New here. Could I have mold problems?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I am 42 years old and I am very ill. I have thought of everything

and tried everything. Nobody knows exactly what I have so I'm

diagnosed with depression, anxiety, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,

Fibromyalgia, Dysautonomia, etc.

And I may agree with that but the question is that I also have awful

respiratory disease that doctors can't see or treat for over 15

years. My nose, sinuses and lungs burn and hurt 24 hours a day and

nothing helps. I feel really sick from it to the point that disables

me more than the rest of diagnosis or illneses.

I have always lived in an old big and dark apartment which smells

like old, dusty and even moldy, has lots of carpets, wall paper,

wooden floor with lots of holes between the woods, it has lots of

old books old furniture and some rooms have this old

style " Luxurious " clothe in the walls instead of paint or paper.

So, the house could be having mold but I don't see it. My nose and

sinuses and lungs are so damaged that I can't smell but people say

it smells like old and a bit damp. As I said it is very dark, never

sees the light in most of it.

As I said before, I have visited a thousand respiratory specialists,

nose, ear and thorat specialists, allergy doctors, internists,

neurologists... they diagnose: " hypersensitivity and

hyperreactivity " or " vasomotor " rhinitis, but not allergy or

infection or anything. I can't have that because my lungs and

sinuses are awfully ill with non stop mucus, phlegms, dryness and

pain like hell.

So, my desperate question is, how can I know if I am sick because of

mold or something like that.

Thank you very much in advance

[Guest guest]

: 50 % of the mold is hidden, e.g. wall cavities, ceiling cavities. If

you smell a musty odor, most likely you have mold in your apartment. You did

not say what type of lung disease you have. Bronhiectasis is very common in

people with Aspergillosis. If you have been on steriods, e.g. prednisone, to

control inflammation, then you may well have a disseminated infection from molds

as well as bacteria. Tiy need to have appropriate diagnosis for possible mold

infection/colonization. My contact information is below. Jack D. Thrasher,

Ph.D.

Jack D. Thrasher, Ph.D.

Toxicologist/Immunotoxicologist/Fetaltoxicologist

www.drthrasher.org

toxicologist1@...

Off: 775-636-8513

Cell - 505-937-1150

Fax - 775-636-7403

L. Crawley, M.ED., LADC

Trauma Specialist

sandracrawley@...

530-644-6035 - Off

775-309-3994 - Cell