Re: Lung tightness...

[Guest guest]

A quick thought... look at your current environment for an exposure.

Look in drains, sniff test them, and disinfect them with 1/2 cup of vinegar

for 20 minutes. Longer is not better. Neither is more. Flush with gallon

of water. Check your garbage disposal, put in a half lemon and grind

with full running water, for 30-40 seconds. Longer is not better and may

damage the motor. Check your bathroom exhaust fan behind the grill.

Clean all the dust you find there. Check your stove exhaust fan.

Inspect all gas appliances, for any sign of rust, or holes in the exhaust

ducting. Inspect the water heater ducting. Make sure it does not enter

a Y joint. Inspect your dryer exhaust hose, make sure there is not a bird

nest in it. Same with the heater vent pipes, and all vent pipes. Make sure

the vent pipes go through the roof, and not ending in your attic. Same for

the sewer vent for all drains and toilet. Each has it's own vent pipe, and

you should be able to see it on the roof. Make sure the stove vent goes

outside, as recent code changes now allow this toxic gas to be vented

back into the kitchen. Crazy.

In other words, suspect your current environment, before thinking it's safe,

and your lungs are suffering from a long past exposure. Check all drains

for algae, fungus and bacteria. Check all exhaust pipes, which given the

tightness in your lungs, I would say you will find Carbon Monoxide poisoning

or sewer gas poisoning. Do you smell any rotten eggs for 1-5 seconds upon

returning home, ever? Do you have a metallic taste in your mouth ever?

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

Please read this post all the way before replying.

At 09:47 AM 9/11/2009, you wrote:

>I recently went to my doctor who had told me I had some slight tightness of my

lungs.

I think you may be expecting just an evaluation if the old mold exposure

could be causing this lung issue. Maybe someone else on the list can be

definitive on that, with just the little information posted. I can only say it

sounds logical for you to ask the question, and that it's doubtful that lung

fungus would cause that " tightness " , whatever that is. Lung fungus does

cause wheezing, and fluid in the bottom of the lungs. That is very distinctive

and the doctor would likely have worded it differently, imho. Do ask the

doctor.

Do call your doctor back up, and ask for further explanation.

Many doctors will improve their description, over the phone,

upon your request, or expression of concern.

On a different tack, if you care to post additional information, let the below

guide you.

I forgot to ask if the doctor expanded upon this lung tightness?

I have suffered from it, from various causes, but it does not mean one of those

causes is also your cause. Projecting my symptoms to you does not help anyone.

Nor does it mean we had the same tightness. Though I think I understand what

the doctor meant. But I can not be sure, until you answer the next questions.

Did he listen to the lungs and then say that? Or did he finger probe the trunk

area and say that?

What do you think? Describe the tightness for us? There are few doctors on

this

list, if any, but many survivors have likely had a tightness that matches yours.

It's a thought.

Are you allergic? Could his office have that allergen?

I know I react to the blood pressure cuff, and always have high blood pressure,

unless a cotton towel is first wrapped around my arm. That would cause

tightness " across " my chest, discomfort with deep inhales, or with rapid inhales

or exhales.

There is also a " tightness " across the chest muscles, at the bottom of the

lungs.

A doctor can feel that. But not hear it.

A tightness can be heard in the throat or top of the lungs due to swelling, or

restriction, like asthma.

So, if you feel like posting more information, then please do so.

If you want to keep it private, you could email me directly.

I rarely offer that, as many readers might like to know,

and it leverages my time and knowledge to post to the list.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I would suggest if you can to see a doctor of environmental medicine.  He/she

can run tests to see if you possibly suffered exposure and  to what. How is

your current environment?

 

God Bless !!

dragonflymcs

Mayleen

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From: " yingling13@... " <yingling13@...>

Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:47:26 PM

Subject: [] Lung tightness...

 

I recently went to my doctor who had told me I had some slight tightness of my

lungs. I was exposed to Stachy through my swamp cooler over seven years ago. Did

not realize that it was thriving in there for a few years (rental and had poor

property management who did not change the pads and refused to let us). Is it

possible to still have the spores in my lungs? If not, could the Stachy have

caused permanent damage to my lungs? Also, if still in my lungs how can it be

removed?

Thanks,

bell