When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with asthma. I often got respiratory illnesses as a child, and in 7th grade PE class, I was having a lot of trouble with the required running. The doctors diagnosed asthma. I knew that this meant inhalers and limitations. I did not realize that, years later, ...
It can be a complicated process to find mold allergy relief. The stuff seems to be hiding in lots of little places you can’t reach, or even see! Mold spores when inhaled by people, can lead to mold allergy. Molds feed off rotting plants and animals. Some molds are very dangerous and can cause allergies ...
Mold is a common occurance. It grows in all of the obvious places such as those with a water source but it can also grow in places that people don’t realize it can grow. These are places such as closets, foam pillows and even your garbage can. A few dozen types of molds cause allergic ...
Aspergillus mold allergies are a particularly difficult type of mold allergy that people experience. Aspergillus is a common mold that grows on decomposing organic matter such as compost, leaves, fruit, vegetables, and tree bark. Indoors, the mold grows in organic matter in trash cans, on damp wood surfaces, and in most other locations where other ...
Spores are akin to microscopic fungus seeds that are so small they can easily become airborne and inhaled. Anyone who has ever stomped on a puffball mushroom has probably seen the cloud of fungal spores that explode into the air around it. Spores of fungi are everywhere, they cannot be avoided. There are even millions ...
Allergies are common. Adults and children alike suffer from them. An allergy is when the body reacts to something that is touched, consumed, or inhaled. People can be allergic to many things. Most are allergic to only one or two. Children suffer from allergies just as adults do. If you suspect your child has an ...
When the first cold day hits, you shiver with dread. Not from the dropping temperatures, but because you know that with the coming of winter comes sickness — no matter how much antibacterial gel you use. The culprit might not be a cold after all, however, but rather something even more common during the wet, ...
Mold allergies are triggered by fungus spores that enter the body and result in miserable symptoms such as coughing, watery itchy eyes, congestion, runny nose and wheezing due to an airway that is tight and constricted. In people who already have respiratory health issues, such as those who suffer from asthma, this type of allergic ...
