What Are the Different Toxic Mold Symptoms?
Mold is a microscopic organism or fungi, which grows in damp environments. Most molds are not harmful to humans. There are, however, certain molds that are considered toxic or harmful to humans. Toxic black mold, for example, can lead to toxic mold symptoms which have a serious effect on overall health.
Toxic mold can cause mycotoxin spores to spread. Mycotoxin spores are toxic chemical products created by fungi. Some toxic mold symptoms can interfere with cell and DNA function and can cause serious health risks, while other cause different allergies and illnesses. Toxic mold symptoms can affect vital body systems including the immune system, the nervous and respiratory systems, the gastrointestinal track and the skin.
Some toxic mold symptoms can present with skin irritations. Redness or rashes of the skin, hives, dermatitis or inflammation of the skin, and chronic dandruff are common signs of exposure to toxic mold. In more serious exposures, skin lesions, or open skin sores or cuts can be experienced. Redness of the eyes, and general irritability and itching of skin, especially of the eyes, nose and throat, can also occur. Toxic mold symptoms which disrupt the gastrointestinal tract, on the other hand can cause vomiting.
Respiratory problems associated with toxic mold symptoms include things like coughing, recurring colds or cold-like symptoms including discharge from the nose, sneezing fits and chronic cough, sinus problems and breathing difficulties such as asthma. In severe cases, hemorrhagic pneumonitis and coughing up blood can occur. Hemorrhagic pneumonitis is inflammation and bleeding of the lungs.
Toxic mold symptoms can create problems with mental capabilities and energy. Some toxic mold exposures can lead to memory loss, general irritability or personality changes, while others can create sleep disturbances, difficulties with speech patterns, general flu-like symptoms, and general malaise or fatigue, a feeling of illness, discomfort and extreme tiredness. Toxic mold is also capable of causing inflammation of the joints which produces a general, chronic all-over pain, tremors or unintentional body movements, and headaches and vertigo.
Extreme toxic mold symptoms are capable of disturbing the central or peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system is comprised of the brain and spinal cord, whereas the peripheral nervous system is the nerve pathways which relay messages to the rest of the body. This means that any body system can be affected. In severe cases of toxic mold exposure, more serious and life-threatening illnesses, including kidney failure, seizures, brain damage and certain types of cancers, can strike.
Written by Sandra Koehler
