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Please tell me, could exposure to mold cause brain damage ?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Not usually: Murcorales, mold or fungus, likely to encounter on daily basis with no ill effects. Some people, mucorales causes a serious infection mucormycosis, caused by common fungus frequently found in the soil and in dying plants.Most people come in contact with the fungus at some time.People with weakened immune system more likely to get this infection:AIDS,burns,diabetes leuk.lymph,poor nutritionetc

Answered 7/14/2014

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