A 49 year old woman reports to the Emergency Room and declares that she’s had “some kind of attack.” She seems drowsy and confused, but otherwise stable.
I had a reaction to stachybotrys that hospitalized me for five days. Stachy can absolutely cause diarrhea and or vomiting. I had a very high fever, rigors and my white cells were so high that they thought I had sepsis. I had cleaned the mold myself and dispersed it into the air. With stachy this is very dangerous. Unfortunately it was in my apartment so I had to dispose of everything ( we hired someone because I could t go back in) Also, when they went in to clean it out there was a layer of geeen and white mold on everything as if it has sat there for months. Turns out through testing it was stachybotrys and aspergillus and penicillin which are very toxic as well and seem to trice together with stachybotrys. If you have any questions at all please feel free to email me at kymwald@ gmail.com
I have two questions: 1) did you look under the carpet? There could be a field of stachybotrys under there.
And, from personal experience, 2) how intense was the pain? The muscle contractions, the nausea, the diarrhea, all of it could have been a stress response to some furious organ in crisis (e.g., a gallbladder passing a gallstone). I would ask for an ultrasound if the mystery deepens.
Thanks Mary! That is definitely on my radar now. The pain was insanely intense. I just helped get my office ready for the remediation crew, and they’re going to pull out the carpet, so hopefully that part will cease to be a mystery soon!!
Wooaah, I was so anxious just reading this story! It literally made me feel sick with nervous energy. But isn't it just like women to battle on, telling themselves to "carry on, just keep going, nearly there, just a bit more etc"
It, black mold, doesn’t seem to cause diarrhea or vomiting. Sounds like it could be a coincidence. Perhaps she ate something bad or caught a bug somewhere. An elevated white count is a sign of infection. Maybe there was an infection of some sort that cleared up and also a mild allergy? Confounding! Time will tell.
I had a reaction to stachybotrys that hospitalized me for five days. Stachy can absolutely cause diarrhea and or vomiting. I had a very high fever, rigors and my white cells were so high that they thought I had sepsis. I had cleaned the mold myself and dispersed it into the air. With stachy this is very dangerous. Unfortunately it was in my apartment so I had to dispose of everything ( we hired someone because I could t go back in) Also, when they went in to clean it out there was a layer of geeen and white mold on everything as if it has sat there for months. Turns out through testing it was stachybotrys and aspergillus and penicillin which are very toxic as well and seem to trice together with stachybotrys. If you have any questions at all please feel free to email me at kymwald@ gmail.com
Whoa!! Yes, I think I have a question or two for you — let me think on it, but look for a message soon! 🙏🏼
I have two questions: 1) did you look under the carpet? There could be a field of stachybotrys under there.
And, from personal experience, 2) how intense was the pain? The muscle contractions, the nausea, the diarrhea, all of it could have been a stress response to some furious organ in crisis (e.g., a gallbladder passing a gallstone). I would ask for an ultrasound if the mystery deepens.
Thanks Mary! That is definitely on my radar now. The pain was insanely intense. I just helped get my office ready for the remediation crew, and they’re going to pull out the carpet, so hopefully that part will cease to be a mystery soon!!
Wooaah, I was so anxious just reading this story! It literally made me feel sick with nervous energy. But isn't it just like women to battle on, telling themselves to "carry on, just keep going, nearly there, just a bit more etc"
And, as always the kids come first......
Truth!!!
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24862-black-mold.
It, black mold, doesn’t seem to cause diarrhea or vomiting. Sounds like it could be a coincidence. Perhaps she ate something bad or caught a bug somewhere. An elevated white count is a sign of infection. Maybe there was an infection of some sort that cleared up and also a mild allergy? Confounding! Time will tell.