Re: Molds
George (symbiotc(AT)erols.com)
Sun, 16 Mar 1997 09:24:37 -0500
JHarper33(AT)aol.com wrote:
>
> Did anyone see Vital Signs on ABC Thursday Night? They had a story about
> a number of infants who dveloped bleeding in their lungs with no apparent
> cause. The first mother was accused of child abuse, then other cases began to
> show up. After an extensive search, it was discovered that all the infants'
> homes had water damage and mold in the basement, and in at least one home,
> the air return came from the basement. After a lot of research, they
> determined the infants became ill by inhaling toxins in the molds.
>
> I bring this up because the night before my TM attack, I had opened a
> new jar of a cheese-and-salsa dip and found mold in it. I put it back in the
> refrigerator to take back to the store. When we brought this up to the
> neurologists, we were told molds had to be ingested to hurt you; there wasn't
> a case of molds affecting anyone by being inhaled. My husband even called the
> CDC and was told the same thing.
>
> Now, I know that water-damage-mold is not cheese-dip-mold and pulmonary
> bleeding is not TM, but to my husband and I, the possibility of inhaling
> toxins in molds reopens the question (never really closed for us) of whether
> there was a connection between this mold and TM.
>
> Coming up with a cause may or may not help lead to a cure, but it would
> help with the mystery of "Where did this come from?"
>
> Did anyone who watched the program catch the name of the person from the
> CDC who researched this case?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barbara
Barbara, I found the the show "Vital Signs" profoundly interesting. Has
anyone responding to your posting re: asscociation of mold toxins and
TM?
As for myself, I plan to explore this question. And, will feedback at
some later date. -george