Mold Allergy Symptoms
Mold is an organism that founds in outdoors, indoors and many other places. But mostly it founds in the watery place where water tends to collects keeping the place damp.
Mold on food is always visible on the surface of the food, which found as the green spot on bread. Molds have the branches and roots that spread deep in the food. Molds also found in air that enters daily in our body through breathing.
The condition can occur in any age but to them who have compromised immune system and existing respiratory conditions. It may leads into higher risk of having allergic reactions to mold.
Where it grows?
Mostly it grows in ventilated and damp places and at home also. Common places include:
- Closets
- Cat litter boxes
- Basements
- Bathrooms
- Refrigerator drip trays
Other places where the possibility of mold growth is more includes products that are made from papers, ceiling tiles, cardboard, wood products, wood, paints, dust, wallpaper, dry wall, insulation materials, carpet, fabric etc.
Symptoms of the mold allergies :
Mold allergies also give those typical and common symptoms of other allergies such as;
- Sneezing
- Runny and clogged nose
- Dry and hacking cough
- Itching in throat, nose
- Burning, itchy and watery eyes with blurred vision and inflammation.
- Respiratory problems such as asthma.
- Other respiratory problems such as wheezing and difficulty in breathing.
Avoiding exposure to mold is the best way to prevent the mold allergy. Some foods are harmful that carries the yeasts and molds, so it will be beneficial to avoid that food items. Sometimes there may be possibility to smell the food items to check whether it is spoiled or not, but it is wrong method because mold spores may enter through breathing also.
Below are some food sources that contain mold, fungi, yeasts and mushrooms:
- Hot dogs and sauses
- Fish and meat of more than 24 hours
- Canned juices
- Foods containing vinegar such as catsup, salad dressing, pickles etc
- Dries fruits such as prunes, dates, raisins and figs
- Sour milk, butter milk and sour cream
- Foods made by using yeasts
- Sauerkraut
- Pickled fish and meat
The reason causing the mold allergies :
Microscopic spores present in the molds are responsible for mold allergies that may also leads into allergic rhinitis. These are invisible or very tiny that enters easily through protective mechanism present in the nose.
Molds and yeast founds in thousands of types in the fungus family. Molds grow as branching threads, which are called as Hyphe, where as yeast are single cells and are divided into clusters.
