| The household symptoms of mold are widely | | | | All of these effects can severely damage any |
| varied and usually quite random, ranging from a | | | | person living within the environment and may be |
| runny nose to lung bleeding. Fungus infestations | | | | especially harmful to those who have a weakened |
| are a hazard to both people and the places in | | | | or lower immune system such as elderly or |
| which they live. Aspergillus, Mucor, Penicilium and | | | | infantile occupants. So, it is important to stay |
| Alternaria are inside molds which can affect those | | | | away from it. |
| who spend a lot of time within the particular | | | | Mold can have a variety of appearances, all of |
| dwelling. Cladosporium is an outside mold which | | | | them immediately recognizable as mold but |
| can also affect those who live around it, although | | | | frequently the person is incapable of distinguishing |
| to a much lesser effect than the inside molds. | | | | which kind of mold it is. It is important to realize |
| Other fungus include the more harmful types of | | | | that most molds which are mere nuisances have |
| black mold which are known by their names | | | | a fuzzy look to them, grow in spots and come in |
| Stachybotrys and Menoniella. It's time to learn | | | | a variety of colors such as grey, green, brown |
| about household mold symptoms. | | | | and black. True black mold, however, only ever |
| The less harmful but still annoying molds that exist | | | | grows thick and black, and always has a white tip |
| inside and outside buildings cause symptoms that | | | | on the outer edges. |
| can usually be taken care of with antihistamines | | | | Some colors include grey, green and brown, and |
| or prescriptions written by doctors. The effects | | | | occasionally black. Black fungi, however, has a |
| of household fungus include allergies and frequent | | | | unique look to it as it is always very black with |
| ear infections, migraines, severe headaches that | | | | white on the outer tips of it. Black mold can also |
| occur weekly with no known cause, fatigue, | | | | be slimy, and all mold has a stale, repugnant smell |
| throat irritation and itching of both nose and eyes | | | | to it. This smell can carry through the air condition |
| as well as a runny nose with sniffles and | | | | or heating system and spread spores throughout |
| sometimes causes eyes to be red and tired. | | | | the entire building. |
| Some or all of these symptoms may be present | | | | In conclusion, the symptoms of household mold |
| with a mold infestation. | | | | cannot and should not be ignored. Although the |
| While these symptoms can appear to be merely | | | | more common mold symptoms are relatively |
| superficial and a mere annoyance at first, there | | | | harmless and can disappear when the mold is |
| are more deadly molds that should be watched | | | | removed from the home, the more sinister molds |
| for. They're called black molds named | | | | are capable of doing long term damage that no |
| Stachybotrys and Menoniella. | | | | one wants. |