Allergies?

[Lawdwaz]

For 61.5 years I didn’t have any allergies at all.  Seems like this spring (last few weeks?) I’ve been sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes etc.    Best I can think it’s a change in my system?

I can think of a couple other changes I’d rather have…….

[Robhuntandfish]

When I was a kid I could roll in poison ivy and it didn't bother me. Now I seem to get it every year at some point.  Doctor just gives me extra medicine to have on hand because of that. 

[Bionic]

No issues yet for me

[mowin]

I never had allergies either, now I have very mild symptoms.  I'm hopeful they don't get worse.

[GreeneHunter]

So far this year is the worst !  Nose hurts from blowing it all  the time !

[Moho81]

I’ve always had allergies and right now they are pretty bad. My dad was the same as you. No allergies all his until his late 50’s now he’s got em every year 

[2BuckBizCT]

I never had tree pollen allergies till I was late teens. Only get it late April and May. For a few years I tried Claritin D daily. Tried local raw honey. And now I just do nothing. I know for 5-6 weeks a year I’ll suffer if I spend a whole day outside, but I do it anyway. Sunglasses make a huge difference. Even if I go outside for 5min I wear sunglasses. Helps a ton as does Flonase sensimist nasal sprays.

[Doebuck1234]

A few people I know with no recent allergies are having problems this year,i never got em bad until the last few years...

Think alot to blame is the mild winter,tree's are already pretty full

[Moho81]

I could barely sleep last night because my allergies where so bad. Stuffed nose and a dry mouth made it difficult to breath. It's going to be a long miserable day today at work. 

[ZAG]

On 5/14/2023 at 5:35 PM, Lawdwaz said:

For 61.5 years I didn’t have any allergies at all.  Seems like this spring (last few weeks?) I’ve been sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes etc.    Best I can think it’s a change in my system?

I can think of a couple other changes I’d rather have…….

Wife has been complaining like never before too. She thought maybe she had covid.

[Bucksnbows]

They say it’s one of the all time worse tree pollen years.  I get mild symptoms and just deal. But my wife gets them badly and she’s been suffering. 

[Lawdwaz]

How the hell do you differentiate between allergies and a cold other than testing?

[Moho81]

11 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

How the hell do you differentiate between allergies and a cold other than testing?

Me personally, I have had bad allergies all my life so I know what they feel like versus a cold but for other people that don't normally have allergies I can only imagine that they think it's a cold. I know my mom and sister are affected this year by allergies and they don't normally have them so they tested just to make sure as they where around a birthday party on Saturday then mothers day dinner Sunday.  

[nywaw]

Pollen has been killing me.  Never had allergies as a kid or in my 20s/30s.  Once 40s hit I feel like I've been getting crushed.

This is what it's like down here...every single tree.  My oaks have a million thistles too.  Blanket of pollen over the landscape, cars, etc.

 

[2BuckBizCT]

1 hour ago, Lawdwaz said:

How the hell do you differentiate between allergies and a cold other than testing?

experience for me. tree pollen for me is itchy eyes and sometimes sneezing. I never get itchy eyes if im fighting off a head cold or something. Also, if I'm indoors for a few hours and symptoms subside it is obvious it's pollen related. I'm in NYC today and have zero issues, way less trees than being home surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods. 

Here's a nice chart for ya: