is there a mold connection?

So to save money I've been living below my means and my current place is pretty dingy and crappy, especially in the winter time. It's damp and there's mold issues many of which I've resolved to some extent but it still has me thinking. Since this health situation basically conflagrated where I live now I'm wondering if mold might of had something to do with it.I know it hasn't been well researched but there's some evidence that mold toxicity leads to these kind of symptoms. Thoughts?

Yes, from my point of view there is a connection.

I am living in a crappy apartment for the sake of the school district and there is no ventilation whatsoever. And since this is winter time, I can not open any of our windows because of this ice in the window panes. I use to scrub bath and various corner of the apartment with Clorox wipes every weekend. It would take only a week to grow this mold back to real black.

Its been my 3rd year now and both Novembers I got sick. This time pretty much coincides with mold growth. Finally, in Dec, we got 2 DampRid and kept at each window. Viola, no mold in a month. Replacing Damprid every month is an expense, plus you can not use it in places like bathroom which is the source of humidity. So I got http://www.eva-dry.com/products/eva-dry-1100-petite-dehumidifier/ and http://www.eva-dry.com/products/eva-dry-500-mini-dehumidifier/ but the 500 variety is crap and doesn't work. The 1100 petite one works like charm, just keep it on for 2 hours after shower and mold reduces significantly. I scrub the walls and windows about once a month.

Hope this helps.

thanks all, yeah, I bought a dehumidifier (not sure of brand offhand) and its was pulling between 10 and 25 pints a night some nights out of the place...

Well its like everything else here, no one size fits all.

I'd say trigger, but not for UC itself.

i've never lived in a mouldy environment. i can smell it from a mile away..lol. ugh.

q

Have you read "The Fungal Link" by Doug Kauffman? He thinks mould is responsible for almost every ailment. I think it could be a factor in some cases of IBD. YOu could try an antifungal and an antifungal diet but you'd have to remove the mould in your apartment properly. We've spent many tens of thousands of dollars doing this through re mediators and environmental engineers etc. It's a horrible process but that's what you have to do unless you're dealing with a small patch of water damage.