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Started Coughing After Cleaning Fungal Spores, Chest Pain Because Of Cough, Little Phlegm. Reason?
Hi, I just wanted to ask about things I am experiencing at the moment.
Yesterday, I cleaned my whole room including my closet and took out all my things and clothes as I found out that e closet walls are being covered by some molds or looks like a fungi and when distubed it releases spores in it (molds' colors are blue and yellow) So while cleaning, I was wearing face mask although at times I remove it and put it back again, I also got rid of my closet and as well as some clothes that had mold in it. So after I cleaned, I began to start having cough. As time goes by my chest feels weird and now my chest hurts because of coughing. I don't see any phlegm as I cough and expel mucus although now I am beginning to see a little clear phlegm. May I ask your thoughts of this?
Yesterday, I cleaned my whole room including my closet and took out all my things and clothes as I found out that e closet walls are being covered by some molds or looks like a fungi and when distubed it releases spores in it (molds' colors are blue and yellow) So while cleaning, I was wearing face mask although at times I remove it and put it back again, I also got rid of my closet and as well as some clothes that had mold in it. So after I cleaned, I began to start having cough. As time goes by my chest feels weird and now my chest hurts because of coughing. I don't see any phlegm as I cough and expel mucus although now I am beginning to see a little clear phlegm. May I ask your thoughts of this?
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Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic
please let me know any of your family members are suffering from bronchial asthma or allergic skin disease
if you are having hyper reactive air ways moulds act as triggers and cause broncho constriction leading to cough ,breathlessness and some expectoration
take beta agonists like salbutamol or terbutaline
if you have relief you have to undergo pulmonary function tests to rule out or confirm bronchial asthma
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
Thank you for asking question on health care magic
please let me know any of your family members are suffering from bronchial asthma or allergic skin disease
if you are having hyper reactive air ways moulds act as triggers and cause broncho constriction leading to cough ,breathlessness and some expectoration
take beta agonists like salbutamol or terbutaline
if you have relief you have to undergo pulmonary function tests to rule out or confirm bronchial asthma
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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