Re: Ever get ill after using a line-trimmer?

On 2009-08-16, scorpionleather <scorpionleather@xxxxxx> wrote:

What were your symptoms?

Within an hour or so, there was noticeable itchiness in the throat. That
symptom I could simply attribute to an allergy, so it may or may not be
coincidental to the later symptoms.

Maybe six hours later, after I had returned home had a long
shower, my throat would start swelling, my head would start swimming,
mucus production in the upper respiratory area would increase, and light
coughing would start.

It generally felt like I had a cold, and it lasted throughout the next
day.

I have been suggesting that it was probably mold/fungus because I have
recently experience a very similar reaction after having inspected a
mold-filled house that had suffered from water damage. As in that
instance, the symptoms came on later that night, lasted for about a day,
and felt just like having a brief cold.

One thing that I was lacking from your description was sneezing. In none
of the previously mentioned instances did I experience any sneezing.
.

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