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- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Path: sparky!uunet!coplex!compunet!tony
- From: tony@compunet.uucp (tony)
- Subject: Household mold - allergies - a connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.214655.9965@compunet.uucp>
- Summary: Can household mold cause allergic reactions?
- Keywords: home, house, household, mold, allergy, allergies, connection
- Organization: CompuNet Systems, Louisville KY (502-231-5908 & 5910)
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:46:55 GMT
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- My wife is seeing an allergist for very severe allergy problems. She
- gets limited symptomatic relief from his Rx's: PBZ-SR and Polaramine.
- He is also giving her bi-weekly injections of some medicine he developed
- after doing a number of patch tests on her back.
-
- My question is: What is the likelihood one particular allergen could
- be causing most of her problems? This question came this morning after an
- observation I made. Last night Pam and I were doing crafts which required
- us to heat water to 160 degrees in an electric skillet (so we could melt
- the plastic strips she uses to create handmade jewelry). When we finished
- we turned the skillet off and left the water in it. This morning when we
- got up white mold spores were developing on the bottom of the skillet in
- a circle (coincidental with the round heating element beneath the pan).
- I was amazed mold could form this quickly. I thought, gee, we must have a
- HUGE mold population around here.
-
- My question is, if mold formation occurs this quickly, is it possible
- that it may be one reason why my wifes allergies are not getting better?
- And, now, an unrelated question -- why did the mold develop in a circle,
- following the shape of the heating element underneath the pan?
-
- Thank you for any help you can offer! Happy Holidays!!!
- & Happy New Year too!!
-
- - Tony Safina
- compunet!tony@uunet!uu!net _or_ ap199@cleveland.freenet.edu
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