Common Symptoms of Black Mold Exposure
You may not notice black mold while it spreads around your house – from your bathroom tiles up to your living room carpet until you or one of the family members started to present symptoms of mold exposure requiring you to seek out a mold removal company.
Black mold or toxic black mold can cause a series of health problems. The trichothecene mycotoxins produced by these fungi are considered neurotoxic. It means to say that they do no good in your brain. They can kill the neurons and could alter one’s mental ability. You have to be wary of the neurological symptoms of black mold which include confusion, poor concentration, confusion, slowed reflexes, disorientation, dizziness, memory loss, hallucination, anxiety, depression, irritability, mood swings, tingling sensation, numbness, and trembling.
Aside from being neurotoxic, inhalation of black mold spores is also known to cause respiratory problems. Once they land on a person’s membrane, sinuses, and lungs, an individual can present any of the following symptoms: dyspnea or difficulty of breathing, wheezing, coughing, pulmonary edema or swelling of the lungs, pulmonary hemorrhage or bleeding of the lungs, sore throat, burning sensation of the mouth, bleeding gums, runny nose, nasal congestion, and epistaxis or nosebleed.
The toxins produced by the black mold can reach the circulatory system and cause another set of health problems. These are manifested by irregular heartbeat, heart inflammation, low blood pressure, and bleeding tendency as a result of bone marrow disruption. These eventually, can lead to heart damage.
Once the mycotoxins have made their way into your eyes, you will experience having any of these: eye inflammation, bloodshot eyes, and blurry vision which could get worse.
One piece of advice when getting rid of black mold is to never touch them with your bare hands for doing so can lead to dermatitis characterized by itchiness, rash, blisters, and inflammation. They can also lead to a yellow discoloration on your skin, as well as crawling under your skin sensation.
The undesirable toxin produced by these annoying fungi can also suppress the immune system making infections a frequent visitor in your body. It also triggers the release of Chloral hydrate, a substance that would try to slow down the effect of black mold but at the same time can cause the following symptoms to appear: fatigue, drowsiness, weakness, aches and pains, malaise, headache, flu-like symptoms, fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Mycotoxins do not just only affect the brain, heart, lungs, eyes, skin, and immune system, they are also considered teratogenic or one that could cause harm to the fetus; cytotoxic and mutagenic which can lead to cell mutation. Once black mold hit the reproductive system, they can lead to infertility, miscarriage, impotence, and fetal development problems.
So if you’re one of those who still believed that black molds aren’t harmful, then you better think twice before any of these could happen to you.
