Re: Does stachybotrys smell? Yes, but I think it also persists longer than the s

[Guest guest]

Jill,

In my house, so many kinds of mold were found, however, if I remember correctly,

they

told me the mold that smelled the worse was cladisporium.

The smell I experienced was like the smell in a dirt basement in some houses up

north. I

remembered it as a kid. I use to sit in the basement to " chill " , and that is

what the smell

reminded me of. A musty smell.

As the mold percisted in getting worse, a buring gagging nauseating smell of

dirt got

stronger. That is the best way I can describe it. I smell the same smell in

some people's

yards.

[Guest guest]

I smell so much. I would never wish this on anyone. Smell is not so good.

>

> At least you can still smell! First, I became sensitive to smells,

> then I lost 99% of my sense of smell - when I got sick.. now I can

> smell around 10% of what I used to be able to smell.. the pleasant

> things have to be literally right under my nose..

>

> There are lots of different mold smells.. old mold smell in clothing,

> etc, is very different than living mold smell.

>

[Guest guest]

If you lost your sense of smell you would not say that.

Smelling is often a huge pleasure. Without a sense of smell,

everything also tastes dull and flat. Also, the cells in your nose

connect directly through axons to your brain. If the part of the cell

that is in your (well, actually rats, but people are probably the

same) nose dies, the part in your brain also dies.

That was shown a year or two ago in an important paper.

Smell also alerts you to bad things Without a sense of smell, its not

quite like you are blind, but its still a huge loss.

What if there is a gas leak?

Its not unlike the dangers of numb skin. If you have a patch of numb

skin, its dangerous because you could be burned and you would not know

it. Also, sometimes it hurts or itches and no amount of itching

scratches the itch.. its like a lump of deadness.

Imagine a dead nose. Toxic or caustic substances could easily blind

you if your nose could not warn you of them ahead of time.

Mold smelling dogs that lose the ability to smell, suddenly can't

work. They become like expensive racehorses who can't run.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:59 PM, semco_semco_semco

<semco_semco_semco@...> wrote:

> I smell so much. I would never wish this on anyone. Smell is not so good.

>

>

>>

>> At least you can still smell! First, I became sensitive to smells,

>> then I lost 99% of my sense of smell - when I got sick.. now I can

>> smell around 10% of what I used to be able to smell.. the pleasant

>> things have to be literally right under my nose..

>>

>> There are lots of different mold smells.. old mold smell in clothing,

>> etc, is very different than living mold smell.

>>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Semco, it wasn't that long ago that I was in your boat and wished I

couldn't smell because everything was driveing me nuts, but the

smells were also distorted and it has all progressed to where now I

mostly have no sence of smell or taste but it doesn't stop the

reactions. my left sinus/olfactory tract is pretty much

distroyed,still smell some through the right but it's distorted.

neither is fun, there may be differences in how one ends up according

to the damage in that area. some with mild olfactory damage may

recover fairly well but I think that's a fairly slim chance with

severe exposure. hope the best for you.