Mold Allergy: How to Minimize Your Exposure

By: Marc Williams

There are many different allergens that can cause seasonal allergic rhinitis. Many of these allergens are airborne such as pollen, dust, mold spores and the like. Mold spores are the culprit in seasonal mold allergies. Mold allergies are typically worst during the spring and early fall. It typically peaks in the late summer months.

The more humid and moist climates have mold allergies throughout the entire year.

Why are my mold allergies worse after a rain storm?

Mold allergy suffers know when the weather is about to change and when it is about to rain. Rain storms stir up all of the mold and other allergens into the air. Mold allergy suffers allergies act up for several days after a rain storm.

Can I have a mold allergy indoors?

Unfortunately indoors there are several areas that are ideal for growing mold and triggering your mold allergy. Mold grows in humid, damp, dark places. Here is a brief list of areas in your home that could be harboring mold colonies.

The bathroom provides many places for mold to grow.
• Under the rim of the toilet bowl.
• Is there a window next to the bath tub or shower? Each time the shower is used a little water can get trapped in the window's track and provide a breeding ground for mold.
• Shower head
• Underneath liquid soap and conditioner bottles.
• Anti slip bath tub mat.
• Wooden towel drying racks.
• The vanity sink drain.

Basement / Cellar
• A poorly waterproofed basement can turn into a damp and moist environment that is ideal to grow mold that will trigger your mold allergy. Poor ventilation or no ventilation will only increase the amount of humidity and moisture.

Evaporator Coil

• The air conditioner evaporator coil is located next to the blower unit, typically in the attic of most homes. The evaporator coil takes the compressed refrigerant and allows it to expand. The expansion of the refrigerant cools the air down significantly. This cooling effect also causes water vapor to turn into liquid. That is why there is a drain line connected to the evaporator coil. Since the coil gets cold and wet each time the air conditioner runs, any dirt that is gets trapped on the evaporator coil’s fins will become a breading ground for mold. Once this happens, each time the air conditioner runs it will be fueling your mold allergy.

How to reclaim your home from mold… permanently.

Bathroom
• Run the exhaust fan during and afterwards each time the shower or bath tub is used. The exhaust fan will pump out the moist, humid air out of the bathroom.
• After each shower wipe off all standing water.
• For any mold colonies you find clean them up with a bleach based product.
• Wash the bath tub anti slip mat periodically.
• When the anti-slip mat has mold growing on it, throw it out! As you throw out the anti-slip mat your mold allergy will act up.
• Use a toilet tank cleaner that with each flush will work to kill of any mold growing in the toilet bowl.

Basement / Cellar
• Have the exterior of the basement retaining walls water proofed to reduce the amount of moister coming into the basement from the outside.
• For unfinished basement add additional ventilation.
• Cellars that are finished or partly finished out add additional air conditioning ducts and return air vents.

Evaporator Coil

• Have the air conditioner evaporator coil professionally cleaned to remove all dirt and mold.
• Make it a habit to change out the furnace filters on a regular schedule.
• Switch to pleated filters from fiber glass.

Mold allergies vary from seasonal to year around based on where you live. Even indoors there are many places were mold can grow and cause a mold allergy attack. There are several steps that you can to reduce your exposure to mold spores that leads to a mold allergy attack.

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