The scoop on hayfever?

#21 07/23/04, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Brad

Wow Jane what do you do about this? Take over the counter meds the whole season? Do they help or are you still having symptoms?

It looks like there is a trade off in everything we do. Where I am, deep in a very dry desert, there is no mold and, except for a couple weeks in early spring after a rare winter rain, no pollen either. I had very severe hay fever symptoms before I moved farther east into the desert, so I can appreciate not having to deal with it anymore.

But, nothing grows here either so there is no pasture for livestock like you guys back east have. Every bite of livestock food must be purchased. So do I want to have hayfever and enjoy the resources you guys have, or keep my nose dry and buy a lot of hay year round.

My symptons are a little better now as long as I stay out of the woods and don't go out and enjoy the area. Bentonville is the home of Walmart and it is the second fastest growing county in the USA.

Here is a list of the Top 10 places to live in the USA if you have allergies.
Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wi (2) Seattle, Wa (3) San Francisco, Ca (4) Minneapolis, Mn (5) Chicago, Il (6) Syracuse, Ny (&) Salt Lake City, Ut (8) Las Angeles Ca (9) Denver Co and I have also real that Mission Tx and Grand Rapids Mi becuase of the breezy lakeshore doesnt give allergines, such as pollen and mold time to settle in.

I don't know if I agree with some of the area named because of smog but the areas and nice and a person could live on the outskirts or a closeby town.

The worst 10 places are Louisville Ky (2) Tampa-st. Pertersburg-clearwater Fl (3) Tulsa OK (4) Atlanta Ga (5) Austin San Marcos TX (6) St.Lous MO (7) Sacramento Ca (8) Orlando FL (9) Imdianapolis In (10)
Another area to stay away from is Portland OR...Major problems there!

As far as how to deal with this area well I am most likely going to do what so many other people with allergines do that move here......GO BACK WHERE I CAME FROM OR TO A LOWER POLLEN AREA. A move is a big deal you want to think long and hard before you go. We sold our house and I closed a sucessful business of 10 years to move here and I have had the worst allergies and asthma of my life. I am thinking that the greener and stuff that grows the more people are allergic. This area has alot of chicken farms and so there is alot of chicken dander as well.

I stopped at a moving sale this spring and talked with this young girl who had just moved here. She was moveing again because her son was out playing in the front yard and dropped and stopped breathing she had to of course call 911. What was the cause the boy who had never had allergies and asthma now had them and had almost died moveing to a new area where spring pollen is high. I made it threw this spirng useing clean air filters, staying in the house and takeing lots of showers. However I had a few days that pushed me over the edge and I almost went to the ER. I am not looking foreward to fall and I am hopeing be moved before next spring. As far as what to take I have taken claritin for about 10 years but now am haveing side effects from it and I am now waiting to get in to see my doctor to see what she wants me to try now.

Best Wishes I know how hard it can be to relocate and I hope some of this helps, Amy L

#22 07/23/04, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by vicki in NW OH

Ragweed grows something awful in Ohio, too. Enough to make the asthma really bad. I'm allergic to all the kinds of grass that grow here, too. Dust mites are the worst for me, though, and I get really tired of cleaning and wiping stuff down EVERY DAY! Dust mites are worse in hot, humid weather and that's the time of year for ragweed. So, imagine combining the two. I hate August!

After a bad asthma attack, my doc told me to move to an elevation above 1500 feet. But, I figured there would be something there that I would become allergic to. High in a hut in the Alps sounds good to me, though. (Right, I wish)

Thank you so much for posting this as I have been trying to find information on how elevation effects allergies. My question is did you move to a higher elevation place? I was wandering what area you lived in and what area you moved to? Dust mites is also one of my worst allergies. Was your doctor a family doctor or a allergist?
Amy L.

**Terri** · #23 07/23/04, 08:20 AM

Elevation affects both the humidity and the temperature. If the plants that you are allergic to LIKE the higher elevations, then it will not help you at all to move to higher ground.

But, if the plants that you are allergic to HATE the change in altitude, then a move may do you good. Also, mole tends to dislike the lower humidity of the mountains, so if you allergic to mold a move might help you.

#24 07/23/04, 08:44 AM

Sorry I had a type O In my post....Springfield OR is the place to stay away from. It sits in a famous Vally and even back in the Indian days they had some nick name for it like sick vally or something.

www.pollen.com This web site may be helpful

#25 07/23/04, 09:43 AM

Jane,

No, I have not moved, ...yet. My husband is in nursing school and needs to finish. My doctor is an asthma/allergist. He told me dust mites do not live above 1500 feet where it is dry and cooler. They flourish in humidity and heat. This is the worst time of year for them and ragweed season is starting real soon

Dust mite allergy is my worst allergy also. I would assume the higher elevations out west would be one of the best places to move to, away from the larger cities.

vicki in NW OH · #26 07/23/04, 09:46 AM

The message above is from moi, Vicki. I was unlogged somehow.