Does mold make you sick? We breathe in many spores, but most of us don’t get sick. However, if your immune system is compromised or you suffer from asthma you may be particularly susceptible to mold. Although it isn’t certain if mold can cause an actual disease in the body, it may be able to make you sick. Dr. David Goldman and Dr. David Benning both have verified that treating those with severe asthma using anti-fungal treatments improved their condition. This leads them to believe that fungi is having something to do with it.
Joan Bennett, a fungus expert that ABC News talked to, never really believed in “sick building syndrome”. Lawsuits have been won based on this sickness that supposedly was caused by mold in a building (or home). But, after experiencing the air in her flooded home first hand, she set her mind to finally settle the question of whether mold makes you sick.
