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Allergies in the Home
©2005 Jeffrey C. May, M.A.
Zelda had shoulder and joint pain as well as headaches, and had been diagnosed with degenerative arthritis. She was having allergic reactions in the house which she had lived
in since the mid-1980s; she had no pets, but the previous owners had pets, and some of their carpeting was still in place on the second floor.
Zelda noted a mildew smell in the house.
She was allergy tested and was allergic to pollen, mold and house dust. She found the bathroom and living room irritating. The house was full of plants and the basement filled with stored
goods. (Comment: Mold was growing in the basement on all stored goods, and in the living room carpet -
along with 3 different species of mites. Spores had settled into the upstairs carpeting. Stachybotrys
chartarum - a potentially toxic mold - was growing in the bedroom humidifier.)
Jeffrey C. May is a building consultant, Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional (CIAQP), and author of My
House is Killing Me! The Home Guide for Families with Allergies and
Asthma (2001) and My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival
Guide (2006), as well as co-author of The Mold Survival Guide: For Your
Home and for Your Health (2004), all published by Johns Hopkins University Press. A former educator and organic chemist (M.A. Harvard University), Jeff is principal scientist of May Indoor Air Investigations LLC in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
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