When it comes to mold, there’s one kind that scares people more than others, keeps worried parents up at night, and causes general unrest among home or property owners: black mold. Black mold is far more insidious than the bit of mold you might find on old bread in your pantry. Black mold can grow behind your walls, in the dark corners of your attic, crawl space or basement. Worse still, there is black mold’s scary effects on your health.
Black mold is a specific kind of toxic mold, also known by its official, Latin name: Stachybotrys chartarum. It’s far scarier than other types of mold because of its effects on your health, caused by its ability to produce dangerous mycotoxins.
These mycotoxins cause a number mold exposure symptoms that appear to be just like Allergy symptoms, but are in fact something else entirely. Symptoms like sneezing, coughing, rashes, itchy throat, watery eyes, and more can all be just as easily caused by black mold exposure as by ordinary allergies.
The difference between black mold’s effects on your health versus regular allergies is in the long term. Black mold infestations can cause mold spores to invade the air inside your home, forcing you to unwittingly breathe in these spores on a daily basis.
This can lead to fungal chronic sinusitis, which seems like an ordinary sinus infection, but is in fact caused by mold infesting and growing inside your nasal cavities. This just one of many things that black mold can do to your health.
The only way to really get peace of mind and ensure that black mold isn’t growing somewhere in your home, is by getting a professional mold inspection or air quality test from an IICRC certified professional. This will confirm whether or not you need a mold remediation and will put a stop to black mold’s scary effects on your health.
So schedule a mold inspection with ProCare Restoration today to put your mind at ease and keep your family safe from the onslaught of black mold infestations!
