SV: Another paper on mold exposure and health shows that mold hurts, sometimes kills, normal people

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It quite interresting to see how different people with different "standpoints" read different things into the same text.

In moldy environment, Aspergillus spore concentrations exceeding 12x10 6 m 3 are recorded. [126] Compromised sinus aeration, altered immune response to fungi including poor nutritional status could facilitate growth of the organism and eventual contiguous spread into cranial cavity.

I myself would probably comment this with something like :

Extremly high counts of Aspergillus sp. spores in the air can affect people in rural India that have a poor nutritional status, a bad immune system and problems with their sinuses . In some cases it can even be fatal.

Thankfully I am not living under these conditions and thankfully these conditions appear very seldom in even the worst affected buildings here in Norway .

Just an observation and no criticism from my side.

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Fra: iequality [mailto:iequality ] På vegne av LiveSimplySendt: 15. januar 2008 16:43Til: iequalityEmne: Another paper on mold exposure and health shows that mold hurts, sometimes kills, normal people

From the paper:http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2007;volume=55;issue=3;spage=198;epage=215;aulast=Shankar "In India, sinocranial aspergillosis accounts for a significant proportion of histologically verified cases reported [10],[96], [110],[111],[112],[113],[114],[115],[116],[117],[118],[119] in otherwise normal hosts in contrast to the disseminated forms that account for the majority of cases from Western countries. [75],[120],[121] Young men, otherwise normal, from rural areas are most commonly affected. [122],[123],[124] Similarly high incidence of fungal keratitis is reported from India in apparently normal hosts. [125] The high incidence of fungal sinusitis and keratitis is related to the spore content of pathogenic Aspergillus spp. in the environment colonizing sinuses, nasopharynx, mastoid and middle ear. In moldy environment, Aspergillus spore concentrations exceeding 12x10 6 m 3 are recorded. [126] Compromised sinus aeration, altered immune response to fungi including poor nutritional status could facilitate growth of the organism and eventual contiguous spread into cranial cavity. [115],[127] Diamond and observed that though patients appeared free from overt immunological compromise, subclinical impairment of cell-mediated immunity might be present. [128] "There it is AGAIN. Mold exposure hurts people seriously, it kills people. Normal people. LOTS of people. Its not some kind of big mystery.