url: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m63227.html RE: CS>Measuring very high ppms From: Richard Harris Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 07:31:58
> Hi Turtle, > My heart goes out to you & Mike and all your loved ones. Many > people are sensitive to cat dander as well as mold spores. There > are new room air filters that are satisfactory for most people in > a limited space. Some wag once suggested that the only sure way to > remove "fleas" from a house is to give away or shoot the dogs & > cats & burn the house. I certainly hope your problems don't get > "that" severe. If your home is air conditioned, you can have an > infra-red light installed that will even kill anthax as well as > most other air-borne problems including mold. > Best of luck to all of you. > Mike, for your headaches, have you tried wetting a folded paper > towel or cloth with CS and placing on forehead over eyes for a few > minutes--sometimes that's efeective even for migraines. > Richard Harris, 56 yr FL Pharmacist Hi Richard, Thank you for your kind thoughts. I second Jonathan's post - finally we have someone with extensive knowledge and experience in a very rare specialty. Your posts will be invaluable to everyone on the list. The headaches seem to be caused by spores and not by the toxic gas produced by the fungus. I have a highly-modified HEPA face mask that combines the best features of the 3M valves with the light weight and tight fit of the Northill. (Darned engineers can't stop finding ways to improve things, can we:) Anyway, the slightest exposure to spores gives a very violent headache, nothing like I've experienced before. I used to get this when I made the bed - flipping the sheets and blankets would disperse the spores, and the fun would start. The HEPA filter stops them, but not the vapor they produce. So it seems the problem really is spores from fungus growing in the fabric, and it is very tough to kill. The spores are coated with chitin, the same material that provides the exoskeleton of insects, lobsters, and many other forms of life. It seems to be invulnerable to normal acids and bases. The toxins seem to have a special path to the headache machine. No conventional remedy has any effect whatsoever. Your idea of using cs on a pad never occurred to me - see - that's where your vast experience is so valuable. I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks! Just a note on using UV to kill spores - I've seen reports that UVB might be helpful since it is a shorter wavelength than UVA. But the light cannot penetrate deep into fabrics or other material, so any hidden spores might not see the effects. Best Regards, Mike Monett -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
