Mould Antibody Blood Testing & Other Available Mould Medical Diagnostic Tests
 

Q. About three months ago i was working in a basement at a rental property I own. I sprayed black mould that had grown up the walls about three feet with chlorox spray and i scrubbed the walls (without proper ventilation) we had a wet basement many times and replaced the carpet once. I was in the basement about two hours and came up once for "air" shortly after that I had a body skin rash that kept on recurring. I then noticed shortness of breath. I did not connect the symptoms to the incident. I am writing to you because I cannot breath - I have had a lung scan that did show nodules but the pulmonary expert says too small to biopsy and it may be nothing. could Ii have a mould growing in my lungs? I never had a problem before cleaning my basement. I am so short of breath I am exhausted. I have been to the doctor many times but I didn't tell him about the mould because it didn't occur to me until now. is there a test one can do to determine if a fungus in in your lungs? I need help and I fear not too many people understand about airborne culprits. I will go anywhere to be tested if necessary.
 

A.  Even a short exposure of a few hours in a mould-infested area can enable your sinus cavities and lungs to breathe in enough airborne mould spores to start mould growing in your sinus cavities and lungs, thus causing severe health problems for you. Here are some of the diagnostic tools available to a physician to help analyze possible mould growth in your body: mould antibody blood testing, nasal swab,  mri [magnetic resonating imaging] sinus cavities and brain [for brain damage resulting from exposure to Stachybotrys mould], lung x-ray, and lung biopsy. Besides testing your body, you need to mould test the visible mould in the basement area using the Scotch tape lift sampling method explained on Mould Mart  You also need to use our do it yourself mould test kits to mould test the air of the basement, each room of the building, attic, and the airflow out of each heating/cooling duct register for the possible presence of elevated levels of airborne mould spores, in comparison to an outdoor mould control test.  Bleach is ineffective as a mould killer. Please follow the mould remediation steps explained at Mould Removal.

 

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