WORK-RELATED HEADACHES’ CAUSES: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
Fungi sometimes grow in air-conditioning systems, particularly where humidifiers are used, as the warm, wet conditions inside the humidifiers are ideal for promoting fungal growth. Contaminated air-conditioning and ducted warm-air heating can both pump large amounts of air polluted with millions of fungal spores around the building, and anyone who is allergic to these spores will react to them. Hay fever-like symptoms which start off at the time the air-conditioning or central heating is switched on may, in fact, be due to allergy to fungal spores sprayed into the air in this way.
Treatment is principally by recognising the cause of the problem and avoiding it where possible. Better ventilation may be all that is necessary. Proper anti-fungal treatment of air-conditioning systems; anti-allergic treatment such as antihistamines, etc. may be needed; in severe cases of allergy to fungal spores, desensitising injections can be given, but only through your local hospital. Homoeopathic desensitisation may also work.
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