Signs of Mold Allergy
An allergy is something that many people throughout the world will experience once in their life and for others it will be something that they constantly battle. From a mold allergy to a dust mite allergy, there are many different airborne allergens that can affect your health and trigger an allergic reaction or allergy-symptoms. There are as many as 50 million people, about one-in-five, that have allergies and have to deal with potentially persisting symptoms within their personal indoor environment.
A mold allergy is something that people tend to experience when they are inside their home that is unbeknownst to them, producing and growing mold in this indoor space. If you have a mold allergy your immune system will go through a process of overreacting when you inhale mold spores in the air, and this will trigger allergy symptoms like coughing, sneezing, and itchy eyes.
We are going to discuss the different symptoms that will occur if you have an allergy to mold and the mold spores they produce and learn how you can treat a mold allergy in your home.
Mold Spore Allergy
When mold develops within an indoor environment it will grow on surfaces and produce spores into the air as a form of reproduction. These spores that are produced from the mold are small, microscopic pollutants in the air that can easily enter into the human body through the nose and throat leading to hay fever symptoms, or allergies and even lead to asthma issues. The symptoms of a mold spore allergy are very similar to the symptoms that you experience with other allergies – symptoms will include sneezing, itching, runny nose, congestion, and dry skin.
Mold spores can be very hazardous as it can enter into the human body and reach the deepest parts of the lungs and ultimately can than enter into the bloodstream – this will be very dangerous to human health.
Mold Allergy Treatment
If you suffer from a mold allergy the best treatment for this allergy is to avoid potential sources of this allergen inside your personal indoor environments. Mold can usually be identified by its colorful appearance on your wall – usually black, gray, green, and red. Also, mold will carry with it a distinct odor that can permeate throughout the whole environment, if you begin to smell that musty smell that we associate with mold than this could be an indicator of mold in your home. However, if you start to feel progressing allergy symptoms when inside your home this will be a very strong indicator that an allergen is present in the environment and that you must search for the potential source within this space.
When mold is found growing in your home, it is important to have it treated and removed by a professional mold remediation specialist that will properly remove the mold from the surface of your home. Although this will help to remove the mold from the surfaces of your home, there will still be airborne mold spores traveling throughout the air that can elicit your mold allergies and entice your symptoms.
Mold Air Purifier
A mold air purifier is a device that will aid in the removal of mold spores and other airborne pollutants produced from mold from within the air. Depending on the type of air purifier and the technology it uses, some air purifiers will be highly effective in removing these small, microscopic spores from the air.
The EnviroKlenz UV Air Purifier is a highly effective UV air purifier that can successfully capture and kill these mold spores from the air. EnviroKlenz uses a two-stage filtration process, the first is a VOC air filter embedded with the EnviroKlenz patented earth mineral technology that will remove chemicals and noxious odors from the air, and the second stage is a hospital-grade HEPA filter that can capture particulate matter as small as 0.3 microns in size. The EnviroKlenz UV Air Purifier also contains between the two filters UV-C lights that are able to shine upon the collected microorganisms (mold spores, viruses, and bacteria) and effectively kill them on the filter.