My house causing me health issues?

Rroff said:
Any substantial mould type conditions enough to result in health issues like that you should smell fairly plainly - especially if you are elsewhere for a day or two and come back it should hit you as you walk into the house or room.

Might be worth checking down the back of anything especially furniture wise that is up against a wall though.

In some cases mould can be endemic in the walls i.e. previous occupant just papered over it and can still cause issues even when not visible.
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I already have asthma but developed worsening symptoms one year that led to a chest infection / bronchitis and I couldn't shake it off falling evermore unwell. The house wasn't particularly damp, or so I thought, until I moved the bed and noticed it at the bottom of the wall but didn't appear too bad, certainly didn't deem it enough to cause the issues I was having. Until that is I noticed all the green fluffy mould at the top but hidden behind and underneath the cross bar of my headboard, I'd been breathing the spores in for months.

Definitely worth as suggested by Rroff, moving furniture and having a good look in the most unlikely of places.
 
Are you sensitive to EMF?

Easy thing to try out and probably needed anyway is a dehumidifier with an air purifying function. The Electriq ones from AO are decent, quiet and inexpensive.

A must in any old property regardless...
 
One thing that definitely improved similar symptoms for my wife was when we got a robot vacuum. Scheduled light run covering the whole apartment picked up so much residual dust. Worked really well when we were both working from offices (less confident now we’re WFH of course)
 
this time of year it could be Cedar allergies, which can be really bad and the pollen can travel crazy distances, so difficult to escape
 
I have a uhoo air quality monitor that has 9 individual sensors that monitor the following: temp, pressure, humidity, airborne particulates, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and volatile organic carbon.... Basically everything except radon which you should check for separately if in a hot spot.

It has an app that shows how levels are changing during the day and is generally great if you have allergies or are someone sensitive to poor air quality.
 
Just a little update on this thread...

As mentioned in the OP, changed everything and got the gadgets recommended. Eventually I spoke to a pharmacist who recommended some anti-histamines, a saline solution for my nose and told me to stay off the cough syrups. Tried that for quite a while.

It kept happening, my wheezing got worse, especially out running around or walking with the dog. Even at other random times, in the evenings after dinner for example. I also started vomiting after eating due to the coughing.

Eventually went to the doctors, they prescribed me stronger antihistamines, booked me in for bloods and an xray(which was due to happen next week).

Fast forward to today, the breathing and coughing was horrific even showing a small amount of blood. A member of staff had to pull me off the zoom call I was having over the other side of the office. I tried the doctors, could barely breath on the phone. They told me I couldn't get a phone appointment until later(no urgency) so the member of staff phoned NHS24 for me.

Spoke to them, the doctors phoned me right after...

I'm now lying in the hospital having been here since 11 this morning. Hooked up to an IV having undergone x-rays, CT scans, blood tests and ultrasounds.

Blood clot in the lung with what looks like asthma.

It's a new experience for me, never been in a hospital before, always try to be fit and healthy, don't smoke, don't drink. It just goes to show!

tl;dr Don't put off going to the doctors!
 
That's awful!

Glad you found the root of the cause though and are hopefully now on the road to recovery. :)
 
Hopefully they fix you up good, take it easy.

I would be pushing to find out how and why. Don't wanna go back home only to end up back where you are if it is enviromental.

Hospitals are a strange place. Can be busy and loud during the day while you anticipate the doctors coming to see you, then at night it can be deathly silent... if you're lucky! I assume you're in a respitory ward so a quiet night might be a struggle. I prefer to do lifes little things myself so having nurses tell you off and send you back to your bed is a weird one. Don't be afraid to ask for help and things you need :)
 
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