It can't be helping.  But the nature of allergies is that we can handle a
certain amount of an allergen.  Or of multiple allergens.  It is just when
they pile up beyond our personal tolerance that we have a reaction.  Then it
doesn't matter which allergen we remove from the pile.  It can be the one on
"top" that stressed us past or limit or one from lower in the stack that by
itself wasn't a problem.  Some of us can only tolerate small stacks, other
much higher stacks.

Yes you are likely to have less mold and less reaction to it in a newer
home.  But new homes come with their own set of allergens from building and
assemble materials.

When I lived back east, I loved the couple of days after a rain.  Right
after it washed the pollen out of the air and off the ground, and right
before the moisture activated the molds.  We don't get much of that sort of
rain here.  It seldom rains hard enough to wash things off.

Jo

Could very well be. And I'm surprised that the doctor didn't suggest it.
Since I've been on disability, I've been watching a lot of TV, and I
rather like the HGTV channel. It's the one where they are always
renovating something or showing you how to arrange furniture. And so
often people have allergies and they check for mold right away.

Carole

sure, that could be it, or at least part of it.  We've been living in older,
somewhat moldy buildings for the past 5 years and we've both known it in our
sinuses!  Fortuantely, this house has been the least problematic of our
recent residences and it'll get better if they ever fix the leaking bathtub
and rotting bathroom floorboards.

Anyway, I've found doctors don't always think of the possibility that nature
might have introduced something new into your environment without you knowing
it.  They tend to assume things are a steady state in your residence if you
haven't moved or mentioned any major changes.  It'd be worth a call,
especially if you are there for long after the de-molding.  Might need to
decrease medication.

YES

those fungal spores are very bad news for asthmatics. They can even
cause a type of reactive asthma in people who aren't asthmatics.

Ari

Duckie,

We were told by the Cancer Center that I should not be sleeping in a
room with. any type of house plants and I should not be receiving
flowers from people since both of these create molds which can
contribute to infections.

Don Whitely