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Have Allergic Reaction To Wine And Fruit And Developed Numbness In Foot. Have Seizures From Coughing. Advise?
Hello,
I'm an artist and writer who just spent more than five years living in a very damp, moist room. The room is a very old (700 year old) stone and plaster room in Austria. During the time I lived there I seemed to develop allergic reactions (sneezing, runny nose) to ordinary substances like wine and fruit. I also developed numbness in the ball of my right foot and toes (the smallest and its neighbor). I do smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. Since I was living in a famous wine village, I drank a lot more wine than usual. I developed a hacking cough that has been so severe at times that I actually had a seizure (convulsing fingers then fell to the floor with my head and knee banging against the wall for about 20-30 seconds in a semi-conscious state)... the seizure only happened once. I moved out of the old flat and into a modern flat in Germany 3 months ago. The numbness continues, the coughing and sneezing too & I just had a second seizure from coughing. I read some things about "mold sickness" on the internet. Is that a real possibility or just nonsense? I know I should see a doctor and will as soon as I am financially able. Can you offer any temporary advice? I forgot to mention that there was a lot of mold growing visibly on the walls (it was an old wine cellar).
I'm an artist and writer who just spent more than five years living in a very damp, moist room. The room is a very old (700 year old) stone and plaster room in Austria. During the time I lived there I seemed to develop allergic reactions (sneezing, runny nose) to ordinary substances like wine and fruit. I also developed numbness in the ball of my right foot and toes (the smallest and its neighbor). I do smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. Since I was living in a famous wine village, I drank a lot more wine than usual. I developed a hacking cough that has been so severe at times that I actually had a seizure (convulsing fingers then fell to the floor with my head and knee banging against the wall for about 20-30 seconds in a semi-conscious state)... the seizure only happened once. I moved out of the old flat and into a modern flat in Germany 3 months ago. The numbness continues, the coughing and sneezing too & I just had a second seizure from coughing. I read some things about "mold sickness" on the internet. Is that a real possibility or just nonsense? I know I should see a doctor and will as soon as I am financially able. Can you offer any temporary advice? I forgot to mention that there was a lot of mold growing visibly on the walls (it was an old wine cellar).
Fri, 12 Jul 2013
Hello,
Thanks for posting on HCM,
First of all we would need to keep allergy aside as an exclusive causes, then consider the risk factors at hand that could predispose you to a potential lung diseases. Allergy could be considered with runny nose and sneezing, but i fear cough might be due to another underlying lung diseases.
You were:
- living in a moldy old house
- heavy smoking and drinking
- had a seizure episode
- your symptoms are cough and sneezing/rhinorrhea
Mold sickness could be traduced into simply traduced in medical terms as inflammatory process of an organ tissue, which could be of the lungs with infection with fungi, bacteria, mycobacteria/tuberculosis. Mold illness/sickness is not an allergy. It is inflammation within the body which is caused by an immune system that has gone haywire. The term "mold illness" is a subcategory of biotoxin illness, called Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). If they were molds were you lived, then aspergillosis could be the origin or even mycobacterium.
At your level, there is little you can do to relief yourself of the condition and it is best you see a doctor as soon as possible.
There are other possibilities that needs to be ruled out, such as tuberculosis, lung cancer, bronchiectasia etc.
Hope this helps and wish you the best
Thanks for posting on HCM,
First of all we would need to keep allergy aside as an exclusive causes, then consider the risk factors at hand that could predispose you to a potential lung diseases. Allergy could be considered with runny nose and sneezing, but i fear cough might be due to another underlying lung diseases.
You were:
- living in a moldy old house
- heavy smoking and drinking
- had a seizure episode
- your symptoms are cough and sneezing/rhinorrhea
Mold sickness could be traduced into simply traduced in medical terms as inflammatory process of an organ tissue, which could be of the lungs with infection with fungi, bacteria, mycobacteria/tuberculosis. Mold illness/sickness is not an allergy. It is inflammation within the body which is caused by an immune system that has gone haywire. The term "mold illness" is a subcategory of biotoxin illness, called Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). If they were molds were you lived, then aspergillosis could be the origin or even mycobacterium.
At your level, there is little you can do to relief yourself of the condition and it is best you see a doctor as soon as possible.
There are other possibilities that needs to be ruled out, such as tuberculosis, lung cancer, bronchiectasia etc.
Hope this helps and wish you the best
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