Common Types of Mold Found in and Around Apartments, Homes, Buildings, Boats, Yachts, Vehicles, etc.
Mold is a form of fungus. Mold typically grows in areas of a home that have been exposed to water, excess moisture, humidity, and poorly ventilated areas. In order for mold to develop, it requires a combination of moisture, warmth, and organic matter to feed on. There are well over a thousand variations of molds and fungus,some of them can be toxic and some of the mold is non toxic. Mold can thrive in a home or building, causing damage and potentially serious health issues for the inhabitants. As mold is naturally occurring, mold spores generally enter a home or building through open windows and doors, constant traffic through the home, or objects carried in that are contaminated with mold spores.
Types of Mold
Pathogenic Molds
Pathogenic means producing or originating disease. Healthy people are less susceptible to such types of mold inhalation compared to unhealthy people. Pathogenic molds produces infection in people with weak immune system like infants. High doses of pathogenic mold cause Hypersensitivity pneumonitis which infects the immune system. It’s an infection in the lungs caused by any inorganic matter, fungi or bacteria. Symptoms include chills, body aches, coughing, fever and shortness of breath. With such symptoms you need to visit the doctor for diagnosis and medication prescription.
Allergenic mold-
Most people are allergic to these types of molds and are sometimes mild though they don’t produce life threatening effect. Being allergic to molds is just like being allergic to weeds, grass or tree pollen. Symptoms of such allergies include irritating eyes, running nose, rashes in body skin and coughing. In other rare cases fungi can spread the spores into the lungs thus can cause lung infections and lung diseases. If you are unsure that you have inhaled fungi and you are coughing out some little brown speckles then you need to consult a physician for diagnosis and treatment.
Toxigenic Mold-
This is the most serious mold and it is able to cause diseases and in some extreme cases- death, though the fatality rate is considered moderate. These types of mold can get into the body through digestive tracts, eyes, respiratory system, or skin contact. So far, no treatments have been identified but you can remove them by rinsing your eyes using saline and washing your skin thoroughly. It’s advisable to see a physician immediately if you believe you have come into contact with toxigenic mold.
Mold grows best where there are favorable conditions like kitchens, bathrooms, basement rooms, leaky roofs, window frames, cracked walls and vents.
Common Types of Mold-
- Aspergillus and Penicillium
- Amerospores
- Alternaria
- Ascospores
- Aurobasidium
- Basidiospores
- Black Mold (Stachybotrys A)
- Chaetomium
- Cladosporium
- Curvularia
- Fusarium
- Memnoniella
- Pithomyces/Ulocladium
- Stachybotrys
- Nigrospora
- Smuts and Myxomycetes
What are some common misconceptions about mold?
Some people believe that they can take shortcuts when it comes to mold removal. Many have tried to scrape off the mold, paint over it, and/or cover the area with sheet rock. These “methods” of mold removal are false can could possibly lead to a more advanced infestation of mold. To be sure that you have completely removed all mold from your property you need a through mold inspection and proper remediation procedures. Also, most of the time mold will not be visible where it is growing. Mold can grow behind walls for a long period of time before appearing in an infected area, though the smell will still linger.
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