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Suggest Treatment For Black Mold Infection With Chest Pain And Dry Cough
What are the symptoms of black mold infection and what is the treatment. I have been working in a mold filled trailer that went under the surge in IRMA cleaning it out this last week. and now my upper chest hurts, I can not take a real deep breath and I have a dry cough.
hi dear.........about your question id like to tell you that black mold infection symptoms appear as chronic cough and nasal disharge ..feeling discomfort of chest due to irritation of lung..eye irritation and redness of it......feeling of difficulty breathing or breathing with pain .......these symptoms because of allergy and immune reaction against molds.....symptoms differ in severity from person to person......the tratment of it mainly symptomatics as we describe antialergy drugs as antihistaminic for it to relief symptoms and bronchodilators as salbutamol for chest asthma...we can use sometimes corticosteroids as prednisolone in treatment also....antifungal drugs as fluconazole have great effect against molds infection as it is type of fungal infection......treatment is simple and shouldnot ignored.........wish you healthy life...
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Suggest Treatment For Black Mold Infection With Chest Pain And Dry Cough
hi dear.........about your question id like to tell you that black mold infection symptoms appear as chronic cough and nasal disharge ..feeling discomfort of chest due to irritation of lung..eye irritation and redness of it......feeling of difficulty breathing or breathing with pain .......these symptoms because of allergy and immune reaction against molds.....symptoms differ in severity from person to person......the tratment of it mainly symptomatics as we describe antialergy drugs as antihistaminic for it to relief symptoms and bronchodilators as salbutamol for chest asthma...we can use sometimes corticosteroids as prednisolone in treatment also....antifungal drugs as fluconazole have great effect against molds infection as it is type of fungal infection......treatment is simple and shouldnot ignored.........wish you healthy life...