Allergy free in Seattle, WA — allergies increased in Northern VA
I have lived in Seattle, WA for seven years and had no allergies. I Moved to Northern Virginia four years age and my allergy symptoms have gone up each year. I am on medication 24/7. I have always wanted to move to California because of the great weather. Will my allegies get better in California? If yes, please suggest an area. — Anuradha, Virginia
Depends to what you are allergic. Northern Virginia is built on swampland. Mold is there, but of course, not as bad as the southern states. Of course southern California has mold due to warm climate and being near the ocean. But also I did get very irritated visiting northern California. For example on vacation in Napa, each evening the evening mist rolled over the valley. (Good for the grapes). And each evening I got a sore throat and woke up in the middle of the night with swollen glads. Then in the morning the mist would dissipate. And then I felt a bit bettter.
Living in New York…it has been over 25 years that I’ve been taking injections for mold and trees and grass and ragweed and fall weeds. Only extremely high mold levels give me problems now. My allergist says that the mold is the most difficult thing for most people to get under control. But I very rarely suffer now. Only have a problem maybe two weeks a year here.
Comment by Catalina — October 25, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
I also have lived in NYC and Northern Virginia, and I will say this. When I was little I lived IN Manhattan, then we moved out to the Bronx, also a swamp. My allergies were insane, puffy eyes, drippy oozy eyes, so bad once I woke up, and I’ll never forget this, I couldnt open one eye because of all the crust over night, I had sore throats, clogged ears, stuffed noses and mounds of pressure. Then we moved to Queens, near the water, and I was FINE. Nothing, never a problem, an occasional sneeze attack every now and again, but the other symptoms, gone. Then I moved to Northern Virginia, and almost immediately my body rejected the climate. Stuffy, running nose all the time, sore throat, right near the nasal passage opening, not so much my throat, but it was/is haha sometime uncomfortable to swallow in the early early spring. My ears have gotten it the worst though, because my nose plugs up so easily, the pressure builds up and collects, and just pops my ears all day and night long, it has gotten so bad that it actually hurts. All these things never last long though, 2 or 3 nights or uncomfy sleeping, but then I am fine.
Reason why I am posting this : you are not alone!! I see move to the beach.
Comment by Alizah — March 7, 2008 @ 10:21 am