We moved to new area in Central Florida and I wake up with itchy sore throat eve!


Question: We lived in one part of Orlando area, moved to Atlanta area from October until the end of December and then we moved back to Orlando area. Anyway, when we moved back to the Orlando are (about 15 minutes from where are last house was) we ended up moving into a house built in 2004, I noticed about a day of moving in a musty kind of smell. There is no evidence of mold or mildew in house. Problem is I get a very itchy throat, itchy eyes and ear canals and a runny nose and I wake up every morning (for about two weeks) with a sore throat. Does anyone have an opinion, could it be a hidden mold problem and if so any recomendations on how to find it? Could it be from outside, does anyone else have or know of such severe allergies from outdoors when one is inside? Could it be dust from their carpets (which need a good cleaning and which I am working on with a bissell machine)? There are also cigerette butts and ashes in some window sills, could it be from left over smoke? Thanks for the help!


Answers: We lived in one part of Orlando area, moved to Atlanta area from October until the end of December and then we moved back to Orlando area. Anyway, when we moved back to the Orlando are (about 15 minutes from where are last house was) we ended up moving into a house built in 2004, I noticed about a day of moving in a musty kind of smell. There is no evidence of mold or mildew in house. Problem is I get a very itchy throat, itchy eyes and ear canals and a runny nose and I wake up every morning (for about two weeks) with a sore throat. Does anyone have an opinion, could it be a hidden mold problem and if so any recomendations on how to find it? Could it be from outside, does anyone else have or know of such severe allergies from outdoors when one is inside? Could it be dust from their carpets (which need a good cleaning and which I am working on with a bissell machine)? There are also cigerette butts and ashes in some window sills, could it be from left over smoke? Thanks for the help!

Sounds like you need to treat the mould and clean the carpets etc with a natural product, you don't want to use chemicals as these might make you worse.
To test if it is inside, can you stay somewhere else for just one night and see how you are in the morning? Then you will know for certain.
I know if I am anywhere near smoke I get irritated eyes and throat.
I would attend to the carpets first as you don't know what's been left behind on them.

I moved back up north after living in Cocoa Beach for 6 years. I had almost the same exact symptoms you have. I found it was an allergy to Pine trees!

You may also want to check and see if you have Peppertrees on your property. Those can cause some nasty problems.





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