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Stop using the room immediately and keep children away from the area. The combination of coughing symptoms and extensive hidden mold growth you've described strongly indicates a professional assessment is needed. In Dubai's climate, this level of growth suggests a persistent moisture source, like a slow plumbing leak or severe condensation from the AC unit, that must be identified and fixed first.

For a patch that large and given the health symptoms, DIY removal is not recommended. Disturbing it will release a massive amount of spores into your home's air, potentially worsening the respiratory issues. The permanent solution requires three steps: identifying the moisture source, safely containing and removing the contaminated materials, and ensuring the space is properly dried and treated.

Reputable remediation companies will isolate the area with physical barriers, use negative air pressure and HEPA filtration to prevent cross-contamination, and remove the affected drywall or plaster. Simply spraying or painting over it will not work; the mold will return. After removal, the structural cause must be repaired. In villas, this is often condensation on cold walls behind furniture or leaks from bathrooms or AC drain lines.

Given your location in Jumeirah, where high humidity is constant, a professional inspection can pinpoint the exact cause. They should use moisture meters and thermal cameras to find the water entry point. For a permanent fix, ask how they will address the root cause, not just the visible growth. A post-remediation verification test, often provided by a third-party lab, is the only way to confirm the spore count has returned to a safe level.