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Medical Forum / General / General / January 2006Can mold spread to clothes?
I was in a restaurant today with a friend and he noticed a mildew order on me; actually I told him i could be my outer jacket (and my sweatshirt)? I have a mold on the rug at the entrance to my living room. I wonder whether mold can spread to clothes (underwear) and wreak havoc such as muscle spasms? > I was in a restaurant today with a friend and he noticed a mildew > odor on me; I'm starting to think you're a pretty bad housekeeper. > actually I > told him it could be my outer jacket (and my sweatshirt)? I have a mold > on the rug at the > entrance to my living room. I wonder whether mold can spread to clothes > (underwear) Yes. Mold spreads very easily, especially in damp conditions. > and wreak havoc such as muscle spasms? No. It can cause allergic reactions and sinus or lung infections in sensitive people, but there's no evidence it has ever caused anybody muscle spasms. Most of the concerns about "toxic mold" aside from respiratory infection are a bunch of bullshit. If the mold looks black and slimy, you should call your landlord and let him worry about it. Maybe you need to keep your apartment cleaner. This link has great information about danger from mold: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/mold/stachy.htm . > This link has great information about danger from mold: > http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/mold/stachy.htm Just saving this thread ..to find it later by author search > > I was in a restaurant today with a friend and he noticed a mildew > > odor on me; > > I'm starting to think you're a pretty bad housekeeper. Maybe since I have no motivation to clean too much right now. (Ma died two years ago, I lost $ at gambling, etc.) > Yes. Mold spreads very easily, especially in damp conditions. > No. It can cause allergic reactions and sinus or lung infections in > sensitive people, but there's no evidence it has ever caused anybody > muscle spasms. Most of the concerns about "toxic mold" aside from > respiratory infection are a bunch of bullshit. If the mold looks black > and slimy, you should call your landlord and let him worry about it. > Maybe you need to keep your apartment cleaner. The mold is whitish and on the front carpet; wonder whether it can be brought in to other areas via socks when I remove boots or shoes and leave them there before going to the rest of the house. Right now, believe it or not, I have a bed in the living room but will move it into the bedroom so the landlord can let his men do repair work in the living room... > This link has great information about danger from mold: > http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/mold/stachy.htm > > > I was in a restaurant today with a friend and he noticed a mildew > > > odor on me; [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > died > two years ago, I lost $ at gambling, etc.) Well, find ways to motivate yourself. Start with some execrcise even justa little bit. . > No. It can cause allergic reactions and sinus or lung infections in > sensitive people, but there's no evidence it has ever caused anybody > muscle spasms. Most of the concerns about "toxic mold" aside from > respiratory infection are a bunch of bullshit. If the mold looks black > and slimy, you should call your landlord and let him worry about it. > Maybe you need to keep your apartment cleaner. Makes sense; I have had skin irritations. I thought it was caused by stress. > > No. It can cause allergic reactions and sinus or lung infections in > > sensitive people, but there's no evidence it has ever caused anybody [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Makes sense; I have had skin irritations. I thought it was caused > by stress. The white mold growing on your carpet can't give you jock itch or athlete's foot. Dirty and wet conditions on your carpet, on your feet, and in your pants all create favorable conditions for fungus to grow, but they're not the same fungus. The kind of fungus that causes athlete's foot and jock itch is caused by a fungus called trichophyton (AKA dermatophytes). Athlete's foot fungus can live in soil or on people or animals, but it's my understanding that it CANNOT generate a big white colony on a carpet like you've described. However, your entire carpet (not just the white moldy spot) is certainly covered with athlete's foot fungus, because you've been walking around on it, and your feet are shedding skin cells covered with the fungus. So even if you cure your athlete's foot, it will come back unless you keep your skin dry and clean. --Patti > The white mold growing on your carpet can't give you jock itch or > athlete's foot. Dirty and wet conditions on your carpet, on your feet, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > with the fungus. So even if you cure your athlete's foot, it will come > back unless you keep your skin dry and clean. I have been taking a cream prescribed for it. Guess jock itch (penile discomfort too) and toe fungus can be related. You sound like you've hit the nail on the head. I recall walking a bit barefoot this past summer while outdoors, the couple in front (now gone) had a couple of male cocker spaniels who would defecate in the rear entrance before where my apt is. The woman did not always pick up her pets' feces which was left to decay in the open. It was easy to step on it even when dry. This past summer was gruelingly hot! The hottest in 40 years and when my present dicomfort began. |
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