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I have some questions and would appreciate it if

someone would be kind enough to give me answers.

(1) Do all Molds produce Toxins?

(2) If all Molds do not produce Toxins, can those

molds that don't, still make you sick?

(3) When talking about Molds that do produce Toxins, I

want to see if I understand this correctly. Mold

produces Toxins, and it's the Toxins that get into

your system and cause damage to your organs or your

immune system. Is that correct? If that is not

correct, please explain.

(4) When they put a pulse-ox meter on your finger and

tell you that you are fine, even though you are having

trouble breathing, what is going on?

(5) Would there be a difference in what a pulse-ox

meter shows, and what an Arterial Blood Gas Test would

show, when it comes to the amount of oxygen in your

blood?

Thanks for your patience, and hopefully, for your

answers.

Barb E.

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I will tell you what I have gathered from my research. Not all molds produce

mycotoxins; The main ones are Stachybotrys, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium.

Others include Chaetonium, Trichoderma, and Acremonium. I am pretty sure the

mycotoxin is only carried in the spores. Even the toxic ones don't always form

toxins, only under certain circumstances which is mainly indoors where they

don't have competition. A lot depends upon the material upon which they are

growing. About any mold can produce allergies. Many can produce

hypersensitivity pneumonitis in susceptible people. Aspergillus can produce

bronchopulmonay disease in allergic people. Many causes of sinusitis are now

thought to be an immune response to mold which makes one more susceptible to

bacterial infections.

Alternaria and probably others have been implicated in causing or contributing

to asthma. Many can produce actual infections in immunocompromised hosts.

It is my understanding that it is the toxin in the toxic molds that do the

damage. Some mycotoxins are neurotoxic and others are carcinogenic.

Trichothecenes and some others can also damage the digestive system as well as

many other systems. This is certainly not all inclusive, but all I can think of

right now.

I really don't know anything about the last 2 questions.

Barbara <floridabound03200@...> wrote:

I have some questions and would appreciate it if

someone would be kind enough to give me answers.

(1) Do all Molds produce Toxins?

(2) If all Molds do not produce Toxins, can those

molds that don't, still make you sick?

(3) When talking about Molds that do produce Toxins, I

want to see if I understand this correctly. Mold

produces Toxins, and it's the Toxins that get into

your system and cause damage to your organs or your

immune system. Is that correct? If that is not

correct, please explain.

(4) When they put a pulse-ox meter on your finger and

tell you that you are fine, even though you are having

trouble breathing, what is going on?

(5) Would there be a difference in what a pulse-ox

meter shows, and what an Arterial Blood Gas Test would

show, when it comes to the amount of oxygen in your

blood?

Thanks for your patience, and hopefully, for your

answers.

Barb E.

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