Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Sick since uncovering mold in kitchen?

I found what looked to be pasta between my floor and wall in the kitchen a month ago. I scraped it up and never thought about it until I saw it again 3 days ago. did research and found that it could mean a leak and mold. I am highly allergic to mold. I have been wheezing and using my inhaler way too much in the past month and now I know why. Yesterday we pulled back the tile and the wood was rotting and clearly had mold. Plus, my husband scraped up more mushrooms which Im assuming all released mold spores into the air. Since then I have been a mess. Really hard to breathe if I stay downstairs and coughing constantly. Twice Ive gotten hives on my stomach. I have called the insurance company and have a mold remover ready to come tomorrow to assess the situation. My question is this...is this just affecting me more than everyone else in the house because I am allergic to mold? Im afraid I ingested it or god knows what and its making me sicker. Im better if I stay upstairs but this is very scary when I cant catch my breathe. I can smell a massive moldy stench coming from the basement also. The addition in the kitchen was put in 3 years ago and apparently the plumber screwed up and one of the pipes has been leaking which caused the rot and mushrooms to grow. What should I do?

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