A 35-year-old member asked:
how can mold spores affect you?
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Dr. John Overholtanswered
Allergy and Immunology 26 years experience
Big answer: To big a question to fully answer here, but molds can cause infections and allergy problems, particularly asthma. Molds can also be respiratory irritants via non-allergic mechanisms, too. There is much more hype and litigation about molds than there is real science or disease, imho.
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