THAT COULD KILL SOMEONE THE ROOFING JOB THERE IS HORRIBLE I BET EVEYONE HAS IT. COMING FROM REAL ESTATE THERE IT WAS BAM!!!!!!!!!!
AFTER THE OWNER CAUGHT WORD MY STORE WAS TESTED STORE NOT INSULATION AND 51% HIGHER THAN OUTSIDE 63 RAW COUNT INSIDE 29 OUTSIDE CLASMOPRIUM AN ALLEGIC WITH SYMPTOMS SKIN IRRITIAN THROAT , EYE, IRRITAION, ASTHMA, TROUBLE BREATHING MEMORY LOSS MIGRANES FLULIKE SYMTOMS WELL I STARTED TO NOT CATCH MY BREATH WAS IN BED FEB TILL MAY WAXED MY MUSTACHE IRRITAION ON MY FACE. TOLD THE OWNER HE CLEANED THE AIR. JUST CAUSE I AM BLONDE DOES NOT MEAN I AM DUMB I WAS BORN AT NIGHT NOT LAST NIGHT SO I ASKED WHY DID HE NOT TEST INSULATION SO I DID AND MY STORE Y STORE NEGATIVE MY INSULATION POSITIVE ABONORMAL SPORE COMPONSATION I HAVE BEEN SICK SINCE AND I AM SCREWED NOW IAM TOO TIRED TO TYPE BUT IT GETS BETTER
There so much more – diseases associated
Valley Fever
Cancer
Aspergers
The list is very long, fungal illnesses are very difficult to get rid of, much more than viruses or bacteria.
You might want to add obstructive sleep apnea to the list. The ear, nose and throat doc says I am not allergic to mold. He said it is the amount of mold that is causing your throat and nose to swell shut. The problem is that you can’t wear a c-pap if your nose is closed up. I also have premature aging. My doctor says the x ray of my bones look like the belong to someone “much” older than I am. This was 3 or 4 yrs ago. I am now 55 and feel like I am in my 70s. And a lot of my health problems are that of seniors in their 70s and 80s.
If I had not been taking herbal immune boosters all these years I would have died before now. I have seen many people die in this apt. building. I can’t afford to move and the waiting lists for HUD assisted rent is years.
I do believe that what they are spraying in sky all the time is the reason for mold everywhere. I grew up in Florida’s humidity. We didn’t have mold in houses then. There was an AFB in the city. Those lines in sky are not jet contrails.
hello my name is Kevin and I have symptoms of advanced mold poisoning does anyone have any info on treatment my doctor is not taking this serious enough
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.
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…
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.
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
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
metalkid1@cox.net
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