Re: Re: I lost my voice. Is there a home remedy? Do HEPA & ...

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I worked a a government shipyard in a basement full of mold. They moved me

around but to all moldy buildings. I left one in an ambulance. Then they

forced me to take disability retiement. You stay and you will get siccker

and sicker.

In a message dated 6/20/2010 10:01:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

surellabaer@... writes:

Gargle with salt water? That helps in general but if you are consistently

exposed to irritants you are not going to get better. I don't say this

lightly because I also had to quit working because I got so sick, but you need

to find another job.

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(mailto: ) , " research1844 " <research1844@...>

wrote:

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> Could losing one's voice be mold-related?

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> I think it's my new job, working with all this used-clothes. There are

new dust-bunnies to sweep up every day. My throat was already occasionally

sore, due to the occasional mold-exposure when it rained, but w/ my new job,

every day at work, I lose my voice. One day I sorted clothes most of the

day for the first time and the next day I woke up and could not speak at

all.

> Today it rained hard and we noticed that the roof leaks in 2 different

places. It's obviously insulated up there, and then covered that's covered

w/ plastic.

>

> I've worked in a cotton factory before. Everyone eventually came down

with " bronchitis " from all the cotton floating in the air. It was bad.

>

> I'm trying kelp for the iodine to help my throat, but I need something

that works good. I'm daily exposed to this cotton-dust working with used

clothes, and NOW I suspect the major problem was the leaking ROOF!!! ARGH,

this problem is every dang where! They need to fix that immediately. I like

working my rear off over there, except for the sore-throat & losing my voice.

I can barely speak in a monotonous low-toned gravelly voice, & half the

time it's just a whisper. It hurts to swallow. I feel better when I sleep

outside, but it's getting too hot, and the mosquitos make a net-hat & blankets

neccessary, which makes fresh air difficult, and getting too hot.

>

> Even earthclinic lacks a good remedy for laryngitis. Obviously, the best

solution is to find a job that does not have a mold problem, but I'm lucky

to have a job making what I am. The job market is tough. I wish there were

another solution. Hey, you know what I could do? I could sneak some carbon

filters over the air-filter. I change them every week. They are not nearly

mold-quality filters. THey suck. Wish I could staple a HEPA & a carbon

layer on the back of them & see if it makes a difference.

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