Guest guest Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hi All! I have joined this group hoping to find some help for my sister. She has been a librarian in an elementary school which was closed and currently remains closed, due to the finding of mold about this time last year. There have been complaints from some at that school about symtoms being experienced for years. Although my sister has worked there for many, many years, she only began experiencing symptoms in 2008. After much testing, guessing, etc, she was diagnosed with Lupus last summer. Unfortunately, dispite continued treatment with typical Lupus meds, her symptoms remain. She also recently had an ER visit and hospital stay due to an extreme reaction causing swellng in her mouth and throat, inability to swollow due to this swelling, a horrible burning sensation and pain in her throat dispite the lack of redness or infection, and extreme swelling of her extremities. They were unable to figure out why this happened. Allergy testing was negative for all things tested. Her more typical " daily " symptoms involve pain and swelling in her hands, feet, and pain in her arms and legs. Also she, who is normally a bundle of energy, is also so very tired. Typical blood work looking for infection, anemia, etc is all negative. The Rheumatologist is seemingly stumped and unsure of how to procede in a way to best help her. My sister was previously otherwise extremely healthy...always on the go...always upbeat and energetic. Here is the thing...boxes and boxes of books from her library at the curently closed school are being stored in her basement. Also, now another school library in the district, where she is currently functioning as a librarian, has been found to have mold and has now closed. In other words, she has never gotten away from the molds. Molds found include Stachybotrus and others. I don't want to make this any longer of a post, but was wondering if any of you could advise if any of the symptoms I have described have happened to you? Could they be mold related? If so, do you have any advice on what " type " of physician to see for this? She lives in NE PA. Many thanks in advance for any information you might be able to share. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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