I lost my voice. Is there a home remedy? Do HEPA & carbon A/C filters help?

June 19, 2010

Could losing one's voice be mold-related?

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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