The medical community is by and large ignorant to the dangers and illnesses of toxic mold exposure. There are a few doctors who have discovered and repeatedly watched people suffering from Sick Building Syndrome who have made some pretty solid evidential ties between mold exposure and severe illness even potential death. While the CDC and ...
I once had the disconcerting feeling of a bat flying just over my head in a dark hallway – it just brushed my hair and I barely managed to stifle a scream, so I can’t imagine what it must be like to have an entire colony of the creatures roosting in your attic. I remember ...
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacterium or virus, but can also result from inhalation of endemic fungi. Here are the most common. What Is Pneumonia? Pneumonia occurs when the lungs’ air sacs and small airways fill with liquid and cannot function properly. When gas exchange is impeded, the ...
I got a severe case of the heebie-jeebies when a friend told me that his house was infested with bats. I’ve never been phobic of any animal; the occasional mouse or rat has never sent me running and screaming into another room. But there’s something particularly (if unfairly) creepy about bats. Throughout human history, they ...
The setting was right: a town in the Ohio River Valley with lots of birds hanging out in and around the attic. Unfortunately, it took a skin test at the college infirmary to help identify an odd collection of calcifications on an old X-ray. The verdict, 10 years after exposure, was an infection known as ...