Strange Smell
Mold has a foul smell that you should be able to notice. If a certain spot in your home smells odd, check around anywhere excess moisture might be present.
Appearance of Mold
It may seem obvious, but sometimes mold will appear in places you wouldn't normally look. Every once in awhile, check under your sinks and around windows and doors for possible signs of mold.
Peeling Paint
Peeling paint means there is moisture in your walls, and the paint will no longer stick. Moisture in the walls is a sign for possible mold as well as structural damage.
Health Symptoms
Mold can be hazardous to you health in many ways. One type of health issue mold can give you is allergy-like symptoms. If you have a sudden onslaught of allergies in a certain room, check for mold.
Wet Spots
If you see any spot on the outside of your home that looks wet, it may mean there is moisture and possible mold in the structure.
Decaying Wood
If wood in the structure of your home seems to be decaying, there is probably excess moisture present. Mold can grow inside holes of wood and spread easily without you noticing.
Leaky Ceiling/Roof
A leaky ceiling or roof means water is traveling through layers of building components. When you have your ceiling repaired, check for mold in your walls so it doesn't spread and create a worse problem.
Chalky Substance on Walls
A binding agent in walls will sometimes break down under moist conditions, leaving a chalky residue on your wall. This is a clear sign of water damage and/or mold problems.
Standing Water
If you find a puddle of water somewhere in your home and you know you haven't spilt something, look up. A leak may just be forming and hopefully before mold was created.
Drywall Tape Loosening
If your drywall tape is coming loose, water has almost definitely gotten into the structure of your home and you should check for mold and repair damages as soon as possible.
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would farmers lung cause a mass to show up on lungs in center area of chest on cat scan. My nephew has been sick for a month and all cancers have been ruled out. He has a fever all the time of between one hundred five at worse to one hundred two at best, he is on tylenol to control the fever. He is very fatiqued, no appetite, aches alot, night sweats, a catch when he breathes in in chest, a mass shows on cat scan in center of his chest the size of a golf ball. They sent him home from childrens hospital waiting more test results. They don't have a clue what they are doing and he is getting weaker and sicker. He was exposed to high amounts of hay blown in the air during a construction of the road out front of their house. This caused a cloud of dust that I'm sure contained hay molds that clouded the houses and street. Everyone breathed it in but he was the only one to get sick, within days of this happening. I think he has farmers lung but I haven't read where that can cause the mass to show up on cat scan. Is this possilbe. thanks.
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