Mold

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Mold is a fungi that can be found indoors and outdoors. It grows best in warm, damp conditions.

Mold allergies and illness

Mold affects some people who are sensitive to it. Reactions can be mild causing nasal stuffiness, eye irritation, wheezing, or skin irritation. Some who have severe reactions to mold and who may be in certain occupational settings, such as farming, moldy hay could cause more of a severe reaction.[1] Others can be more sensitive or impacted due to mold in their home, workplace or school leading to Mold illness.[2][3][4]

Treatment

An Allergist can treat allergies to mold while an Infectious Disease Specialist will treat mold infections.

There are also functional medicine practitioners like members of the International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI) who specialize in the field of environmentally acquired illness (EAI) with expertise treating mold illness, Lyme disease, etc, using a systems biology approach.[5]

Learn more

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