Environmental Illness

If you believe you have an Reference environmental illness Opens New Window, first consider your symptoms. If your symptoms are severe (for example, you are having trouble breathing), you have ingested household chemicals, or you fear you may have a Reference carbon monoxide Opens New Window leak in your home, call your Poison Control Center immediately. Otherwise, contact:

• A Reference family medicine Opens New Window doctor.
• A doctor who specializes in Reference occupational medicine Opens New Window and environmental medicine.
• A doctor who specializes in Reference internal medicine Opens New Window or Reference pediatrics Opens New Window.
• A regional clinic that is part of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC).

You may find it helpful to create a written Reference exposure history to take to your doctor, to help identify the cause of your illness.

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